I’ve had some requests to post a video here of me playing the oil can banjo. This is a bit of a problem for me. The first problem is that I’m a duffer. I’ve only been hammering away at this machine for a month. The… Read More
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Angeline the Baker
I started playing Angeline the Baker today on the oil can banjo, based on the following tab I found on the banjo hangout… The little H’s are hammer-ons and the little P’s are pull-offs and the SL’s indicate slides. This should keep me out of… Read More
Playing the Can
Playing the oil can banjo until my fingers are sore. Expecting callouses on the fingers of my left hand soon enough. Playing a few easy tunes, learning to coordinate the right and left hand. Feeling like I’m off to a good start, although I’m sure… Read More
Starting somewhere
My brother the trout sent me a simple arrangement of the tune Old Molly Hare and I’ve started to learn it on the can. I have to start somewhere and this seems to be as good a place as any. The can has a unique… Read More
The Can
I’ve started messing about with my home-made oil can banjo, which here-to-for I will simply refer to as The Can. Although I’m convinced it will be easier when I’ve grown my nails out a bit more, I’m starting (and I mean just starting) to be… Read More
Oil Can Banjo is complete
Last week I had the oil can banjo together but I wasn’t completely satisfied. I particular, the holes in the tail-piece were off-line, pulling the strings toward the bottom of the fretboard. Yesterday, I visited my local Goodwill and bought a selection of forks, and… Read More
Oil Can Banjo…getting there
The oil can banjo is almost done. There are a few things I still need to work on. One of them has to do with the nut for the four main strings. When I strung the banjo, the nut appeared to be too low. This… Read More
Canjo next steps
This is a little paper jig I made to mark my drill holes on the neck and on the piece of maple I’m using as a dowel stick. You can see that I’ve drawn the placement of the neck on the can and marked the… Read More
Saturday mission…
Tomorrow, I’m going to try to find a good chunk of hardwood to use as a “dowel-stick” for my canjo. There are two other things I need as well – a kitchen fork that will work for a tail-piece and a set of banjo strings.… Read More
It’s here…
The good folks at Canada Post delivered me a package today – my banjo neck is here! You can see how perfectly it’s going to fit on the can. Just right. I don’t think I’ll be able to start working on it until the weekend.… Read More
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