Poor man's banjo

Add some flavour to your acoustic routine by placing a balloon inside your guitar !
Attention: the strings must not touch the rubber but be real close !

[@MerkinMuffly]

I thought a poor man's guitar was a banjo.

[@irishkelly2062]

@@bro4539 its a joke, have you ever seen a cartoon? remember being a child? ps you still look like a child courteous by your avatar

[@zeitgeist2720]

@@bro4539 c’mon now idiot🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sethallison5682]

Maybe used to be. This ain’t 1939 in Appalachia. In Walmart’s America 2021 a beginner guitar with a balloon is gonna be cheaper than any banjo.

[@irishkelly2062]

@Southern Christian WHITE MAN i understand this. It's a joke, pop culture depicts poor people with banjos and their association with the South.

[@HourRomanticist]

@@bro4539 idk this guitar with a balloon in it sounds like a banjo and looks like a guitar.

[@chipwatford7676]

This man was out here living his quarantine life four years too early

[@maxamillion3437]

Just 4 years too early

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

@i i D:

[@aaronw2k8]

@i i But not as much as you hate yourself?

[@juandiegomoreno9803]

@@ginacooper1271 yeah fuck you

[@maxamillion3437]

@@ginacooper1271 how was this rude?

[@killapilla6343]

Try using a blue balloon it’ll give you that lonesome sound

[@daslynnter9841]

Thus blues was born

[@austinficek4939]

@@daslynnter9841 lmao

[@thereforeayam]

...everyone standin' around, all saying, "I can do that"...

[@kalamir93]

That is correct. But everyone knows red makes the sound fasta.

[@hunterbursey]

actuallly lol'd.

[@an_guitarist]

Historically a poor man’s banjo would be a banjo

[@HPNomad]

I mean a Gibson pre-war flathead banjo in good condition can sell for up to $85,000. Banjos aren't cheap!

[@FN0844]

@@HPNomadyeah, but that’s today. think about the past cost

[@HPNomad]

@@FN0844 From the 1937 Gibson catalog, a Gibson Granada banjo, widely considered the holy grail in the banjo world since Earl Scruggs played a Granada, retailed for an even $200.00 Adjusting for inflation via the Westegg calculator, that banjo would have sold from the factory for $4,362.07. Keep in mind, this was long before anyone realized the value of prewars.

[@McZambie1203]

​@@HPNomad That's a piece of history though, banjo made recently only runs you around $250

[@XxItsNotAnonymousxX]

It identifies as a banjo

[@drakkonscythe]

This actually makes a lot of sense, since a banjo's body is basically just a drum

[@migo7741]

how does it smell like

[@drakkonscythe]

@@migo7741 Like...a drum, I assume?

[@NgoTienat-wj2gu]

@@migo7741 go eat it and see

[@snouts9080]

@esp ele Calm down, mate. No need for the hostility.

[@krajowywadimir9352]

@esp ele you need to shut up

[@RDVaughans]

So, a guitar is musically equivalent to a banjo if you adjust for inflation.

[@nathanelias5595]

Omg this caught me off guard

[@danh5150]

Good one, sir. ;o) * polite clap *

[@enevy3165]

Lmaoo

[@nekonichee]

XD

[@slowbro1337]

Classy lol

[@audoldends6799]

What was the chain of events that led to “I’m gonna put a balloon in my guitar and see what happens. Oh shit sounds like a banjo!”

[@MeaHeaR]

Southern Meth 😁😁😀👍👍🎸💃💃🎼

[@MeaHeaR]

@@harorider96 ha ha lol 😁😁😀👍👍

[@MeaHeaR]

@@harorider96 Deliverance movie family designed this

[@absolute-creature]

@@harorider96 yee yee 😭💀💀💀 omg i love this answer thread

[@domsantiago2155]

Quarantine

[@AJR-zg2py]

This sounds like it could be the menu music to a fishing game as you select your gear and equip your angler before hitting the lake. LOVE it.

