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That’s cool! How did you do the rawhide? looks like it has some oil on it?
I can’t wait to hear a recording of it…nice job!

-- Jon

Fretless?

-- Maplewood, MN

yes it is fretless. the hide has not got any thing on it just scraped wiyh a knife and stretched over the body. i used hide glue on everything. the deer hide is held down with small nails and hide glue.
i used stove ashes to take the hair off the hide after i skined the deer.

-- tn hillbilly

Roy:
That is really cool. I too would love to hear a recording of it. Did you design it all on your own or did you have a pattern to follow?
-Bren

-- Bren Hartman, Battle Creek, Michigan

i just made it up as i went along. i didn’t use any patterns
fake it till you make it! just git-r-dun!!!
i’ll have to learn how to play it before i can post a recording.
i built it so i could learn how
i spent $5 on the strings and built everything else

-- tn hillbilly

It looks slick man, real slick. I believe I’m having homemade banjo envy.

And of course. Put some flames on her, and rock out!

Whiskey

Very fun… nice work. After reading about your projects, I came across a mention of hide glue
in another place and was able to say “I’ve heard of that!”... thanks for the education.

-- It's not that a craftsman never makes mistakes, he just makes it look like it.

hide glue has been used for thousands of years.
guarneri and stradivari used it to build their violins

-- tn hillbilly

very cool

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.

wow…I am really amazed!!! one day ( aaaaaa loooooong way away) I would like to make a guitar…I hope you enjoy playing it!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: Ugh...August has arrived...

Wow! Turned out great, Roy! Billy Redden would be proud!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

That is awesome. I hope you enjoy learning to play it. We are all anxious to hear you play it.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

Make one more of those beauties and you can find someone to play “Dueling Banjos” with you.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Nicely done!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Nice, really nice! You should record something and see if you can post it on here, we can have some sort of “Lumberjock Idol” competition, lol.

sweet!!
I’m so impressed.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Roy that is just plain cool. Good job and I can’t wait to see the dulcimer!!

-- Woodworking is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting.--S. McQueen sort of

Don’t know haw that fretless part is going to work out, but if you can learn to get a tune out of it, I sure would love to hear it.

Nice work!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

all banjo’s before the late 1800’s were fretless

-- tn hillbilly

:)

-- Jiri

Roy

Pick me some Flatt and Scruggs on that box…...

awesome…

-- Jeremy M. Reid Woodworking