{"id":57,"date":"2010-12-22T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T19:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.dev\/blog\/2010\/12\/building-a-cookie-tin-banjo-with-how-why\/"},"modified":"2016-05-09T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T20:23:12","slug":"building-a-cookie-tin-banjo-with-how-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/building-a-cookie-tin-banjo-with-how-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Cookie Tin Banjo with How & Why!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a banjo enthusiast. That’s something I’ve made peace with. But building a banjo? I never thought I’d be capable of managing a hacksaw while keeping my jugular intact, let alone make a scrappy instrument that sounds rad! While editing How & Why<\/em><\/a>, our latest DIY guide for the next apocalypse, Matte Resist’s instructions for building musical instruments gave me the push to try it out myself\u2014and build a fretless banjo from a cookie tin.<\/p>\n

Cookies plus banjos. It wasn’t a hard sell for me.<\/p>\n

I bought an old cookie tin with a 9\u201d diameter for $1. It provides a sturdy base to hold the neck (along with the tension of the strings) while being a good carrier of sweet tunes. Bigger equals louder. Then I cut a slot for the neck with a box cutter (see below) on what would be at the bottom of the tin’s side\u2014that way, I can still take off the lid when the banjo’s done!<\/p>\n

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Want to learn to construct your own banjo f or just a few bucks? Pick up your own copy of How and Why!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a banjo enthusiast. That’s something I’ve made peace with. But building a banjo? I never thought I’d be capable of managing a hacksaw while keeping my jugular intact, let alone make a scrappy instrument that sounds rad! While editing How & Why, our latest DIY guide for the next apocalypse, Matte Resist’s instructions for building musical instruments gave me the push to try it out myself\u2014and build a fretless banjo from a cookie tin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,51,34,27],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-diy","tag-diy-punk","tag-punx"],"my_excerpt":"

I'm a banjo enthusiast. That's something I've made peace with. But building a banjo? I never thought I'd be capable of managing a hacksaw while keeping my jugular intact, let alone make a scrappy instrument that sounds rad! While editing How & Why<\/em><\/a>, our latest DIY guide for the next apocalypse, Matte Resist's instructions for building musical instruments gave me the push to try it out myself\u2014and build a fretless banjo from a cookie tin.<\/p>

Cookies plus banjos. It wasn't a hard sell for me.<\/p>

I bought an old cookie tin with a 9\u201d diameter for $1. It provides a sturdy base to hold the neck (along with the tension of the strings) while being a good carrier of sweet tunes. Bigger equals louder. Then I cut a slot for the neck with a box cutter (see below) on what would be at the bottom of the tin's side\u2014that way, I can still take off the lid when the banjo's done!<\/p>

\"Diagram
<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\nWant to learn to construct your own banjo f or just a few bucks? Pick up your own copy of How and Why!<\/a><\/em>","my_excerpt_rendered":"

I’m a banjo enthusiast. That’s something I’ve made peace with. But building a banjo? I never thought I’d be capable of managing a hacksaw while keeping my jugular intact, let alone make a scrappy instrument that sounds rad! While editing How & Why<\/em><\/a>, our latest DIY guide for the next apocalypse, Matte Resist’s instructions for building musical instruments gave me the push to try it out myself\u2014and build a fretless banjo from a cookie tin.<\/p>\n

Cookies plus banjos. It wasn’t a hard sell for me.<\/p>\n

I bought an old cookie tin with a 9\u201d diameter for $1. It provides a sturdy base to hold the neck (along with the tension of the strings) while being a good carrier of sweet tunes. Bigger equals louder. Then I cut a slot for the neck with a box cutter (see below) on what would be at the bottom of the tin’s side\u2014that way, I can still take off the lid when the banjo’s done!<\/p>\n

\"Diagram
<\/em><\/p>\n

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