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Offline bubby

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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2017, 08:50:13 pm »
Pat is right cb gitty has builds for mountain dulcimer's banjo, canjo, double necker guitars. They even have really old plans to build off of. Patb are you planning on building a cbg?
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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2017, 11:46:58 pm »
Gracious  Lymann,
Is there anything you do not do? Very cool banjos.
I don't know a note from a letter but love to listen.
Robert and Keith bring there guitars to House Mt.
 Maybe you all  can jam this summer?
Zuma
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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2017, 11:51:51 pm »
I've been thinking about it for a while bubby. I have 2 wood cigar boxes and have read about and watched You Tube videos about making one but as of yet I haven't.   ::)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2017, 06:24:48 pm »
I have a good start on a new cigar box guitar with a Osage head
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2017, 06:58:01 pm »
Nice. Keep posting pics of the progress.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2017, 08:03:04 pm »
Will do Pat, when i get a little progress i will start a new thread
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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2017, 10:36:15 pm »
Nice instruments, nc!

Bub, build along would be fun read.
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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2017, 12:23:54 am »
Gotcha Mike 😉
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Offline MulchMaker

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Re: Mountain banjo, tack head banjo
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2017, 06:51:59 am »
Wow!! Nice work gentleman. All this help is what I needed to get started. I almost can hear banjo music when I look through the woods for the body of my banjo. Gonna use hickory for the Neck I think, possibly black locust if I have a scrap piece long enough. Working on bows has taught me if it's made out of wood I should be able to hack,rasp, and shave away till I find it in there somewhere and then I'll have one too! A Bow some Arrows a banjo and a comfortable chair is pretty much all you need in life and all can be made with the same tools and techniques.  next time I post I'll show you what I came up with for raw materials and get started. I'll start a new thread for the build along and do it in real time. Thank you all for your info and the encouragement. Both are essential for me

Zach