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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Fancy little one-stringed banjo.


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mike gregory - Posted - 12/03/2013:  07:36:31

But not TOO fancy.



I get wooden salad bowls rather inexpensively, from thrift shops.



A nice piece of repurposed maple or (in this case) walnut for the neck, a single guitar peg, and a chunk of weed trimmer for the string.



 



The head is the sort of plastic they make soft-drink bottles out of.



Pre drill the rim, glue and tack the head in place, let it dry.



Heat it with a hair dryer, and it gets tight as a drum.



The frets are cut from discarded windhield wiper reinforcing strips, and spaced for a plain 8-note scale, no sharps, no flats.



I sell these with a song sheet where the words have the fret numbers over them, so anybody can play it, instantly.




Super Wunjo

Super WUNJO head detail

Super WUNJO , side view.

Super WUNJO Neck deatail

Lyndon Smith - Posted - 12/03/2013:  07:50:41

Can it do Cripple Creek?


mike gregory - Posted - 12/03/2013:  08:10:26

Of corpse it can!



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But, without the numbers on the page, it's kinda hard to guess at the right frets.



 



 


Lyndon Smith - Posted - 12/03/2013:  08:14:51

Sounds pretty much the same as my 'Bowlin' tribute Banjo. Well done.


Bart Veerman - Posted - 12/03/2013:  08:44:57

The ultimate Christmas present for serious students of the Reno style single string picking techniques



 



A great must-have for eco-friendly banjo players: make a set of string last 5 times as long



 



Mike: I'll be happy to send you a compensated bridge for customers who want deluxe upgrades



 





 


Dan Drabek - Posted - 12/03/2013:  09:06:01

You need to write a chord book to go with it. 



DD


J-Walk - Posted - 12/03/2013:  11:18:03

I like that.



Ever get any pre-war salad bowls?


mike gregory - Posted - 12/03/2013:  13:21:48

I got a few pre Food Fight salad bowls.
Does that count?

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