Mr. Strong Electro-acoustic Canjo Ukulele

Mr. Strong Electro-Acoustic Canjo Ukulele

Amanda Palmer Signs Kimberly's Haufcut Colman's Canjo Uke.

Amanda Palmer Signs Kimberly's 

Haufcut Colman's Canjo Uke.

I made a ukulele from a Colman's mustard tin for Kimberly Bradshaw, in Tennessee, and she delighted me by getting it signed by one of my favourite artists, AFP, whom wrote the Ukulele Anthem.

Cadbury Canjo Ukulele

Cadbury Canjo Ukulele

I was asked to build a canjo ukulele from one of my favourite shaped biscuit tins.

MIllenium Falcanjo VIDEO

ON SALE- ONLY £80 !!

The Millennium Falcanjo

The Millenium Falcanjo

Beautiful Millennium Falcon tin, transformed in to an electro-acoustic, 3 string canjo.

Neck made from the acacia wood offcuts of the new bar at the Britannia Panopticon. Mahogany neck, 17 brass frets. Jade style tuners. Mandolin nut. Steel key bridge, piezo pick-up and mono, quarter inch socket. - ON SALE NOW - Video to follow...

The Jammie Canjo

The Jammie Canjo

An electro-acoustic, tenor, canjo, banjo, made out of a Jammie Dodgers biscuit tin. 

Haufcut, 4 string, Fretless, Deco-Canjo

Haufcut, 4 String, Fretless, Deco-Canjo

Made from a really nice, deco tin, with an oak neck, 4 chrome tuners, a key bridge, cordian nut, piezo pick-up and fretless, for slide playing - Tuned AEaC# (low to high)

BATCAN

BATCAN

Here is the BATCAN - A canjo made from a cool, Batman 'Gadget tin. Fitted with a piezo pick-up, and (finally) completed with bat fret markers, 24 nickel frets, 4 chrome tuners, oak neck, mahogany fingerboard, bone nut and key bridge - Tuned GDAE

and here's a quick video clip from when it had dot markers

Tenor Tin - Colman's Canjo

Tenor Tin - Colman's Canjo

A lovely sounding, nice looking canjo - badly played by mrjonthehat

The specifics are in the captions

ON SALE NOW

Left Handed, 'Mickey Mouse Tin, Electro-acoustic, Tenor Ukulele

Left Handed, 'Mickey Mouse Tin, Electro-acoustic, Tenor Ukulele

I was asked by Yannis Politis if I could construct a left handed, electro-acoustic, tenor ukulele from his cool, Mickey Mouse tin - Here is the finished uke: 

Playing it was a bit tricky - upside down and right handed...

Scotty Dog Canjo

Scotty Dog Canjo

JUST COMPLETED - The haufcut instruments Scotty Dog electro-acoustic, 4 string Canjo. (Oak neck, mahogany fingerboard, shortbread tin body, 17 steel frets, gold floral markers, key bridge, chrome, geared tuners, piezo-electric pick-up, mono jack socket.) - Video below...

Rubber Chicken Scale Canjo Ukulele

Rubber Chicken Scale Canjo Ukulele

Made from a nice Colman's Mustard Club lunchbox, this is a sweet sounding, electro-acoustic ukulele canjo, whuch I have put classical guitar strings on. Tuned GDAE (low to high), but that may change.  Oak neck, mahogany fingerboard, 14 brass frets, piezo pick up, bone nut, key bridge, gold dot markers, chrome tuners.

Prototype Electric Fiddle

Prototype Electric Fiddle

Well...It was worth a try...Back to the drawing board with this...

To Be Continued...

Mustard Chicken Tenor Canjo

Mustard Chicken Tenor Canjo

Another canjo for Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5, to support our Pledge Music album fund 

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Oak neck, tin body, pro piezo pick-up, 21 brass frets, chrome tuners, blah-blah...

Mustard Canjo - For Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 - Pledge Music Exclusive

Mustard Canjo 

For Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5

Pledge Music Exclusive

This 17 brass fretted, electro-acoustic canjo, made from a mustard tin, oak neck, mahogany fingerboard and chrome tuners, is EXCLUSIVELY available through www.pledgemusic.com - CLICK HERE

Redundancy, One Day Build, '50 Outrageous Scams & Hustles', Electro-acoustic Ukulele

Redundancy, One Day Build, '50 Outrageous Scams & Hustles', Electro-acoustic Ukulele

As today was the first day that I haven't been in 'full time employment', and since I have lost the use of the studio, at WASPS, I decided to try and make an instrument at home, with just a Black & Decker workbench, and basic tools...

Surprise, surprise! - I managed to make a pretty cool tin box uke, in about six hours (OK, the glue is still drying, and I will probably change the strings from mandolin, to classical guitar strings, but I managed it.) - Obviously I will never make a full time career out of cigar box guitars, and I spent some of the time editing a video, and filling out an application for a stage management job, but if I must be stuck at home, I want to be busy. It's not as good as a workshop, but it's a use for a spare room...

I WISH I HAD A SHED !!!

The dinosaurs show scale ! (Ha ha!) 

The tin was a Xmas present, containing some pretty cool items for street magic and con tricks !

It made a unique instrument, with the usual haufcut key bridge, piezo pick-up, oak neck, mahogany fingerboard, chrome tuners, black dot markers... 4 mandolin strings on it for now... - On sale to anyone who offers me a new job!

AND NOW HOW IT SOUNDS ELECTRIFIED:

Haufcut Broons Braw Biscuit Banjo

Haufcut Broons Braw Biscuit Banjo

Very Scottish, very cool, and sounding excellent. A canjo made from a Shortbread tin, featuring 'The Broons' clan. Oak neck, mahogany fingerboard, piezo pick-up, 14 brass frets, chrome tuners.

ON SALE NOW !!!

'Sweat Loaf' on the electro-acoustic CANJO - With mrjonthemuppet.

Sweat Loaf

Dulcimer Canjo Video

Dulcimer Canjo Video

Some nice noises from the dulcimer canjo

Going to a festival? Take a haufcut !

Going to a festival? Take a haufcut

Sitting in the sunshine, playing a canjo at TinthePark was pretty cool. Mandolin tuning for some picking, and an open G for a bit of blues in the shade...

Home now, and editing videos, so for a quick break, I pointed the laptop at the electro-acoustic dulcimer. If you like this, and want it, or any other instrument you see here, send me a message on facebook. CHEERS !