I went a different route as are several others. In the BG world, Donnie Little and Warren Yates collaborated on their 'Yates WL5' which just has the 5th string...
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Bro. Dave, OBB
quahogwi
Oct 7, 2009 4:13 pm
FIN, I notice something that looks like a brass bridge or something added to the 5th fret for the 5th string to pass over. What and why, if you don't mind? ...
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Finecey
luapknarf
Oct 7, 2009 6:53 pm
Good eye! Wendell took the end ball off of an old string, cut it in half and super glued it over the fifth fret to act like a low friction nut and give a ...
1091
DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 8, 2009 2:00 pm
Thanks, Frank! I've always been a fan of Dulciaddict - he was one of my early inspirations (early - 13 months ago when I started. Har!) That's an innovative...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 8, 2009 2:00 pm
Vans, what is the width of the neck at the nut? Sure seems easier to construct than the short 5 - whether you extend it to the headstock or not. Choices,...
1093
vansman03
Oct 8, 2009 5:21 pm
I like to use centimeters from my cheap 5th grade desk ruler. 3cm| 7cm| 7cm| 7cm| 7cm| 3cm = 34cm wide, | = a string Which is about 1 3/8" wide, just 4 string...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 8, 2009 7:20 pm
I have a tin banjo that looks pretty nice, but the low string was always off. Not out of tune, just wrong is some indefinable way. Everyone in the house...
1095
vansman03
Oct 8, 2009 8:55 pm
I forgot to mention that on my first 5LS conversion done on a guitar, I used a .008 string for the fifth string. On the banjitar I just used the .009 that came...
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AG
ag_guitarman...
Oct 9, 2009 1:54 pm
I agree. The right strings can make a huge difference in an instrument. My Ibinez bass comes alive with stainless steel strings. Nickel strings on it go dead...
1097
depace_nm
Oct 15, 2009 8:20 pm
need help...
1098
vansman03
Oct 15, 2009 8:58 pm
Go here http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/fret_calculator.php...
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AG
ag_guitarman...
Oct 15, 2009 11:28 pm
http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator/ This will do it too. AG...
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Joseph M. Johnson
mr_smarty_pa...
Oct 16, 2009 2:35 pm
If you do a search on WFRET.ZIP you'll find a fret calculator that allows you to print a template. Joe Johnson 14010 Sandra Drive Beaufort, South Carolina...
1101
vansman03
Oct 19, 2009 12:52 am
I just found this how to build banjos site. Fret spacing and more stuff with pictures. http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips1.html Hope it's...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 19, 2009 1:48 pm
The banjo project nears . . . I usually build and play pretty small instruments - 15" and 17". But for this 5-string banjo I'd like to be at least close to...
1103
cbgwillardj
Oct 23, 2009 1:52 pm
Lickety split banjo??? i have this banjo...i bought it at the big music store just outside of seviereville as you head towards pigeon forge...i purchased it...
1104
DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 25, 2009 1:47 pm
I've got a batch of cookie tin 3-strings cooking in the basement. I've used the tops on all of them because they looked too good to do otherwise. But since...
1105
Abner Mlaity
haf2surf
Oct 25, 2009 5:20 pm
I have found a coating on the lip and inside of the lid with some paraffin wax works fairly well. You have to redo it occasionally, but it works! From:...
1106
vansman03
Oct 25, 2009 7:42 pm
I don't recall seeing one of these before. The sound is extraordinary. http://www.youtube.com/user/arthurj2520#p/a/f/0/xJq04V2IoHk enjoy...
1107
AG
ag_guitarman...
Oct 25, 2009 9:24 pm
There's a company in South Africa, I think, that makes a really nice electric guitar from gas cans that they use commonly there. Really great sound and look. ...
1108
Finecey
luapknarf
Oct 26, 2009 1:42 pm
For a loose lid I use small sheet metal screws to fasten the lid to the box for a vibration free fit. On the OREO cookie ( link below) tin I placed screws...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 26, 2009 1:42 pm
Is that the one with three strings? Diane...
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Randy Bretz
mojoboneworks
Oct 26, 2009 1:43 pm
Diane, you could try a piece of duct tape around the can then put the lid back on, I did this to an old dulci -can build and it worked great. The lid fits nice...
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vansman03
Oct 26, 2009 2:14 pm
How about beeswax? It will flow when heated and it's maleable as it cools. You can find it at a hardware store. It is used to hold the reeds in an accordian, I...
1112
mojoboneworks
Oct 26, 2009 11:40 pm
Diane, I bought a small scale banjo a number of years ago, it`s a 16" scale with the 5th string up at the peghead. It`s a Banjovie by Nechville. It`s in the...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm
Thanks, Randy. That's really helpful -- 16" is a great size for me! Does it take standard banjo strings? Metal or nylon? I'm gonna google up Banjovie - har!...
1114
DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm
Good idea! My kids had some they used as modeling clay and it was sticky, firm and never dried out. Might be just the thing! Diane...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm
Thanks, Randy. The Tin-Tone fella suggested the same -- electrical tape and it worked great. Snugged it right up. Great minds think alike! I'll post photos...
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DianeS
carrington3000
Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm
Frank, I might end up doing that on some of them, after I string up. I put a tiny square of felt where the neck touches the top at either end of the tin lid...
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Randy Bretz
mojoboneworks
Oct 27, 2009 11:25 pm
hey Diane, it uses metal strings, here are the gauges - .011 / .013 / .018 / .024w / .011[5th]. The pot is a heavy cardboard rim with a fiberskin head thats...
