Have not been on in awhile
Adventures with 'other' instruments...
Strumelia:
Love that gourd banjer! The moon inlay! And the copper tacks?
Wow i bet it has a wonderful deep voice. How are you tuning it Don?
To start I tuned it to standard G tuning which I did for a reason I wanted to see if it would hold up to the strain or literally come apart I left it that way for 4-5 days and then i de tuned it down to C# A C# E A that tuning is starting at the fifth going to first strings.
The moon inlays I hand cut out of a 8mill copper sheet with a pair of scissors I used Jacks green patina to age the moon inlays, since I wanted it fretless I wanted some kind of markers for as to where all the frets would have been if they were there
the sound hole is also man in the moons facing each other the neck is hand carved from a 2x4 piece of zebra wood i had laying around the peg head is the only thing I had to use a power tool to cut out
I am pretty happy with the way it came out but there are things i will not do the same on my next one like bolting the neck on solid which made it extremely difficult to install the goat skin head i have four more I will be building because my son and daughter want one and two grand kids also want one
this one i just finished is my trial run to learn what and what not to do
I currently have it strung with nylon La Bella (Classic 17) .019, .022, .028, .025, .019
forgot to add my twist on the tail piece I used a piece of snake wood I had laying around that I cut out with my band saw and almost lost some fingers in the process, LOL
updated by @don-smith: 09/17/21 12:28:05AM
