Turn a guitar into a Banjo?
Let's check out the viral guitar video of the week!
This week we are featuring 'Poor man's banjo'
Original video is here: • Poor man's banjo
Timestamps?
0:00 - Hello
0:10 - let's check it out
0:20 - the poor man's banjo
0:47 - did I make this video?
1:12 - balloon fart sounds
1:23 - let's try it out!
2:35 - attempt #2
3:05 - One more time!
3:15 - My Conclusion
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Real or fake? have you ever poor man banjo'd your guitar? Why not? Timestamps? 0:00 - Hello 0:10 - let's check it out 0:20 - the poor man's banjo 0:47 - did I make this video? 1:12 - balloon fart sounds 1:23 - let's try it out! 2:35 - attempt #2 3:05 - One more time! 3:15 - My Conclusion
@jinjilily2943
3 жыл бұрын
Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkk this is actually good
@2000SkyView
3 жыл бұрын
fake
@tobyzxcd
3 жыл бұрын
9 time stamps for a 3 minute video this is the effort we come to Landon for
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
Timestamps or bust!
@walkerdalton11435
3 жыл бұрын
It’s real it was acoustic guitar and the problem was that you didn’t inflate it enough to hold in place around the ring. And that’s how you do it
Lemme just say this. You didn’t inflate the balloon enough, and it’s the wrong type of balloon. You’ve got to make it so the strings just barely miss the balloon, and I’d recommend thick rubber balloons.
3 жыл бұрын
That's right. I just disliked the video.
@808MAFIAOG
2 жыл бұрын
yeah your right the strings arent touching the ballon like the guy in the orignal video
@brisaquina8816
2 жыл бұрын
@LemonTheAxo Well in the original video they did and that worked out great
@lengannduch7691
2 жыл бұрын
Thick rubber balloons. Bet
@brisaquina8816
2 жыл бұрын
@jdsjjssjei That might be so but that doesn't change the fact that it worked great in the original video.
The deflating balloon effect as the video disappeared is an example of the special kind of genius the world needs more of.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
balloon fart sounds for the win
@kiwimaddog_86
3 жыл бұрын
I agree😂😂😂
Red balloons have a better tone 🤣
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I should have tried Purple. it’s the thing now days.
@AndyDion
3 жыл бұрын
Gibson sells signature red balloons 🎈 signed by Slash.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
$100 each!
@LucasCrossleyGuitar
3 жыл бұрын
You need true bypass balloons! The hot air is sucking your tone. Do you have balloons rolling around your dryer?
@intehelt8606
3 ай бұрын
The old tone color discussion?
I’m to poor to make a poor mans banjo.
@someguynamedrob581
3 жыл бұрын
I'm too poor to pay attention to a poor man's banjo
@summergamer7650
3 жыл бұрын
Im just poor
@aburcuburjuva
3 жыл бұрын
I am most poor
@CaptainRedbeard89
2 жыл бұрын
I'm too poor to be poor
@devildogkogg8353
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so po I can't afford the last 2 letters
I felt that pick drop on a spiritual level
@riverman6655
3 жыл бұрын
great post! So far my favorite
@TenNineD
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
The secret trick is to have 98 more red balloons in your acoustic. Auf irhem weg zum horizont.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
Ich wusste es!
@steverolfeca
3 жыл бұрын
99 Red Luft Baloons!
No the other gentleman had blown up the balloon just a little bit bigger so when he popped it in the soundhole the balloon was touching the strings, but I would imagine you would have to get just the right amount of air in the balloon so skin would be bareilly touching the strings,to give it a slap snare like sound banjos are noted for,they are basically a tambourine with strings stretched across it, weird instrument indeed.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
he lied to us! he said it can’t touch the strings! I want my money back.
Tone balloons? Does the brand matter? Does colour matter? We need an in depth comparison vid.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I think one day I might just possibly, never do that 😝
Hmm I don't know, maybe the balloon has to fill the entire hole but not touch the strings? I still like to believe it could work maybe.
inflate it until it just touches the strings. It gives enough damping to make a passable banjo "plunk" noise. :)
I love these irreverent-humour videos. As for the task at hand, I think maybe you needed to inflate the pink balloon a bit more, so that it covered more of the acoustic's sound hole. Then maybe it would work...
