How to install a skin banjo head
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2017
- Dan Erlewine shows his friend Lauren how to remove and replace a natural skin head on this old Gretsch banjo-uke, or banjolele.
Skin Banjo Head
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Bracket Hex Wrench
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Gotta love a master luthier who has style, panache AND a wonderful sense of humor. You da man Dan.
He is Sr!!
I've learned a lot through all these years with this gentleman!
I deeply resent the videographer cutting Dan off when he started to sing and dance :-)
The gift of the tuners knocked me out! Thanks for the great video.
Maybe Dan pleaded they cut that part off!
whats the song at the end?
@@johnnytk1 I'm Yours from Jason Mraz.
Dan you are a gift to the world
Another teaching moment. She will be able to service the instrument 100% now that she has had it disassembled and she put it back together. Way to go Dan!
Amazing how simple the construction is. What geniuses thought of these things. People were clever back in those days. I liked the end.
In 1990, Henry Lay of Lay's Guitar Repair in Akron, Ohio (my home town), gave me my first Stew-Mac catalog. Now, 27 years later, I still feel grateful to Henry and to Stew-Mac (and Dan!) for all that I have learned and continue to learn about repair and lutherie.
Dan, this tutorial brought tears to my eyes! I've been watching many of your video's in preparation to restore some very interesting antique guitars and Philadelphia Mummers Banjolyn from 1918-23 era, and I must say I truly consider your skill and many years of wisdom a real blessing to learn from! I hope I can call upon you for some more great tips when I start the actual process on the oldest! Many thanks Dave Levinson, Philadelphia
I don't play guitar, own a guitar, or know much about them other than Fenders and Gibsons are great ones. I just have a love of music and great guitar players. Despite that, I have been binging on these videos for a few days. There is something really cool and calming about watching this master at work. It makes me want to buy a cheap beat up old guitar, open it up and see what I could do with it.
Just watching Dan working and listening to his calm Godly voice have a calming and therapeutic affect on me. It’s so meditative and it almost like it heals your emotional wounds. Dan is a true national treasure.
Dan, you rock. To pass that knowledge and tuners on is an act of a great person. Her smile was genuine and warm.
Funny enough, I'm here looking to replace a 1923 banjolele skin! Definitely buying through you guys.
This was great, letting her do it by herself. She looks like she really enjoyed learning a new taks for upkeeping her instrument. As always, every video in this channel is a JOY to watch.
God bless Dan. This young lady will forever remember learning from you.
Really cool technique! Those pegs look amazing!
Dan, my name is Bob Lerma, and I think you are a true master! I want to thank you for everything you have taught me! You are an inspiration to all of us! I wish I could meet you some day!
That was so much fun to watch! Dan Erlewine is my new Bob Ross!
Or Bob Vila!
Best of the best channels right here. I remember your catalog from when I was a kid. Binge watched all of this channel's videos over the weekend. Subbed.
Awesome video, lol. Everyone was having fun. The lady is very talented. I remember seeing her on another video. I enjoy watching her. thanks for sharing your video.
I've been watching these vids for as long as I can remember...but this one really made me laugh...Dan's dancing is...way too much..
This is awesome - thanks Dan and Lauren!
What an AWESOME feel-good video!!!
Omg this just becamemy favorite stew mac video! Lol now he can became a banjo singer! Btw these tuners really do look like jewellery! I mean wow
How lovely. Being an Englishman from Kent, now living in E Sussex, I love your accent too! Great stuff. Thank you very much for the video. Hey' whilst typing this I just remembered that my grandad was a banjo player! Approx 100 years ago and had a band in the Royal Navy. I have a very very distant memory of holding a banjo when I was a little boy.
Terrific fun video...I'm wondering if this technique would be good for that Orpheum? It has a non original drum head on it
Great vid! Love that your teaching all the tricks and tips!
Nice video. Sometimes if the top hoop has a ledge on it, you can rest the scalpel on it whilst cutting so you get a nice even trim all round.
So positive vibes in this one :) gotta love it!
reaaalllllyyyyy nice family work . dug it !❤️
I so needed this video. I have an old banjo-mandolin that needs a new head. It needs an overall restoration actually
I love it when young people are smart enough to show respect to those that have lived long enough to help them. Most think they are too important to listen. Take my kid for instance. NADA. This girl is great.
This is a most excellent video I also have a banjo uke that needs a new skin . I have not been able to find anyone who do it, for some reason people seem to turn up their nose at this job . With this video I have no doubt I can do it myself, thank you 👍😄🎩
This is a great video and it turns out great. I wish you use banjo tuners but the ones you did use are beautiful.
Hey Dan,
I just wondered why the Video for your Foldable Spraybooth is now private or down.
I loved the idea with the magnets and saved it to rewatch it when i build one later this year. Do they want to sell it as a kit?
That was fun to watch and educational.
The end of this video is so wholesome, unscripted, love it.
That was an awesome feel-good video.
Most Excellent !
I have an early 1900's Concertone that looks very close to this one except it has a separate resonator attached. Mine has the same exact tear in the head as hers. Now I feel confident to replace the head on my restoration project. Can you tell me where I can get a bridge that fits this style banjo or provide dimensions to make a new one?
Thank you, this video helped me tremendously!
Dan Erlewine is Mike Ehrmantraut in a parallel universe where he got heavy into luthiery instead of organized crime.
38Noles hahahaha
Dan Erlewine's personality is what Mike is like with his granddaughter, Kaylee.
