Canjo's, fiddles,diddlebows and other
instruments from Smokey Mountain
This
is an instrument I learned to make in the Smokey Mountains by a old time
instrument builder. It is called a CAN-JO or a Canned Strum Stick.
It
has a strum stick neck and the mountain dulcimer scale - so it plays
with one
finger and a strum.You can't miss a note because every fret is a note.
You play with numbers just like a mountain dulcimer or strum stick.
I
have
built alot of these for girl scouts, school classes and teachers.
It is a very good instrument to show students a diatonic scale.There
is
one
string so very easy to play. It does have a tin can for the body
where the sound comes from and a full diatonic fret scale with real guitar
frets. Try one,they are fun.
$20.00 shipping in the US $10.00
For shipping outside the U.S. - call me
This
instrument is known as a DIDDLEBOW and comes from the mountain folk.
We don't know how far back. The Mountain folks are very inventive
and come up with so many instruments which we are still finding.
This
one is a one string steel guitar. It is 30 inches long by1 1/2 wide,
two feet on it so it can set on the a table. It has one geared guitar
tuner on one end and a single string is ran across the body through
a tin can which is the sound resonator.
You can tune to any pitch. you
use
a metal or glass slide just like a steel or dobro guitar uses. You
run the slide up the string and get a beautiful slidding sound used a
lot
in playing the Blues music and Country music. As you move the slide
up the string, you will go through all notes in a chromatic scale just
like
a guitar scale.
Price $30.00 shipping in the US $10.00
For shipping outside the U.S. - call me
There is no note you can't find. You
can also put on a electric guitar pick up so you can put it through a
guitar amp.This
instrument
is used in a lot of professinal bands because of the sliding sound
you can get - and the instrument is small enough and easy to carry.
Try one
you will enjoy
Here
is a 5 string electric mandolin styled like an electric guitar with the
semi acoustic body and strat type neck
Price $200.00 shipping
in the US $20.00
For shipping outside the U.S. - call me
This
is a teardrop style fiddle much played and
favoured by the mountain fiddlers
Price $200.00 shipping in the US $20.00
For shipping outside the U.S. - call me
A
mandolin banjo. A bright, crisp tone. Loud enough to cope with any situation.
