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I Am frankly astonished at the beautiful tone of your backyard dulcimer. BTW : I use a ukulele strap for a strap and it works just fine.I tie it top and bottom behind the nut and at the strum hollow.
FYI... Bought my 3 grandkids these kits, and we built them together. Oldest one took hers to bible camp last summer. It rained and her box got wet and was ruined. Got her a new generic box, and we custom cut and decorated it. I decided to experiment with waterproofing the cardboard. After different trials, I decided to spray all the boxes inside and out with polyurethane. So basically the cardboard is now plastic coated. And they have all survived many camping trips and outings. On a side note, I got a used one on Ebay, and replaced the cardboard box with a corrugated plastic one. The corrugated plastic we got from political yard signs. Also found some at the hobby shop. The plastic box one sounds a bit brighter, but no real difference. Thanks for your videos.
I have to say that I bought one of these --the "assemble it yourself" model and I love it. I play it more than my more expensive one. They also have an Etsy shop, which is where I found it. It stays in tune amazingly well.
Nice video. I found a couple off ebay, one that had never been assembled and one that had been but the box had been badly beaten up. I assembled the one with the cardboard box, took the fret board off the damaged one and made a cigar box dulcimer both are quite nice and functional, together with the cigar boxes I have two dulcimers for under $50.
I got one of the banjo kits from them and built it. I had a few questions for the owner, and he was extremely helpful and interested in the work I was doing - he even asked for pictures of the finished product. It was my first banjo; I have since gotten "real" banjos and I am still impressed by how the Backyard instrument feels and sounds.
I just ordered one and got my Snark electronic tuner on order :-) Now to find an old t-shirt to make the strap! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
It sounds like a Dulcimer! This is stringed instrument I really want to learn to play. This would be perfect for me as a beginner. Thanks for the video and review, you play beautifully. I love your channel, your videos always brighten my day. Thanks from New Zealand.
Excellent job once again! I got the kit and I love it. I am adding electronics to mine for under $20 with a piezo EQ from Amazon. You are very helpful and inspiring, thank you again for doing this. Blessings!
The sound is amazingly good. What is the VSL? I wonder if they would make a chromatic fretboard. That would be an inexpensive way to experiment with a more complicated fretboard.
I just saw this review and I think I'm going to buy this dulcimer for myself for Christmas. I play acoustic and bass guitar at our church choir but I don't know how to play the dulcimer yet. But your review just convinced me to buy one and learn this amazing instrument. Thanks so much! I just subscribe to your channel and I can't wait to watch your other videos!
Once you get it consider joining my website for lessons, or I have a beginning dulcimer course that takes you step by step through it. www.banjolemonade.com
Hello! I found your channel and this video after seeing a video about the Backyard Dulcimer on Steve's Strings channel. I play ukulele, but don't play or own a dulcimer, but I'm definitely dulcimer curious after seeing this video and Steve's videos about the Backyard Dulcimer. This seems like a really inexpensive way to try out the dulcimer. Thanks for the great review!
You are awesome-thank you for the banjo lessons- I made my own gorgeous dulcimer in a class in 1979-whittled the head and tail-from a tree we cut down and milled-western maple-and mahogany back and sides-refinished it lately-horse head and tail=thanks also for dulcimer help=how to join patreon???? Debra
I almost ordered one of these and then I found the roosebeck dulcimers. That cost twice as much as the cardboard dulcimer but they are nice looking wooden dulcimers. But I don't know what they sound like we need banjo lemonade to review every dulcimer maker in the world. The world needs it. Banjo lemonade for president of America
😂 😂- you can send me any dulcimer and I’ll happily review it for you. Sorry but I don’t have the funds for that. I really wish I could review every thing for you guys and I do my best with what I’m able to get. Oh no thank you - I wouldn’t be a good politician - I’m a terrible liar 😉.
Oh Mandy I think that is your name Mandy. I've just been calling you banjo when I tell other people about you. That makes me feel so good that you responded to me and so fast. Sorry but I just sent you an email to moment to go on your website to ask you the same thing about the roosebeck brand. You go girl.. I grew up in Ohio and could always walk about 10 minutes and be in the woods and walk around in the woods. Now I live in Utah and suburbia and have to drive a long way to get into the woods. I envy you so much it looks like you can walk right out your door and down into the woods golly I envy that. Thank you so much for responding and I love you
Yep right into the woods in a few steps. Problem is sometimes the woods comes to us! Bears, coyotes, foxes killing my chickens, copperhead (bit my dog Penny in the mouth last year right on the porch), raccoons and on and hahaha. We do love it though.