Great like ever with Dan.. but:
Don't cut it from the middle and you have a spare left over for the future.
I absolutely adore this lady.
This man is a wizard thank goodness for his powers
hey, great job! whats the tune she plays at the end?
Amazing and clear instructions
Thanks! This video was exactly what I needed to know!
Wonderful video - Thank you!
4:53 We could restring this Banjolele but those friction Tuners are really shot. As a Bonus we're going to upgrade to Geared Tuners cause it'll hold tune longer, make tuning easier, & they're the best upgrade a Ukulele can get.
Thank you for posting this I just got a banjo and I don't like the look of the old skin I'm going to change it as well.. or try too..
I think I'd rather have those vintage Grover tuners, but the lady is happy and the sound is great.
sending love from california dan and fam :)
That's an awesome tutorial.
Thank you ! That made my day !
I wanna be Dan if I ever get the feeling to grow up.
My hero Dan!!!
Eu realmente gostaria muito de trabalhar aí. Dá uma força, Rodrigo!
Manoooooo, ai eh dificil, mas nao impossivel!!!kkkkk
Dan you are amazing :-)
Maybe there's a way to install the head without leaving any trace of the unattractive frill around the edges. (See the beginning of the video compared with the very end.) A factory drum head of course already has that problem addressed in the manufacturing process, and that looks to be the case here originally. Might be nigh impossible to achieve with a retrofit where the skin is separate from the ring.
Waverly makes reproductions of those elegant Grover barrel tuners found as well on a lot of early Martin ukes. Some luthier (forget his name without looking it up) was at one time making those tuners one-off for his fantastic Martin repro's and was being hounded to make them for others, but he declined. That was before Waverly got on board.
I would've installed those (available from Stewmac with _improved_ ivoroid buttons over the bland original buttons) in order to pay historical deference to the original setup.
But one thing I think we can all agree on - Dan is a national treasure. What a great attitude - much more important than tuners and banjo heads.
There's absolutely a way to install it without all that extra frill. You just have to cut the skin in a line just below the top of the straining hoop. I was kind of suprised he didn't mention that to her when she started cutting it the way she did. Never seen it done that way with all the slack sticking out.
I normally wait for the head to be completely dry and brought to correct tension then take it off and cut the excess with scissors. I don't like to do it with the head on the banjo as the knife could mark the tension hoop (and you can't get it very tidy). I don't like to cut the excess until I'm absolutely sure that the velum is in exactly the right place for correct tension hoop height - once you've cut you can't remove and re-wet the vellum and have another got - a few times I've got it wrong and had to re-soak and start again.
Dang it! I used a tortilla. Didn’t work.
I love this so much
Thank You!
I was a first-timer doing a very similar job. It's not as easy as it looks. Getting the ring on was quite hard -- I had to pound it with a hammer. It was not clear how far to tighten the hooks down. I did make it, though.
Steel strings on a uke?
Dan is the world's greatest treasure
So awesome
Did they install the ring upside down?
Wonderful man :) x
What, no rendition of "When I'm Cleanin' Windows" by Dan?
Fabulous
whats the song at the end please?
One of the things I've discovered doing these is that all skin heads are not created equal. Some are actually goat and come from Afghanistan. The only problem is that they vary quite a bit in thickness, and when the fit of the tension hoop is snug, some skins may be too thick to pass through twice. Also, they are all different in appearance, with different shades and streaks, some almost transparent in places. Thanks again, Dan for great info.
Those tuners look fantastic
5:33 The great thing about the Banjolele is that you can actually use Steel Strings
Dan the coolest grandad I never had.
you are great!!
Great fun!
I love dan
did they also put uke strings on them ?
Doesn't look like it, I've never seen steel uke strings
Awesome
Dan knows the way to a woman's heart with new tuners. 😎
I'd have Dan sign it inside the hoop so in a hundred years someone will change the skin and see his name and research and see him sighing it on a video NOW THAT WOULD BE COOL !
Hey Rod! Where'd you come from?
hey, hi!!! sorry for delay to see that !!!!
from Brazil!!!
Nice student
Dan..... you so funny.
thought he said cat skin... mentally went like "ya i could see that it was the 20's" haha...
Do "When I'm Cleaning Windows"!
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Now she just needs to learn When i'm Cleaning Windows and Leaning on a Lamppost and we'll have the next George Formby.
5:07 - and for wearing that shirt.
Stewart, You're a Class Act! Don't let anybody tell you different!
Dan Erlewine's pretty cool, too. . .
E o Rodrigo fazendo um "ponta".....
I never realized that a banjo is basically a drum with a neck
why did they put metal strings on that old Banjo ukulele :O WHHYYYYY
No kidding😮
What a beautiful girl. I'm in love.
No mention of whether the rough or smooth side of the vellum goes up and wrong type of machine heads fitted
Lauren is Uber cute. The two of you made a cool video. Thanks for sharing. Did I mention that Lauren is cute?
Spoiler - they all sing at the end!
great..but the geared side tuners..hmmm..not on vintage instrument
If I were you I'd change that out to a Plastic Head
If I were you I'd change that Skin Head to a Plastic Head as it'll hold up better & last many times as long
Does anyone make a plastic head that size? Also an old instrument is likely to be out-of-round so even a correct size head might not fit correctly.
@@AllanTheBanjo You'd have to make sure the instrument is rounded 1st to make it fit correctly.
@@AllanTheBanjo They make them
I thought he said cat skin
No - it's not a real banjo...