[@jaxlolzers]

Yeah! At like 1.5x speed

[@ddkk8930]

@@jaxlolzersnow it sounds like a mario party minigame

[@h_ch_ch_ch_ch_ch_ch_ch_ch_ch_c]

wiiのやつ？

[@DaniZeAlmighty]

Ultrakill moment

[@MaribelyelitzaSaaNunez]

​​@@DaniZeAlmighty me when 5-S:

[@geraldysjunk]

Mumford and Sons been real quiet since this

[@GoochGoocherson]

This is the best thing on the internet right now

[@Jimburai]

Mum's the word...

[@tycrowther33]

Good.

[@resol_beats]

😂😂😂

[@Adam-th8fb]

God tier comment

[@lashyndragon]

The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a party store.

[@danialhowe9814]

best comment

[@Reydotcom]

The devil went down to Georgia was played with a fiddle though.

[@TheChucknoxus]

@@Reydotcom bunch of people know it by the rock version that was in guitar hero 3

[@cretaceouscrabrevolution8391]

this is easily the best comment i’ve seen on any video all week

[@samcolton943]

He was in a bind, as his favorite store, Didn't have the balloons for under $4.

[@peronkop]

"Poor man's banjo"? You expect me to afford a balloon?

[@SoVidushi]

Underrated

[@Chev_Dev]

Find a park that's hosting a birthday party then you'll get a free one

[@ororonthefarmer]

😂

[@felixhk3084]

Should have bought real banjo, waste a lot of money with that balloon.

[@rougethebat6752]

Condoms do the trick too. And stress balls.

[@leandro88888]

When he said "🪕 🪕🪕🪕 🪕🪕🪕 🪕🪕🪕" I felt that.

[@ProfPeanutPants]

True

[@0Mister-Sun0]

No he said, “🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸"

[@leandro88888]

@@0Mister-Sun0 True.

[@WhisperWrites]

I dunno, I kinda felt it when he said “😮‍💨😲😮‍💨”

[@Perizodic]

🪕

[@shezzowicked3858]

From his body motions you can see he’s really getting into it

[@tairhan7404]

Yup

[@glorytoukraine5524]

@DON'T ever get your hopes up for living

[@bilalmalik5002]

@@glorytoukraine5524 dont bother mate, it's a bot

[@glorytoukraine5524]

@@bilalmalik5002 I know, it just allows to get some steam out

[@duyle7831]

Actually the act of stomping your foot onto the ground while playing a guitar is a must. We have to do it to avoid getting off-beat

[@bas_chan]

He's poor, a genius and a friggin' balloon specialists

[@FreeTheUyghurs]

He may be poor but his brain is wealthy.

[@dankygongalis9386]

@DON'T ok

[@z3ronotfund939]

@DON'T ok

[@QuwapaQuwapus]

@DON'T ok

[@ÆthelflædOfMercia]

@DON'T No problem.

[@Chickenwing2go]

It’s just a banjo texture pack, don’t be alarmed, folks.

[@BlueSmash_404]

Ufff,thanks man,it scared me a little second there

[@mollythe_fish]

Same I was just concerned

[@DF-ve6wm]

Hello Mine Turtle!

[@MarkosKapox]

More like a banjo mod, if it was a texture pack it would be seen different

[@justaturtle140]

Yes my fellow turtle -just a turtle

[@masheroomboi2884]

This is pretty co.... . TWO LOVERS, FORBIDDEN FROM ONE ANOTHER

[@novapewpew]

YESSIRRE EXACTLY I JUST NOTICED LMAO

[@echoplots8058]

Mississippi river can't keep us apart

[@childreninmybasement_37]

I recognized it from the first few notes 😭

[@L.O.752]

A WAR DIVIDES THEIR PEOPLE

[@cheska-1823]

AND A MOUNTAIN DIVIDES THEM APART

[@43Borz]

Life: going sad KZbin: Here, watch a guy making his guitar into Banjo

[@ginacooper1271]

wut is a banja....TELLL ME WHERE TO GET ONE!!!!!

[@yungfishface]

Why do I relate so much to this comment

[@MajorTechnologies]

It literally makes me smile.

[@jamespogi8681]

@@MajorTechnologies same

[@rogeriswater]

Lol

[@ryuman757]

Actually that's just a device you use to prevent guitar picks from falling into the abyss. It just happens to sound like a banjo too.