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I like to mix it up :)
When the clip flew away like a deflating balloon... It made my face hurt (trying to suppress the laughter).
If I use a Blue Balloon will I be Playing The Blues🤪 💙🎸🎶
@flaccid6pancake
3 жыл бұрын
Play it on a field and you'll be playing bluegrass
@SteveResor
3 жыл бұрын
@@flaccid6pancake 👨🌾🗨🎸🎶🤣
Condoms (if you don't have balloons handy) give it a nice bluesy tone, especially if they are ribbed, and the lubricant helps keep the strings from rusting.
Johnny Cash used to put matchbooks on his strings so they buzzed like that...poor man's snare drum...Ralph Towner used to prepare his strings with sticks to do the same thing in his band Oregon back in the day....he has a song called Buzzbox...
@RebSike
3 жыл бұрын
he also used dollar bills and playing cards
@bigfootbeliever6985
3 жыл бұрын
@@RebSike and cards of paper (he usually preferred dollar bills because they had the right thickness)
"Did I make this video?" LOL
You need to blow that balloon harder so all the strings hit the balloon.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
that blows!
Paul Rudd could’ve played the fake banjo!
99 red balloons is better than 1 red balloon.
I love the fact that this man was so quick to say he made it and then turn around and say no its fake
@landonbailey
Жыл бұрын
I reject both hypotheses
@TCB405
Жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey okay you might don't mean we all do not trying to be rude
poor mans banjo? The banjo itself is a poor mans guitar
The balloon has to touch the strings.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
agreed
Now this will lead to the inevitable ... 2 balloons one guitar hole video ... Next thing you know a whole genre of freaky guitar porn has been created.
Didnt blow the balloon enough
that poor mans banjo video was literally on my recommendation and i saw this
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
😝
@KydLives
3 жыл бұрын
Same
Too bad it didn't work. I guess banjo playing will forever remain a rich man's hobby.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
exactly! it was worth a shot
He was playing away from the hole to not right over it
ⓘ This claim about the easyness of poor man's banjo construction is disputed by baloon specialists
The Poor man's banjo for those of you that bought three or more guitars but never an actual banjo.......
I think you should blow it up a *tiny* bit bigger, not by much but in the video it appears to be almost filling up the hole entirely and I think is just barely touching the strings
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
that sounds like a challenge!
"Real or fake?"??? i dont even think you did it right. I think your balloon is supposed to be big enough to be touching the strings
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
is there a right? it’s a balloon in a guitar 🤪
Lmao...just saw the video about 2 hours before watching yours. Too damn funny!! Loved this. 🎈😄🎈
You didn't blow on the balloon hard enough. Your strings has to touch the balloon
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
next time!
Notice the placement of his balloon as well
Your balloon wasn’t inflated enough.
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
my head was overinflated
Do we know whether he was using a metal-string acoustic, or a nylon-string classical? Cause if he was using a classical instead of a standard acoustic, that might be what's making the difference.
@davidledford3522
Жыл бұрын
It's steel I don't think a classical will work
It’s real; I’ve done it with my folk-sized guitar.
When you play poor man's banjo,try play it
@landonbailey
Жыл бұрын
😱
Sarcasm over 9000? Now we’re talkin’ I liked this attitude already
Someday I wish to see a Poor Ban's Manjo
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
🤪
I knew Paul Rudd would make an appearance. Slappa Da Basssa!
i like how the balloon fart sound had a time stamp
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
always
"two in the pink* 😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂
@peyotepete4903
3 жыл бұрын
One in the stink!
It only works if you date your cousin.
HAHAHAHA, this showed up in my recommends last night. HAHAHAHHA, hillarious!
I STARTED CRYING AT THE SECOND HE SAID THIS 0:26 #dirtymind
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
it was a sad moment
Gibson sells signature red balloons 🎈 signed by Slash.
