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Cookie-tin fretless banjo — a DIY instrument built with a parent
100k ft — What is this?
Cookie-tin fretless banjo — a DIY instrument built with a parent
50k ft — Why care?
Johanna Wacker plays clawhammer on a fretless banjo she built from a cookie tin with her dad, singing the old-time 'railroad man' hen verses. Proof that a tin-can body makes a usable, bright-sounding banjo.
10k ft — Key takeaways
• A cookie tin works as a banjo resonator for a cheap DIY build
• Building an instrument with family is a good maker project
• Fretless necks are simpler to build and suit old-time modal tunes
5k ft — Tools & techniques
Banjo
clawhammer, instrument building
1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
like playing this cookie tin fretless banjo that I built with my dad
#clawhammer #banjo #rva #oldtimemusic #yallternative
Transcript excerpt
She lays eggs for the railroad man, sometimes won it, sometimes can't, that's enough for the railroad man. Fuck old hand, fucking squaw, haven't laid an egg since way past fall. Fuck old hand, fucking sing, haven't laid an egg since way past spring.