[@xInactiveYokai]

@DON'T okay

[@alraapl]

@DON'T ok

[@winterindanzig]

@DON'T ok

[@egrmor7516]

@DON'T ok

[@jfynn5572]

@DON'T ok

[@bobgourley8731]

Yesterday I forgot to lock my car. I had my banjo in the back. Once I realized it was unlocked I ran outside to check on it. I was too late, someone left two more banjos.

[@jwaj]

I tried this but they drove off with my car and left the ukulele in the parking stall

[@deepblueyonderspage]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ooferrell]

Same happened to me too dude!! I had a bigger problem though...i ran back in the house afterwards to find Bela Flec and victor Wooten jamming in my god damn living room!!!

[@kurtzFPV]

Love it. Mike Cooley from Drive-by Truckers tells that joke on one of his live albums before playing the awesome Cottonseed.

[@roxasvsvanitas]

can someone play wonderwall?

[@68blues]

I'll be impressed when he turns a banjo into a grand piano.

[@TheGamerSpectacle]

If only you had used a blue balloon, then you'd have unock the power of the bluegrass

[@king-vn6fb]

What if you replaced the guitar with blue strains of grass

[@Skel1001]

@@king-vn6fb now your thinking with portals

[@Kellysg126]

@@Skel1001 brilliant comment

[@loveheshy2109]

What

[@benjaminweststeijn5509]

Technically if the balloon is filled with CO2, itd be the power of bluegas...

[@notablediscomfort]

these are sad times, when a poor man's banjo isn't *_just a banjo_*

[@Eduardo_3334]

HEY WAIT PLEASE i want to get your atention please give this even a small chance as a grain of sand alright just please it will only take you i dont know lets say 5 minutes and trust me it might be the most important message you will hear ALL day❤️❤️ Repent to God before its too late i know this message keeps on apearing every now and then but it doesn't get atention or at least enough atention people wake up and stop living in sin and in worldly toughts and doings its not only afecting your relationship with Jesus our Savior but its afecting you please listen to me give it a try im a very direct person and the truth is many of our friends loved ones known ones and even strangers!! WILL GO TO HELL!! It hurts me just to write this fact and that they will go there now to cut to the chase if you want to live for THE truth and THE Lord you need to repent. Repent? Right now wherever you are get on your knees if you can and shut your hands closed together and start praying this either with your mouth or in your head: Father God i know that for ME and my family and my enemies and my neighbours you have sent your one and only beloved Son Jesus Christ to live a perfect and sinles life and to die on the cross for all of our sins and to be raised by You on the 3rd day. Father God i admit with my mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and i will let him in my heart and i admit that i have sinned and i have done wrong by you. We don't deserve You Lord but You died for us so that trough You we may get to heaven. Father Jesus we pray that you help us with our daily strugles and most importantly help us not to sin and be free of our sins and live a new life in Your name. In Jesus name amen.❤️ Now i think that should be a great enough prayer and if you need any tips any help first go to God and Jesus and ask them for directions then either come here and ask me to help you or go on youtube and search david lynn i think is his name hes a very wise and powerful sharer of the gospel even better if you have tik tok go search davidpurther he in my opinion is a very strong person in God and to be completely honest he was the one that saved me him and some more if you want more accounts like brother David ask me and if i will see your request ill try my best to answer As always may God bless you and give you a blessed new year AMEN AMEN :) ❤️✝️ Jesus 🔛🔝

[@jack-uv6mt]

banjos are extremely expensive. pls read more, thanks

[@listenorelse_]

@@jack-uv6mt Brother, banjos used to be the cheap guitar. Nowadays a guitar is instead cheaper than a banjo.

[@dillis2188]

@@jack-uv6mt "pls read more" What an ironic statement.

[@theonescratchwonder6484]

@@listenorelse_ I don't think that this is true, got any statistics on that?

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Pretty nice guitar for a poor man.

[@redhoodedgamer4659]

Probably used all of his money for a nice guitar, now he's poor

[@bradypeake4447]

@@redhoodedgamer4659 ahh damn beat me to it

[@MrKawaiiKing]

👑UUUUuuuuh damn, what!?👑

[@dillonbaxter385]

Exactly

[@summergamer7650]

I think you misspelled banjo my dude

[@JacobC2577]

0:31 is just wow

[@MasterAshcraft]

Agreed

[@gabbyhyman1246]

If you put an acoustic guitar inside a balloon it will sound like bagpipes.

