Sandy Boys on Cigar Box Banjo

Made from a Kuba Deluxe cigar box with a 6" salad bowl insert that has a goatskin head stretched and tacked on. Walnut neck with oak center strip. Sandy Boys is an old fiddle tune played out of A modal tuning.

[@mccypr]

Thanks! 😎

[@suemacias667]

Love the sound and the song, Jim! 🪕🪕🎼🎼

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Sue!

[@bearshield7138]

wonderful playing
grand sound
What an ingenious way to build the resonator
I learn so much from you

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@familiarstranger9617]

I love this endlessly, just right before sleep💕🐴✌

[@morbanjo2503]

Thank you and goodnighr!

[@NoahCline]

Another beaut, Jim.
Simple call and response lyrics from a recording by my former teacher and his band:
“Oh, Sandy Boys
Sandy Boys, Sandy Boys
Oh, Sandy Boys!”
x2, B part*
*variation that has the chord progression I IV, I IV in the second and sixth measures.

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Noah. Yup, sometimes I switch back and forth between those two B parts just for fun.

[@taylormorris_]

👍

[@johncalkin7423]

Hey, Jim. That's a nice tune well played. That's also a smart way to get a banjo sound out of a wooden box, and no rim to make. Great idea.

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks John. Yessir, if I can re use stuff and not have to make it from scratch, I'm a happy fellow!

[@johncalkin7423]

@@morbanjo2503 a lot of musicians could take a life lesson from you. They are so fussy about their gear that I don’t think they enjoy themselves very much. Discontent can be a horrible thing.

[@morbanjo2503]

@johncalkin7423 That's right, John. As you can see, it doesn't take a lot to make me content!

[@johncalkin7423]

@@morbanjo2503 I’m working on that myself, Jim

[@loulamanna567]

Cool! Nice use of that box. The resonator really adds that banjo twang too! Looking forward to seeing you next Saturday!

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Lou. See you in York!

[@stephengura4208]

Fabulous as always. Just curious--how many banjos do you think you've built since you started?

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Stephen. I haven't kept meticulous records, but I think this one makes something like 50 something.

[@l.bolton3598]

That thing sounds great, Jim. Now take those stickers off the box and put them on your forehead.

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Unc. Good idea!

[@morbanjo2503]

Thanks Unc. The surgeon general's warning on my forehead would be fitting.