I love you Mandy I hope you are still going strong you and your family I put a $25 pickup in my cardboard dulcimer and it sounds great it is the Axl brand I got it from Cedar Creek dulcimers
@@BanjoLemonade By the way, I only saw that the fret board was mahogany while I was ordering. Now that I'm logged in, I can't find that anymore! Oh, well, they're in the business of making dulcimers, not websites :-)
Hey everybody because of Mandy. I just ordered directly from Dave on the telephone from backyard music three of these cardboard dulcimers. One for my friend one for my grandson and one for me. And he has a D major diatonic scale harmonica that he'll sell you also I got one of those
Wow, that was a surprise , I like it a lot must see if it’s available in the UK , by the way what was the piece you played around the six minute mark .all the best to you all
Hey Mandy do you agree well I'll just ask you how do you tighten your dulcimers strings on a scroll head. Cedar Creek Jeremy says on the scroll heads they use the right tight Lefty Loosey rule so they all tighten clockwise and loosen counterclockwise is that pretty much Universal. The ones that I got from Dave at backyard music all Titan in a counterclockwise Direction
One of the texts in the video mentions using the fretboard and making a body out of cigar boxes. I made a dulcimer from scratch, using three cigar boxes attached end-to-end. It plays OK, but the sound is a bit disappointing. I think structural pieces needed to tie the three pieces together deadens its responsiveness. It's especially noticeable on the higher "d" string, and overall, it has less sustain. Still, it's been OK for learning.
I have this dulcimer and I like the sound better than my wood ones. Do you know of one that is wood with this same mellow sound? It isn't tinny at all. Thanks, Judy
How is the action. I had a cardboard dulcimer when I started (15 years ago) and the strings were very high off the fretboard so it hurt to press down. Perhaps that has been refined since then.
Whats the scale length ? It does not say on there web page . Yours sure sounds good I want one to just use for playing out and about. Thanks for all your Great videos
So Mandy this is driving me crazy I have the six and a half fret on my dulcimer I have three dulcimers they all have the six and a half. But I'm finding that the octave is on the 7th fret no matter the note a or D or whatever it repeats on the 7th fret not the 8th fret what's wrong with my thinking
Okay I'm going to leave my question on the page here below. But Jeremy from Cedar Creek dulcimers straightened me out. I feel so silly so the open string is the first note that you count and then you count up to the 7th fret that is your octave. Boy do I feel silly
sounds like a dulcimer to my ear, they are not engineering instruments they just work. Never played one yet that I did not like Great video and great playing thank you.
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I Am frankly astonished at the beautiful tone of your backyard dulcimer. BTW : I use a ukulele strap for a strap and it works just fine.I tie it top and bottom behind the nut and at the strum hollow.
FYI... Bought my 3 grandkids these kits, and we built them together. Oldest one took hers to bible camp last summer. It rained and her box got wet and was ruined. Got her a new generic box, and we custom cut and decorated it. I decided to experiment with waterproofing the cardboard. After different trials, I decided to spray all the boxes inside and out with polyurethane. So basically the cardboard is now plastic coated. And they have all survived many camping trips and outings. On a side note, I got a used one on Ebay, and replaced the cardboard box with a corrugated plastic one. The corrugated plastic we got from political yard signs. Also found some at the hobby shop. The plastic box one sounds a bit brighter, but no real difference. Thanks for your videos.
I have to say that I bought one of these --the "assemble it yourself" model and I love it. I play it more than my more expensive one. They also have an Etsy shop, which is where I found it. It stays in tune amazingly well.
Aaaah- the sound! Bellisimo! Just ordered one.
Fantastic!
Nice video. I found a couple off ebay, one that had never been assembled and one that had been but the box had been badly beaten up. I assembled the one with the cardboard box, took the fret board off the damaged one and made a cigar box dulcimer both are quite nice and functional, together with the cigar boxes I have two dulcimers for under $50.
I got one of the banjo kits from them and built it. I had a few questions for the owner, and he was extremely helpful and interested in the work I was doing - he even asked for pictures of the finished product. It was my first banjo; I have since gotten "real" banjos and I am still impressed by how the Backyard instrument feels and sounds.
Very cool!
Our senior center uses them to teach beginner classes. I started on one, got hooked, and now have a McSpadden.
I LOVE the idea of building your own instrument!!! I’m definitely going to check this out 👍🏼👍🏼
Cannot believe how pretty this sounds! It's AMAZING!
Wow!!You are an amazing player!Thanks so much for sharing.
Would believe the the young man who won the 2019 Dulcimer Nationals Champion used a cardboard Dulcimer he made. Wow...
Yep, I’ve seen Grant’s videos. Amazing young man.
That is incredible! For a cardboard instrument, it works great.
I know, I was quite surprised!! Love it.
