Wabash Cannonball on cookie tin banjo

Here's my rendition of the Wabash Cannonball played on a cookie tin banjo I made a couple years ago. The action's a bit high, which gives me a little trouble (especially when combined with my lackluster skill!). The banjo is tuned, plus or minus, to Open G (the non-geared pegs are a little tricky). It also uses a homemade piezo pickup and preamp located inside the cookie tin.

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Music

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• music
• clawhammer
• frailing
• banjo

[0713mas]

My Dad once had a prewar frailing banjo, your banjo sounds just like it! Great job!!!

[scrapefrench]

@0713mas Thanks! They don't have to be fancy, that's for sure... though hopefully the next one I make will be.

[FlatfootJohnny]

Great canjo, did you make the neck... love the frailing scoop. Ive not considerd using a pick up, sounds good, maybe i'll try it... ive just uploaded my cookietin banjo

[scrapefrench]

@FlatfootJohnny Thanks! Yes, I did make the neck. It's made from hardware store poplar with a red oak fretboard. I strung it with nylon, and would probably keep it that way since there's no truss rod. Peghead overlay and "backstrap" are both made of iron-on oak veneer. I made the neck more like a "real" neck in that it doesn't pass through the pot, but rather is bolted on via the heel, much like a "full-up" banjo. In fact, it does use a single homemade coordinator rod... very overkill.

[Spartacus103uk]

Pretty damn amazing, love it!

[scrapefrench]

Thanks!

[ftge87]

awsome

[MilwaukeeSDman]

Great Job!!!!!