[@BulletCubing]

How do you know?

[@ssgoko88]

@@BulletCubing he probably knows his stuff about bag pipes

[@exmandrew8873]

This guy sounds like he knows his stuff

[@gvent2319]

He just know this

[@leviathan903]

What happen it put yourself in guitar?

[@elijahbe02]

I filled the Ballon with water. Now it sounds like a piano

[@randallcarissa]

Cool.

[@WxckyPenguin]

How

[@leadergeovanni7740]

😂😂

[@maxamillion3437]

Nice

[@cryptojazzy1881]

Now do the same thing but with vodka and tell us if your comrades like it

[@TheCalifornian]

Almost sounds like a guitar with a balloon stuffed in it.

[@jay2242]

Ikr

[@Casedilla73]

Why would you think that? Absolutely ridiculous, people these days

[@Teddy84631]

Nah it wasn't that for sure

[@taigambit1549]

It kind of does actually... weird how that works

[@Jorge_super]

hehe

[@halukefeatabek157]

Whoever sanded the inner surfaces of that guitar did a damn well job

[@thegreatmoustachio]

I love how this implies that only rich people can afford real banjos.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

Me too! 🤣

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@Zacariah Anderson - Really? I always thought that in general, the banjo would be considered a poor man's guitar, or DIY guitar. I didn't know a banjo was actually more than twice the price of a guitar.

[@317kirbo]

Aye a good banjo isn't cheap tho fam

[@I_dont_give_a_care]

That's not at all what it implies.

[@THE-_-SAVAGE-_-JOKER]

Its not a wrong assumption lol....

[@purpletokyo2139]

The "Let me tell you a little story, son" song.

[@gimmiethemcookies7372]

Theres once a lil' story bout me and your aunt...

[@hiressakitsune9877]

What is the actual song?

[@zyteplayzninja1300]

What is the actual song

[@purpletokyo2139]

Idk the song lmfao

[@rowuomiimakori]

Sounds familiar like "More Gun" from the Team Fortress 2 soundtrack. idk its just a guess tho

[@connormatthews7437]

KZbin: poor mans banjo People who are neither poor nor banjo players: fuck yes

[@啊随便了随便了别说我]

bold to assume im not poor

[@CGOLChris]

Bold to assume I'm not poor

[@mr.cobuelo1405]

bold to assume I'm not a banjo

[@e.d.9420]

Bold of you to assume I’m not a poor banjo 😎

[@mrstrangeduck7484]

bold to assume

[@TommyCasabella]

Honestly I had such a rough day, and somehow this played on my KZbin while I was driving, and bro, this fucking made me so happy. Just simplicity.

[@thegrandt604]

I'm starting to think KZbin secretly has someone whos only job is to occasionally pick a random video and go "This one. This is the one we are to recommend today."

[@zombie1013]

@Tieler Smith 👌

[@Mr.Sneeze]

Plausible actually

[@claimingagate]

yes

[@edo8797]

Lmao fr

[@ghostlyc646]

ye

[@rold-hx8bu]

"Poor man's banjo" *Step one, buy a guitar...

[@stain5570]

*Step two, buy a balloon.......*

[@Kleidus]

*Step three, ???

[@rocketpod1]

@@Kleidus profit

[@andrear.ortega7996]

Step three: pay for music classes

[@AbaiSkizo]

Step four : create a KZbin channel

[@nvcomics]

Everyone knows that a Poor Man's Banjo is a Rubber Band

[@Cozm1k]

That’s just the Poor Man’s Guitar.

[@crunchytots1034]

I play a rubber banjo, in a rubber band named Joe

[@JoaoVictor-ic3ht]

@@crunchytots1034 that's the countriest thing possible

[@oneeyednut7891]

I can do one better, a string attached to a dustpan

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Also a poor man's upright double bass.

