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Comment by Battmann on February 2, 2013 at 4:40pm

I changed up  my style, easier to hold onto now. I'm having trouble with the coors can buzzing when you pluck the string.

Comment by C Cook on January 30, 2013 at 5:36am

The new style beer cans dont resonat very well at all. They still work but the sound is muted down quite a bit unless you put a pickup under one. They are just a diffrent can that looks neat and some people like just because they are diffrent.

 

Comment by BrianQ. on January 29, 2013 at 4:00pm

A very big thanx to all members of this group who offered their help to me,

it is very much appreciated!!! I've got my template layed out & jus' need wood

for my next CanJo project.

Comment by Order99 on January 27, 2013 at 6:24pm

Do you have access to any of the standard Guitar fretting templates? Calculate Frets normally for Guitar...

Then just use the 0 or Nut position, frets 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 etc guitar frets for your dulcimers. It's the same fret pattern, you just leave some out-then any Open Chord and you're golden!

Comment by Rand Moore on January 27, 2013 at 2:19pm

Hi All.

It's good to see all the activity in the Can Jo Consortium discussion group. I like those "new style" beer cans you've been using for resonators. Do they resonate as well as the old aluminum "coke" cans? I might try my hand at one if I can find a can here in China. The tapered neck looks like it might be easier to play. One objection to canjos is that they are a bit hard to hold. In one of my builds I used a tail extender board tailored to extend the end of the canjo neck into the crook of my arm (opposite side of my elbow). It was attached with a single bolt so it cold flex a bit and that worked out pretty well.

To help answer BrianQ's questions on diatonic fret placement, be aware that the diatonic scale is a subset of the chromatic scale, so if you have a chromatic fret template that you like (scale length, etc), then it's just a matter of skipping the unused frets. These are detailed in the following diagram:

These fret calculators always carry the calculations out to three decimal places, but in practice, if you measure and cut them to the nearest 0.1 it will be close enough. So, don't sweat it if you are a little off when measuring and cutting your frets. It will still sound good.

Well, happy canjo crafting...

-Rand.

Comment by C Cook on January 27, 2013 at 1:17pm

I've been using a number seven piano wire. Got a deal on a roll of it & havent ran out of it yet. Use whatever size or guage that you like there are no wrongs as it is builders prefrence. You could use a leather loop or put a snap instead for a belt clip anything to hold the can end up at a comfortable playing heighth. Good luck & happy playing.

Comment by Battmann on January 27, 2013 at 12:04pm

c cook,   yours are really nice . I like the belt clip idea. I'll have to work on that one next weekend.  what gauge strings do you use. I swithched mine out today to a wound .20. tuned to g. like the sound much better. complerted a 2nd with slight modifications.

Comment by BrianQ. on January 27, 2013 at 11:19am

Cook, Love da Belt Hook!!!! Dat's Awesome!!!!!

Great alternative to a strap!

Comment by BrianQ. on January 27, 2013 at 11:12am

Big Thanx to Thomas & Corbie for those conversion charts,

it really put it into perspective for me, now I get it!

I've gotta get dat hard-headed american we don't need no

stinkin' metric thinking out o' my head, it's kinda like algebra,

u think yer not gonna need it but later in life it's essential,Lol :))

Comment by BrianQ. on January 27, 2013 at 10:54am

Thanx again, I didn't know they made a metric tape measure?

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