“This is the stupidest video I’ve ever made”
Bigger balloons bro!
blow up the balloon more so that it is pressed against the strings in the acustic
Wait try blowing the balloon more and hit more towards the guitar/ banjo and u may get the effect
Put the balloon In the guitar first before you blow it that's it
Awesome content Landon I've learned a lot. Thanks again.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
hopefully not from this video! 🤪🎸 thanks!
the ballon cant touch the strings but it has to be close
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
👍🙂
No it's not fake, you just not put enough air on those balloons
If you would have blown the balloon up larger it would have plugged the port better without touching the strings. Your balloon looked undersized compared to the original.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I failed
So did he make that many dirty jokes on purpose or was that by accident because it was hilarious
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
a white horse fell in the mud
@Just_Haiden
2 жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey 🤣
Sack of balloons 🤣🤣🤣
clearly the problem was that you didn't start off with the red balloon
There is an abnormal amount of sexual innuendo in this video.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
that’s what she said!
The ballon need to be bigger to work
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
o
that video says in th description that the baloon must be really close the strings but no touching them
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
true
As a banjo player, you did pretty well👍🏻👍🏻
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
cheers
Anyone know the tabs or song that was played
It would not work because you are rich... Not poor
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
well I’m not rich, but ok 😄
I think that you inflated the balloon incorrectly, and therefore the sound is not the same.
First "Did I make this video" when the ' banjo' was played great, and then "I don't know how to play banjo" dude---
Fwiw regarding the banjo balloon , there's a video here kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYN_xc9ribXXcaw.html with a few tips in the description and he seems to be getting good results. Also someone else trying it here kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6ap16twicm2ks4.html
You have to use a ToneBalloon. : ) (If you can't blow up a balloon, you don't have kids.)
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
ah that's it!
do you know the name of the song that that guy was palying???
You did that on purpose. :-P You have to blow the balloon up more and it has to touch the strings.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I followed his instructions though! :)
Anyone know the name of the song in the original video?
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
Jonathan?
you did not blow it up enogh
0:57 the fretboard is different than that video
@landonbailey
Жыл бұрын
😱
So, you couldn't figure out what to make a video about? So we got this, thanks.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
no I'm trying to ride the coattails of an inexplicably viral guitar video
I do wonder if the same can be for the ukulele
This guy probably got the video on recommended and he tried it
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
actually, no, I just timed travelled back from 5 years ago to see if I can still do it!
@onyx6413
3 жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey wow legend
I got it to work on one string. The balloon is too round to get it to perfectly fit
Lemme just say you need to strum it like a banjo duh
When the balloon deflated in the video it startled me a bit
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
balloon fartle startle
@shane1472
3 жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey yes that it was my friend
"This is the stupidest video I've ever made." I certainly hope so.
Whats the song he playing?
The Bassjo is a Les Claypool invention.
You Have To Pick It. To Make The Sound
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not on strike!
@why5646
3 жыл бұрын
NOOO SO SADDDD
I just rub lime juice on the strings.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
I hope you don’t have paper cuts
@brandonanderson2066
3 жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey no pain no gain
What is the name of the song?
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
balloon blues
This is why I watch your videos.
Its not fake. You just didn't blow it at the right shape. Next time just make it bigger instead of telling its fake..
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
my comment was fake
@SupremeKoWatt
3 жыл бұрын
@@landonbailey .....ok. but it looked real so
Well that blows;). I’m disappointed too.
Lol 🤣this your best Video so far ever. Expesially the ending, saying: its fake. Lol best statement ever. Thumbs uP. One Love o
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
this is my best! ah no. I spent like 5 mins making this vs 30+ hours on my guitar build videos. 🤯🤪👍
How come when I hear those hip ass beats from that poor man's banjo video how come I start singing somethin that goes, "Nail inthe coffin and the whole worlds watchin better swallow the cotton cause big brothers watchin oh better right good lyrics or don't make-a appearance-" and whatever-
Real. The balloon MUST touch all of the strings.
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
the original video says they cannot touch the strings :)
If you use a blue balloon can you emulate B.B. King?
@landonbailey
3 жыл бұрын
🤔😆
You're so silly. Gotta love ya!
slapadabass banjo is a great band name
You needed to blow it up a little more lol and it sounded a bit like a banjo to me
Its not fake you just need to blow the balloon up a little bigger
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
that was a joke
@landonbailey
2 жыл бұрын
that's the joke
This is the one time the Acoustasonic would be the guitar of choice.
bruh the baloon was no where near the strings except the high e string