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Thursday, November 5, 2009

മ BANJO Part II - Homemade

There are 5-String Bluegrass Banjo, 5-String Open Back Banjo, 6-String Banjo, 4-String Banjo etc etc just to name a few. Scholars have found that many of these instruments have names that are related to the modern word "banjo", such as "banjar", "banjil", "banza", "bangoe", "bangie", "banshaw. What about these names for a Banjo? Cookie tin, wine box, cigar box, brass pan? Let's go banjo-ing..

Cookie Tin Banjo

Darling have you seen the new cookies I bought last week? 


Brass Pan Banjo

You wanna pancake with honey? Honey!

Gas Tin Banjo

Whoa high powered vroom banjo player, could beat the world record and be the fastest banjo player.


Cigar Box Banjo

Holy smoke! Message from the owner, "Chainduck" ~ "Total parts cost on this was about $50. A buddy of mine gave me the tuners...The pearl cost me $5 ebay. The head $12, Stove ring $4, The tailpiece was from my first plywood tenor banjo, I built in Jr. High...not a big success...LOL Various nuts and bolts..etc. make up the balance of the cost. The neck was made from scraps off an electric I build a few months earlier. Time to build...180 hours or more...LOL..lots of head scratching."


Oil Can Banjo

Yummy olive oil banjo, nice song.."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"


Cigar Box Banjo

Yeah hold it! I have posted the cigar box before, but this guy is real cool, teaches how to play the banjo so easy going, love to watch him play. Smooth like smoke on the water..


Wine Box Banjo

Yamseng Banjo! Made from a Franzia Chillable Red wine box. Its got a fretless rosewood fingerboard, a two-footed bridge, and a Yopp tuner built into the tail piece.


Salad Bowl Banjo

The owner found this salad bowl in an antique shop and has made two salad bowl banjos already. Can someone pass the mayonaise over please!

8 muzika comments:

Anonymous said...

Creative home made ideas for a banjo! :)

CheaHSan said...

Hi Mei Teng - may not sound as good as the originals but they are creative.

levian said...

they truly are creative, i had not known much about banjo before this. :)

CheaHSan said...

Hi levian ~ you are not alone I was sort of "huh - like that also can"! Great minds.

jam said...

It is the same concept as playing guitar right? So I guess if one is good on guitar, he or she should have no problem playing banjo.

CheaHSan said...

Hi Jam yeah quite similar.

foongpc said...

Interesting post on banjo : )

CheaHSan said...

foongpc ~ can try using our own milo tin hehe.