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Shane Speal shows you how to turn a simple $24 Canjo neck into a cool Walkabout Dulcimer (Strumstick).  The instrument shown in this tutorial is very basic and uses the neck-on-top method of building.  Soundholes and other decorative elements can be added for artistic flair. Here's the tutorial video.  Scroll down for additional photos and a full parts list.The hack requires these steps: Drill out extra spaces for guitar tuners on the headstock  Add two additional …

In the modern cigar box guitar and handmade musical instrument movement, we sometimes forget that there were some key innovations, and innovators, that in their own way helped lay the groundwork for the hobby we enjoy today.At the NAMM show in Anaheim, California in late January, I had the pleasure of getting to know a man who was one of those innovators - Bob McNally. Bob has been involved with creating musical instruments since the early 1980’s, and his inventions influence some of the things …