Homemade Band

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Homemade Band

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This is an homade banjo

Step 1a. Getting the Wood

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Aquire a 70cm piece of wood, preferably 2-3cm thick, and 6-7cm wide. Get 4 pegged screws and screw them in 1cm lower from the highest leavings some of the screw sticking out. Add a fret holder out of any extra wood that you find. (Just cut 4 indents in it.) Your wood is now ready

Step 2. Preparing the Tin

For the tin all you need to do is get a can opener and run it along the edge enough so the wood would fit through. Get a chisel or other sharp object then just cut it all out.

Step 3. Fitting the Banjo

When you have the wood and the tin ready. Insert the wood into the tin and screw it down so it stays. Add 4 screws at the very bottom of the banjo. Add another fret on the cookie tin. After all of this then you are able to string the banjo with strings.

Step 1a. Gathering Materials

8 5-6 inch long pvc pipes

5 elbows

Blue tape (or any color)

2 funnels for the horns

Step 2: Piecing the Tubes and Elbows

Start by taking 6 pieces of tube and building them into a field goal kind of shape then use the elbows to fix them together

Step 3: Attach the Horns

Fix the horns on the two prong type ends of the pipes and wrap tape around them for added support

Step 4: Mouthpiece Pipe and Elbow

Add the last