Amazing Sound for cardboard! & you play it so well.
I just ordered one and got my Snark electronic tuner on order :-) Now to find an old t-shirt to make the strap! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
It sounds like a Dulcimer! This is stringed instrument I really want to learn to play. This would be perfect for me as a beginner. Thanks for the video and review, you play beautifully. I love your channel, your videos always brighten my day. Thanks from New Zealand.
Thank you! Yes they are wonderful and you will love it.
Excellent job once again! I got the kit and I love it. I am adding electronics to mine for under $20 with a piezo EQ from Amazon. You are very helpful and inspiring, thank you again for doing this. Blessings!
Cool piezo will be nice! 🙏
I just ordered one. I am so thankful to have discovered your channel and your review of this item. I'll return once I have my Dulcimer :).
Hey Doreen, once you get it go to my website. 7 Day Free membership, you can do the beginner course and get started. www.banjolemonade.com
So what do you think of the cardboard dulcimer?
It has a surprisingly warm sound
The sound is amazingly good. What is the VSL? I wonder if they would make a chromatic fretboard. That would be an inexpensive way to experiment with a more complicated fretboard.
I have a nice mcspadden dulcimer that cost around $500 new. And I have two of these cardboard ones and I totally like them I played them all the time
So cool you can play it so good.love the sound
I just saw this review and I think I'm going to buy this dulcimer for myself for Christmas. I play acoustic and bass guitar at our church choir but I don't know how to play the dulcimer yet. But your review just convinced me to buy one and learn this amazing instrument. Thanks so much! I just subscribe to your channel and I can't wait to watch your other videos!
Once you get it consider joining my website for lessons, or I have a beginning dulcimer course that takes you step by step through it. www.banjolemonade.com
@@BanjoLemonade I certainly will!
Hello! I found your channel and this video after seeing a video about the Backyard Dulcimer on Steve's Strings channel. I play ukulele, but don't play or own a dulcimer, but I'm definitely dulcimer curious after seeing this video and Steve's videos about the Backyard Dulcimer. This seems like a really inexpensive way to try out the dulcimer. Thanks for the great review!
Yes it absolutely is! Steve and I are going to be giving that dulicmer away actually. Thanks for watching!
You are awesome-thank you for the banjo lessons- I made my own gorgeous dulcimer in a class in 1979-whittled the head and tail-from a tree we cut down and milled-western maple-and mahogany back and sides-refinished it lately-horse head and tail=thanks also for dulcimer help=how to join patreon???? Debra
Sound Great and have a lot volume when you playing, and also is great for a beginner that want to learn how to play that don't to pay to much for one.
Yes! They are wonderful.
I almost ordered one of these and then I found the roosebeck dulcimers. That cost twice as much as the cardboard dulcimer but they are nice looking wooden dulcimers. But I don't know what they sound like we need banjo lemonade to review every dulcimer maker in the world. The world needs it. Banjo lemonade for president of America
😂 😂- you can send me any dulcimer and I’ll happily review it for you. Sorry but I don’t have the funds for that. I really wish I could review every thing for you guys and I do my best with what I’m able to get. Oh no thank you - I wouldn’t be a good politician - I’m a terrible liar 😉.
Oh Mandy I think that is your name Mandy. I've just been calling you banjo when I tell other people about you. That makes me feel so good that you responded to me and so fast. Sorry but I just sent you an email to moment to go on your website to ask you the same thing about the roosebeck brand. You go girl.. I grew up in Ohio and could always walk about 10 minutes and be in the woods and walk around in the woods. Now I live in Utah and suburbia and have to drive a long way to get into the woods. I envy you so much it looks like you can walk right out your door and down into the woods golly I envy that. Thank you so much for responding and I love you
Yep right into the woods in a few steps. Problem is sometimes the woods comes to us! Bears, coyotes, foxes killing my chickens, copperhead (bit my dog Penny in the mouth last year right on the porch), raccoons and on and hahaha. We do love it though.
Sounds really good, great review and dulcimer playing too!
Thank you Bill.
BanjoLemonade what is the tuning you had it in
I took the leap and just ordered one of these. We shall see!
I love you Mandy I hope you are still going strong you and your family I put a $25 pickup in my cardboard dulcimer and it sounds great it is the Axl brand I got it from Cedar Creek dulcimers
Cool, never thought about doing that. Thanks!
You make great videos, thank you
I looked on the website and found that the fret board is mahogany. Thanks for the video! I'm pretty sure I'll be getting one!
Sweet, you will love it. Tell Dave I sent you!
@@BanjoLemonade By the way, I only saw that the fret board was mahogany while I was ordering. Now that I'm logged in, I can't find that anymore! Oh, well, they're in the business of making dulcimers, not websites :-)
I bought the purple one based on your playing and review.
