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21 comments so far
JonJ
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58 posts in 275 days
posted 219 days ago
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
rikkor
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7015 posts in 309 days
posted 219 days ago
Fretless?
-- Maplewood, MN
roy
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65 posts in 228 days
posted 219 days ago
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
Bren
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29 posts in 309 days
posted 219 days ago
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
roy
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65 posts in 228 days
posted 219 days ago
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
WhiskeyWaters
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68 posts in 240 days
posted 219 days ago
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
Copperjock
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88 posts in 233 days
posted 219 days ago
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.
roy
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65 posts in 228 days
posted 219 days ago
hide glue has been used for thousands of years.
guarneri and stradivari used it to build their violins
-- tn hillbilly
hap
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143 posts in 223 days
posted 218 days ago
very cool
-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.
Napaman
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1536 posts in 512 days
posted 218 days ago
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...
mot
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4835 posts in 471 days
posted 218 days ago
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)
DrSawdust
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214 posts in 532 days
posted 218 days ago
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
cajunpen
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5352 posts in 500 days
posted 218 days ago
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/
miles125
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895 posts in 440 days
posted 218 days ago
Nicely done!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
wildbill903
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53 posts in 376 days
posted 218 days ago
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.
MsDebbieP
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11437 posts in 595 days
posted 218 days ago
sweet!!
I’m so impressed.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
RobG
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72 posts in 257 days
posted 218 days ago
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
CharlieM1958
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3902 posts in 653 days
posted 218 days ago
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"
roy
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65 posts in 228 days
posted 217 days ago
all banjo’s before the late 1800’s were fretless
-- tn hillbilly
Jiri Parkman
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552 posts in 247 days
posted 215 days ago
:)
-- Jiri
Jeremy M. Reid
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40 posts in 347 days
posted 189 days ago
Roy
Pick me some Flatt and Scruggs on that box…...
awesome…
-- Jeremy M. Reid Woodworking