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"So far from my experience, the bottom of the can has been strong enough without any…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jul 23, 2013 to Scale length and bridge	5	Jul 23, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"Tuned that one to G with a .044 bronze wound string. I have used .041 aircraft safet…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jan 21, 2013 to Scale length and bridge	5	Jul 23, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"On the canjos I have built I just used the same basic scale length as my CBG builds…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jan 21, 2013 to Scale length and bridge	5	Jul 23, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"Randal, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. :)>" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Oct 24, 2012 to Loudness Versus Scale Length	9	Oct 27, 2012 Reply by Randal
"Randal, that's a great looking 'Jo whatever you call it!" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Oct 23, 2012 to Loudness Versus Scale Length	9	Oct 27, 2012 Reply by Randal
"Wouldn't a wooden can be a barrel? Hence if you build a canjo with a wooden can shou…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Oct 22, 2012 to Loudness Versus Scale Length	9	Oct 27, 2012 Reply by Randal
"Probably would work, but the cookie tins seem to work pretty well as a resonator by…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Sep 28, 2012 to resso cone	2	Oct 10, 2012 Reply by rusty case
"Right now the piezo is stuck inside the bottom of the can with doubleback tape. It s…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Sep 26, 2012 to The Can	10	Sep 26, 2012 Reply by Rand Moore
"Rusty Case, you have the right idea. Keep it simple and do what works best for you.…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Sep 26, 2012 to The Can	10	Sep 26, 2012 Reply by Rand Moore
"This one was my first build back in March when I got started on this stuff. Working…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Sep 20, 2012 to The Cookie Tin Variety: a community image bank	37	Dec 27, 2022 Reply by Keith Zorn

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Attaching the Can

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Thomas "Duck" Petry's Discussions (545)

"So far from my experience, the bottom of the can has been strong enough without any…"

"Tuned that one to G with a .044 bronze wound string. I have used .041 aircraft safet…"

"On the canjos I have built I just used the same basic scale length as my CBG builds…"

"Randal, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. :)>"

"Randal, that's a great looking 'Jo whatever you call it!"

"Wouldn't a wooden can be a barrel? Hence if you build a canjo with a wooden can shou…"

"Probably would work, but the cookie tins seem to work pretty well as a resonator by…"

"Right now the piezo is stuck inside the bottom of the can with doubleback tape. It s…"

"Rusty Case, you have the right idea. Keep it simple and do what works best for you.…"

"This one was my first build back in March when I got started on this stuff. Working…"

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