😎 cool
Yes, the fretboards on the Simplicity Dulcimers are shockingly good. You can also get them with different intonations.
Hey everybody because of Mandy. I just ordered directly from Dave on the telephone from backyard music three of these cardboard dulcimers. One for my friend one for my grandson and one for me. And he has a D major diatonic scale harmonica that he'll sell you also I got one of those
How interesting! A good one to learn on, as long as it doesn’t kill your fingers like mine does.
It will not hurt your fingers.
Wow, that was a surprise , I like it a lot must see if it’s available in the UK , by the way what was the piece you played around the six minute mark .all the best to you all
Hey Michael. I bet if you rang them they might ship it out to you. That was Rosin the Beau. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hey Mandy do you agree well I'll just ask you how do you tighten your dulcimers strings on a scroll head. Cedar Creek Jeremy says on the scroll heads they use the right tight Lefty Loosey rule so they all tighten clockwise and loosen counterclockwise is that pretty much Universal. The ones that I got from Dave at backyard music all Titan in a counterclockwise Direction
They are not universal, it depends on the maker of the tuner. I’ve seen them go either way.
impressed nice sound
One of the texts in the video mentions using the fretboard and making a body out of cigar boxes. I made a dulcimer from scratch, using three cigar boxes attached end-to-end. It plays OK, but the sound is a bit disappointing. I think structural pieces needed to tie the three pieces together deadens its responsiveness. It's especially noticeable on the higher "d" string, and overall, it has less sustain.
Still, it's been OK for learning.
I’m an untrained ear, but I think it sounds full and beautiful 💛
I have this dulcimer and I like the sound better than my wood ones. Do you know of one that is wood with this same mellow sound? It isn't tinny at all. Thanks, Judy
Hmmm, I don’t so far Judith. I enjoy it’s mellow sound also.
What strings will you replace these with? Will you do a video on changing these strings? I just got one and like the sound very much.
Great, you will love it. Here is my string change video. Strings I use are in the description of all videos. th-cam.com/video/0IAkaExjRtk/w-d-xo.html
Sounded fine. After Christmas list , God speed
Yep I thought it sounds just fine too. God Bless you!
How is the action. I had a cardboard dulcimer when I started (15 years ago) and the strings were very high off the fretboard so it hurt to press down. Perhaps that has been refined since then.
Oh no, on both my cardboard dulcimers the action is just fine. You can always sand the nut down some if you run across that again though. Thanks!
How do you make playing the dulcimer so easy you are very good at that
thanks, lot’s of practice
What's the song @6:00
Old Rosin The Beau
Whats the scale length ? It does not say on there web page . Yours sure sounds good I want one to just use for playing out and about. Thanks for all your Great videos
26” VSL. You will love it.
Sure rings nice and true in your lap and hands.
Haha, yep it’s a good starter instrument for sure!
So Mandy this is driving me crazy I have the six and a half fret on my dulcimer I have three dulcimers they all have the six and a half. But I'm finding that the octave is on the 7th fret no matter the note a or D or whatever it repeats on the 7th fret not the 8th fret what's wrong with my thinking
You forgot about the open string. That’s your 1, so the 7th fret is your 8 or octave
Well that is a pretty cool piece . I like it
Thanks, I think so too!
Okay I'm going to leave my question on the page here below. But Jeremy from Cedar Creek dulcimers straightened me out. I feel so silly so the open string is the first note that you count and then you count up to the 7th fret that is your octave. Boy do I feel silly
lol ok, I just answered the question also.
What’s the song at 5:52 ?
Old Rosin the Beau.
@@BanjoLemonade Thank you I’ve been playin it on my dulcimer forever but I didn’t know the name
What strings to you recommend for this?
Just the regular cheap Daddario’s on amazon for $3.99. Amazon Strings - amzn.to/2PZbt4O
What brand is the cardboard dulcimer? Where to buy? Thanks.
Check description, it’s all there. Get one you will not be disappointed. I’m not affiliated with them either. Dave is a nice fellow though.
Sounds good
Yep they sure do!
Where did you order this from?
www.backyardmusic.com/dulcimers.html
how long did it take to ship? (mine is taking forever)
have you tried contacting them?
@@BanjoLemonade yes they gave a tracking number but it wont work
@@BanjoLemonade also whats the song you played after the strum hollow?
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sounds like a dulcimer to my ear, they are not engineering instruments they just work. Never played one yet that I did not like Great video and great playing thank you.
I just got mine at the thrift store where I work at for less than $15
Long Live banjo Mandi
What's a cardboard dulcimer
It’s pretty neat isn’t it?
It's a mahogany fretboard