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Jonathan's Musical instruments from found objects podcast

Jonathan's Musical instruments from found objects podcast

By: Jonathan Jay Brandstater
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 In this podcast, I introduce musical instruments I have made myself, using objects I found in and around the house. This is in keeping with the folk tradition where people make instruments from whatever is available. You can make your own instruments,as well! This podcast is designed to inspire you. What you make and how you make it is up to you. Factory-made instruments tend to be made a certain way, using specific materials and methods. The folk tradition allows for a lot more creativity and flexibility. When it comes to drums made by a craftsperson, for example, no two drums are exactly alike.

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Episodes
  • Blues riffs on an acoustic cigar box Diddley bow

    Blues riffs on an acoustic cigar box Diddley bow
    Aug 7 2025
    In this episode, I play a cigar box Diddley bow. This is a single-stringed instrument similar to a guitar. My source of inspiration was a similar instrument I built from a kit.

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    2 mins
  • Blues riffs on cigar box bass with broom stick neck

    Blues riffs on cigar box bass with broom stick neck
    Jul 20 2025
    In this episode, I play some blues riffs on a homemade cigar box bass featuring a broom stick neck, steel wire string, a screw eye, an eyebolt with accompanying nut, two washers and a wing nut, along with a scrap wood bridge.

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    2 mins
  • Blues on a two-string cigar box guitar

    Blues on a two-string cigar box guitar
    Apr 26 2025
    In this episode, I play some improvised blues riffs on a two-string cigar box guitar of my own design. A previous episode features a similar instrument. The only difference is probably just the cigar box I used to build the instruments and possibly the actual strings I used, along with the respective tunings.

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    2 mins
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