Trevor A.'s Videos (Cigar Box Nation) - Cigar Box Nation 2024-05-05T16:29:48Z https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=3kg8s64ume8wx&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Clawhammer Cigar Box Banjo tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-10-07:2592684:Video:3390330 2019-10-07T22:28:19.600Z Trevor A. https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TrevorA <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/clawhammer-cigar-box-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650649538?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A rough version of the Crawdad Song, F Tuning <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/clawhammer-cigar-box-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650649538?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A rough version of the Crawdad Song, F Tuning A cigar box banjo and the roar of cicadas tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-08-22:2592684:Video:3370559 2019-08-22T20:03:35.616Z Trevor A. https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TrevorA <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/a-cigar-box-banjo-and-the-roar-of-cicadas"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3442129935?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Just me, a cigar box banjo and a few bazillion cicadas. It's been a while since I've posted anything. <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/a-cigar-box-banjo-and-the-roar-of-cicadas"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3442129935?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Just me, a cigar box banjo and a few bazillion cicadas. It's been a while since I've posted anything. Cigar Box Banjo Around the Campfire. tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-12-07:2592684:Video:3251053 2018-12-07T21:19:21.179Z Trevor A. https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TrevorA <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/cigar-box-banjo-around-the-campfire"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/330299783?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Really, most of my reason for learning to play and build a banjo has been to just sit and play one around a campfire or my backyard fire pit. This past weeke... <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/cigar-box-banjo-around-the-campfire"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/330299783?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Really, most of my reason for learning to play and build a banjo has been to just sit and play one around a campfire or my backyard fire pit. This past weeke... Wild Bill Jones (sort of) tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-11-26:2592684:Video:3244121 2018-11-26T19:45:40.685Z Trevor A. https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TrevorA <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/wild-bill-jones-sort-of"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/330299234?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I pulled the paint can lid out of my cigar box banjo (can be seen in my photos) and added a head made from a plastic lid off of a graham cracker pie crust, a hoop of laminated underlayment plywood and thumb tacks, then tightened with a heat gun. It actually sounds much better than with the can lid head, less buzzing in the high strings. Forgive my novice level playing, I've only been… <a href="https://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/wild-bill-jones-sort-of"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/330299234?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I pulled the paint can lid out of my cigar box banjo (can be seen in my photos) and added a head made from a plastic lid off of a graham cracker pie crust, a hoop of laminated underlayment plywood and thumb tacks, then tightened with a heat gun. It actually sounds much better than with the can lid head, less buzzing in the high strings. Forgive my novice level playing, I've only been at it about five months.