HOMeMade MOUNtaiN BANJO Frank Proffitt STYLE
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2013
- Hello Folks
Please for give the rough playing I,m still getting the hang of the fretless... I'll be posting a build slide show with a hundred or more photos of the process....tuning is Double C gCGCD I did not use a tailpiece in the end it muted the head...just a pin in the rim to hold the string loops....I tried 5 different sets of strings on this till I figured out it was the tailpiece causing the sound problems!!!!!
THanks for watchin
cj 
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I like the imperfections more so than a perfectly made one. It looks homemade and the sound is loud. Don't change a thing...
Your banjo and your playin' is true to the spirit - thanks for sharing!
In my opinion, it has a really great lovely sound. Great work!
great stuff, thanks for posting cj,nice sound
That sound, it sends shivers up and down my spine. Thank you for the upload! ^_^
Very cool... amazin' sustain... watched a bit of the slideshow as well.
I really respect that ya "build 'em n' play em'"... a true artisan!
Brilliant sounding banjo Cj, a job well done!!! Now off to checkout the construction vid.
I really like the sound thanks for the vid
Damn that sounds good. And you play good too
Banjo sounds great,nice pickin too
Wish I could play this rough :)
Nice playing, and nice banjo.
Thanks for check it out, I definitely have a lot of respect for the mountain folks who designed and build banjos like and similar to this....they did it with hand tools on top of everything else !!!!! Lord what skills...I am bit relieved that it actually rings a bit....I was wonder if it would make out alive!!!! all the best cj
Great job CJ! I love the style of those mountain banjos! Packs quite a punch for such a small head, i agree about the sitar "buzz" it suits the instrument and with the fret less fingerboard you can play a mountain raga! :)
It has a quite nice old timey sound
thanks for watching...I need to try and build another
Thanks for the reply
Thanks for the kind comment, like all my instruments its a little " off " like the maker :) maybe I'll get one to really hang together one day...!!!!
Thanks for watching Bill, the 1st string is a little close to the edge of the neck...always something at little off!!!! like the maker:) !!!
Thanks for watching ...it is a cool design!!!
Thanks for checking it out, you learn something every build...yeah it was sounding like Sarod at one point!!!! I'm like what!!!! It was nice to get another project going!!!! happy building
I had one instrument do a sitar buzz on one fret. I wish I knew why it did that, because I want the rest of them to do it, too.
Your banjo sounds great. I'll have to check out the slideshow.
That sounds fabulous and looks awesome :D
Yes I had watched a Richie Stearns interview where explains his techniques or some of them, then lost it, searched wildly for it, thanks for his mentioning his name I had forgot it....I just did a search and went right too it!!! THanks much!!!! cj
Ha! this is awesome. I like the little sitar-like twang. You familiar with Richie Stearns? Aweomse funky frailing banjo player
Sorry to be insulting, but it looks like something I'd make. Sure sounds great. Congrats on a successful build.
Dear God.
May not be he best looking instrument,but it sure sounds good
Sounds great!! Have you made any more to sell? If not can you recommend a decent fretless that doesn't cost too much
Oh yeah you can tell that neck really sounds right.... Walnut worked in another guy's neck too. I'm surprised because it's so dense.
Walnut does not get enough credit as a tonewood, the new Taylor 110's are laminate walnut back and sides...
Soldiers Joy sneaked in there.
the Joy can't help but come out...!!!! thanks for watching !!!
Beautiful sound! What banjo tuning are you using for your mountain banjo-thank you for your reply.
Double C thks for watchin
That thing will never get well if you keep pickin' it. Keep it up.
What do you use for the tension hoop? (The ring under the skin)
Matt Stroud .. I used a piece of sheet copper...folded the edge over so as not to tear the skin...
I heard a bit of "Mole In The Ground" in there lol
that mole pops up all the time don't he....!!!!
Can you show us how to build one? I couldn't find the plans bluestemstrings. They aint no videos on step by step instructions.
This video is five years old, and bluestemstrings dot com takes you to a generic site, but you can still find the original site on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (I can't post the link here, but maybe I can send it to you in a message, or you can find it for yourself on the Wayback Machine site -- go back to 2011 or so).
After that, check out the archived 18 page discussion on Banjo Hangout (search for "the amazing Mountain Banjo").
I'm just about done with my first one of these, and learned a lot from the discussion and the plans. Also check out Firefox 3 (it's mentioned many times in the BHO discussion).
Thank you, I`ll check the WBM site. I got the Firefox 3 book now from the library and a lot of good ideas in there. The chapter on Simmie Free is great too. Cant get it out of my head to build one of these. I aint got no tools but a rusty old hand saw, ax, hammer and screwdriver. I might try to make it out of plywood first to see if it works. I don't want to use a skin head though. Feel bad for the Animals. But maybe I can staple on a fiberskyn head instead. Thanks and nice job on this here banjer! She sure sounds nice! Great sustain!
Why do Appalachian banjo players always strike the strings over the neck instead of over the head?
It gives you a different tone... more subtle i think
Cj12sings I ought to try that.
Appalachian banjo players don’t. Frailing hippies and revivalist pickers do
are you selling these?
+Sarah S. it needs a little TLC now....you can have it if you want it, it needs a little more neck around the 1st string, was thinknig about splicing a little more on...
+Sarah S. you can send me a message via youtube, it is just hanging on the wall, if you want to pay shipping it is yours...I need to clean house
+Cj12sings Ill take it ill pay ye what ever is needed , hillbillyproud814@gmail.com i emailed you at greenlionmusical@gmail.com
thanks either the banjo is a bit out of tune or the player! :)