How It's Made: Banjos

[isaacdrums23]

2:58 haha

[MrBasstacular]

The Canadian narrator is superior.

[MASTERBLASTER118]

EARL SCRUGGS WOULD BE PROUD!

[vallegrl37]

lol at 2:58 to me it looked wrong thumbs up if u agree lol

[Ginteru]

@vallegrl37 you're a sick man.

[vallegrl37]

@Ginteru Thanks :D

[MrKahleck]

@vallegrl37 Are you 12?

[vallegrl37]

@MrKahleck Close...Why?

[joebobby1412]

2 people tried and failed

[joebobby1412]

now i will build one myself! itwill take me more than a month but do it i shall!

[YouAreBrahman]

exactly like Foxfire 3 says to do!

[apfelstrudelmaster]

4:47 = like a boss!!! :D

[wicketyspickety]

2:57

A thorough sanding indeed.

[slomozovo]

Mine was made by wizards.

[TheCrazehLadeh]

Guess what Youtube?! The guy playing banjo is my dad! :)

[bjpw1234]

Banjo is the inbred mutant cousin of the acoustic guitar.

[0022acc]

@bjpw1234

you are p stupid bro

[bjpw1234]

@0022acc How ironic that you say that...

[mastermindweird]

i have a nonresonating banjo wich doesn't have the back.

[nepalnt21]

i thought i would see how to MAKE banjo, not how to PRODUCE banjos if im a company

[giggleblaggle]

@nepalnt21 Good point

[TheFunkyMonkeyClub]

am i the only one who lol'd at 2:58

[TheExtremegamer666]

@TheFunkyMonkeyClub HAHA XD

[opinion5678]

@TheFunkyMonkeyClub No sir, you were not.

[20062006ification]

nice job good!!!!

[zePippin]

02:59 WHAT IS HE DOING! YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHILE WORKING!

[msbj10]

@zePippin hes just working out (:

[zePippin]

@msbj10 is THAT what they call it these days?

[msbj10]

@zePippin xD maybe

[SpeedbeetleV2]

They didn't talk about how the fifth string was attached. Great video though I love stuff like this. Especially when it involves the kind of music I listen to :)

[bircheyboymagic]

WOW Slaves had this sort of equiptment to make banjos... COOL lol

[blabliblaism]

I want a banjo so bad!!

[blabliblaism]

awesome!

[JoshSitar]

The background music in this clip is really horrible. What were they thinking? And why in the hell didn't they show how the pegboard was routed for the pearl inlay?

[MomoClawson]

@JoshSitar I know it's like African lol DOES NOT FIT!

[TheARDENWOOD]

Guitar & Banjo are extremely different despite their similar looks. The tuning is different and the playing is COMPLETELY different. Banjo is much much much more complex to play than guitar. A good quality banjo weights = to or more than a Les Paul. Its harder to make a good Electric banjo because the head is so important to the sound. Very difficult to capture the sound with a pickup. Guitars & Banjos just have different purposes.

[itsbrad212]

Acoustic banjos definitely owns acoustic guitars, but electric guitars own electric banjos.

[newagemisfit]

My first job was making banjos.

[dmasta123456]

2:58 LOL EPIC FAIL!! watch

[MrOzMendez]

3:55 LOL a drum!

[FallOutGurlCliche]

*slaps knee* Yeehaw!

j/p that awesome to watch!!!

[lAmOmega]

Banjo Owns Guitar Str8 Old School :)))))

[mortson978]

my banjo is cheap-o by comparison, but it sounds all right, and is really fun to play.

[kingfanboi]

i go to that music store its right down the street from me

[blackmii]

Wow, nice work... And by saying nice I mean Awesome Job!

[Dpesh7]

wow that is cool

[WiiGeee]

@banjoman1437 this show is generally to show you how its made, hence the name of the show. Its not called "how to make it".

[DIMATIF]

Isn't a banjo an Australian instrument?

[RupertandTurtle]

@DIMATIF no

[bkbj95]

im gonna make one

[tastybitepizza]

yup. people have been playing the banjo up here for as long as they have in the US.

[robs70986987]

awesome!

[ozzyscruggs1]

Derivative of the west African akonting, which has 4 strings (3 full strings and 1 drone) arranged high string on top, same as on a 5-string. Played 3 fingers in a style nearly identical to Appalachian clawhammer. It became the American banjo when the akonting's gourd was replaced with a round cake box because the latter was more widely available to slave banjo makers.

[ozzyscruggs1]

5 string is usually tuned open G (gDGBD) or D (aDF#AD or gDF#AD).

[GoldenbanjoDJ]

that's a nice banjo in tone and looks

[runnyonions]

@andr3w103 yes, but they can have different tunings

[kingshark222]

How is sound from an banjo produced?

[hevydevy024]

Yes, because How It's Made, like Survivorman and numerous other shows on that channel are made in Canada. Let this be a lesson that Canadians have good programming too! And I'm not even Canadian!

[banjoell]

banjo beats guitar 10 to 1

[saitycsart]

@banjoell dude, both are awesome

[NollieSk8]

@banjoell Maybe if you jab your banjo's neck at a guitar. No other way.

[LastKnown800]

@banjoell Maybe to rednecks.

[doingyourass]

@banjoell fuck u

[vinciguerrian]

Bluegrass is a derivative of country. The banjo was used in country decades before bluegrass came around. As for the notion of instruments used in most all country ruining a sub-genre of, well, itself--that's just nonsensical.

[pureevilfnord]

Look it up, it's true. Why is that idea so unbelievable?

[mandolin12348]

they invented a stupid gourd thing not the modern day banjo

[needlessdestruction]

banjo is such a weird instrument... here is the story on how it was invented ...Once apon a time there was a guy who owned a guitar.. one he was running with his guitar when he suddenly fell over and landed on a snare drum...THE END

[mandolin12348]

the banjo has 5 strings not 6

[ColdFusionGames]

Depends what kind of banjo you're talking about. A plectrum banjo has 4 strings, a bluegrass, or standard/5 string banjo has 5. And a banjitar, or 6 string banjo has 6.

[hevydevy024]

Except for 6 string banjos, which have 6 strings.

[ozzyscruggs1]

I've seen and heard gourd banjos that looked and sounded stunning. I've a 14" kettle gourd waiting for the proper piece of wood to carve a neck from.

[GeorgeMellllow]

Why is that so hard to believe?

[xshabootiex]

Dude, banjos are badass.

[rimrod17]

@xshabootiex i know

[kingfanboi]

@xshabootiex i shop at the place they film this at its rite down th street

[nleines]

The Banjo is the only American Invented instrument.

[victor224]

awesome! its my favorite show

[tiggathetiger]

The end is the best part!!

You think that guy sucks until he rips to Yankee Doodle!

[Logan5312]

That's a huge tone ring.

[artistfood]

Thank you! I always wondered how it was made. I love to see more :)

[countrycowgirl317]

AWSOME I WANT ONE!!!

[thewindblowered]

great. thanks.

[lefty5string]

ive been playing for several years and never new what went into putting one together. thanks!