I've had requests for a 21"tenor banjo short scale template. Just posted it in the Banjo fret layout folder in the Files section. cheers, rk...
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capuccino22br
Sep 17, 2007 1:37 pm
The snapshot http://ebaybrazil.blogspot.com/ My email viniciuspedrozo@... I accept payment in paypal...
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potatobrain237
Sep 20, 2007 1:10 am
So how do you make a cookie tin sitar?...
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Doctor Oakroot
doctoroakroot
Sep 20, 2007 1:24 am
It's like a cookie tin banjo but with a nearly flat bridge and extra, sympathetic strings. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade...
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Dave Brown
quahogwi
Sep 20, 2007 1:38 am
You start with a picture of a sitar and a cookie tin. Then let your imagination loose. Then when you post you sign your name to your posts. <just one of ...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Sep 20, 2007 12:34 pm
With patience a bridge could be made from this site: http://www.buckinghammusic.com/sitar/sittut/jaw.html I would do away with the sympathetic strings to...
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Doctor Oakroot
doctoroakroot
Sep 20, 2007 12:37 pm
... And of course, we never tell others how to be polite :o) -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars....
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Doug
dugbug46
Sep 20, 2007 4:48 pm
That's a pretty cool video Don. Doug...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Sep 21, 2007 7:25 pm
I don`t have a cookie tin, but I do have some scrap wood that might work for a solid body electric sitar dulcimer thingamajob . Hmmmmmm Don...
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potatobrain237
Sep 25, 2007 8:51 pm
... Thanks! those sites were great! --Charlie (sorry about that whole name thing)...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Sep 27, 2007 10:56 am
Hi Charlie, Wow, got my dulsitar up to the point I could plug it in last evening. Very cool sound. I only have a couple of strings on it to test it out then...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Sep 27, 2007 2:29 pm
Yup, three pics of the bridge, saddle, string holder. Can be glued up also from four pieces of wood. The base, countersunk for screws so the saddle can move,...
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bryanlambert2001
bryanlambert...
Oct 1, 2007 7:55 pm
has anyone tried to tab this? it sounds like fun...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Oct 8, 2007 5:22 pm
Got a little sample of my dulsitar sound in the files section. First time I have used Audacity, turned out ok I think. Homemade condenser mic and my little PA...
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bluesharp1359
Oct 19, 2007 2:16 pm
Hey Ya'll, I'm generally over on the CBG forum, however I'm heading up a little project we've started to send instruments to the troops in Iraq and...
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localhumboldt
Oct 20, 2007 1:02 pm
So...I'm setting out on a course to build a couple of 5 string banjos made from danish cookie tins I've saved since last xmas. I figure it's high time to make...
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knowltonr
Oct 20, 2007 11:46 pm
I have posted a folder of fret layout templates in the files section that may be of help to you. rk...
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localhumboldt
Oct 21, 2007 6:26 am
RK- Thanks. I spent a bit of today reading on how some people overcome some problems while building Banjos. This website Has a great online Fret program (no...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Oct 21, 2007 4:48 pm
hello again, Check out Dennis`s site: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/make-bjo.htm http://www.cookietinbanjo.com/ good site, I at one time had another link...
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bob salmon
olboob
Oct 21, 2007 6:28 pm
I tried the banjo plan on this page, but found 11.25 degrees doesn't work with that number of pieces of wood, but works with eight pieces. After I glue mine...
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bob salmon
olboob
Oct 21, 2007 6:32 pm
If you calculate to make the pot 10in. you can buy drum heads and banjo heads to fit it, that mylar trick doesn't work all that well. You can also buy...
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Don Thompson
buceriasdon8...
Oct 21, 2007 9:55 pm
Hio Bob, Yep, I messed around with some xray film today, very stiff and difficult to work with. One has to wonder if it`s worth the brain damage to make a head...
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Doug
dugbug46
Oct 21, 2007 11:34 pm
I never tried it but, I think a mylar plastic balloon would make a banjo head. It's the kind of balloon that looks like its made of aluminum foil. Easy to cut,...
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localhumboldt
Oct 22, 2007 6:39 pm
I was in town yesterday and looked for materials. Staples has a chocolate tin from CADBURYs that is screaming a banjo or mandolin. It's largish, but beautiful....
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AG
ag_guitarman...
Oct 22, 2007 7:13 pm
http://www.goatskins.com/ I haven't ordered from him myself but I have corresponded with others who have been quite happy with his skins. He's a drummer and...
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Doctor Oakroot
doctoroakroot
Oct 22, 2007 9:31 pm
... http://goatskins.com has whole goat skins for a reasonable price... but after shaving a goatskin, I'd rather pay more for an already shaved drum head, lol....
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Bell Huey
huey2p
Oct 23, 2007 2:27 pm
I used to be on the list but couldn’t keep up as the connection is so slow here in Iraq, still get some of the messages. I had thoughts of making something...
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bob salmon
olboob
Oct 23, 2007 3:54 pm
I had a web address for a guy that sold drumheads of goatskin for from 3.00 for 10in. and up, none were that expensive. I lost the address when my desktop...
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Dave Brown
quahogwi
Oct 23, 2007 3:54 pm
Not Tyvek, but I've tried the shrink film that the R/C airplane modelers use for wing and fuselage covering. It's pretty tough stuff. But I feel that a...
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vansman03
Oct 23, 2007 11:52 pm
So where can one find pepparkakors, those heart shaped ginger cookies, in a nice round tin? So far, I find Anna's ginger cookies in a box here in Illinois by...