[@the_proverbs314]

i want a 10 hour version of this, now

[@DD-gc1yt]

1.75x sounds like the beginning of an adventure

[@Chyron_io]

Farming simulator 2022 theme song

[@maxdestefano8310]

Jackass intro

[@milesmccue9388]

Bruh that shit slaps at 1.75x

[@ajhawk2908]

King of the Hill vibes!! 😂 Thanks for the suggestion tho lol made it better

[@TheTommyak]

It dooeess, just add a melody thing after the four counts and there u go hahah

[@eminemlyrics2792]

*This isn’t a poor man’s banjo this is a smart man’s banjo*

[@The.Khans.]

Bornana

[@eminemlyrics2792]

@@The.Khans. i can make orange rhyme with banana

[@Gamercraft-jw4ef]

@@eminemlyrics2792 One day I ate a banana, but then the next day i ate an orange, then the third day, I saaaaiiiiid Bornana Edit: I don't know what I was trying to accomplish with this

[@bradentheman1373]

I like the name “a wise mans banjo” more

[@stupendous7848]

poor man and a smart man can be the same thing

[@Th3Cure]

And he turned an acoustic guitar into a banjo, funniest shit I've ever seen.

[@brendanurke9193]

Then you clearly haven't seen Rick Sanchez turn himself into a pickle.

[@prla5400]

@@brendanurke9193 hmm

[@Astronopolis]

MORTY IM A BANJO! IM BANJO RIIIIICK

[@samhilton4173]

Astronopolis What a funny and relevant meme, friend

[@Menuomikz]

@@Astronopolis dont listen to the other guy I laughed 😂

[@pr1nce_r]

0:25 Stardew Valley?

[@MellowsliceProductions]

thought the same lol

[@englandexpects2056]

This is nothing, the balloon is shaped like a poodle when the song is over.

[@enderkoregameing8090]

and banjo was his name-o

[@ly_775]

What's poodle?..

[@wolf25705]

@@ly_775 a type of dog which is a common “Balloon Animal” shape

[@englandexpects2056]

@@ly_775 A poodle is a dog, balloon sculptors often make animal shapes out of balloons and a poodle is a popular and easy one to make. Hope that helps.

[@Ego.g12]

Lol

[@Josh-rs9kg]

"Look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems."

[@iceysoul-rp5ow]

"Not problems like what is beauty, 'cause that would fall under your conundrums of philosophy."

[@sleazymeezy]

@@iceysoul-rp5ow I feel like y'all are quoting something I should be watching, what is it please?

[@PseudoLlama]

*ENGINEER*

[@sleazymeezy]

@@PseudoLlama cheers m80 ^_^

[@PseudoLlama]

*GAMING*

[@Dankxyz]

Not gonna lie, the tune he played was a jam

[@Bdurden892]

Shit slapped

[@bigbro1010101]

Sounds a lot like Folsom prison blues by Johnny Cash I think that’s what it is

[@khajiitimanus7432]

Straight facts.

[@jeffjeff4009]

I can see all the hippies on the main stage stomping their bare feet until they couldn't walk. Gave me flashbacks lol

[@UserUser-xk7py]

@@bigbro1010101 it sounds alot like it agreed but it isn’t that, Johnny cash didn’t invent that technique(alternating between two of the lower strings whilst strumming the notes of the chord in between) he just used it a lot.

[@ABCD-ff9ft]

0:46 that switch from banjo to guitar was kinda good, it gives variety

[@retronax4346]

today i learned that a lot of people think 200 dollars for a guitar is a lot and don't know banjos are terribly expensive

[@Josh1OD]

If you don't live in a rich country like USA, yes. It's a lot.

[@tobeyparker3459]

Guitars only cost 50 dollars in my country

[@103.shannonrodrigues5]

@@tobeyparker3459 mine cost less than $25. But it was the cheapest available

[@tobeyparker3459]

@@103.shannonrodrigues5 your guitar might be a secondhand

[@victorlikesmetal3662]

$230 for my banjo and that broke my bank, for a cheap one too

[@jonathangarcia6658]

This sounds like the music from ur stereotypical farming simulator 0:31

[@k-874]

Any happy upbeat music played on a banjo is a straight up farming game theme xD

[@evanreloadingbazookagaming1699]

Omg now that you say it...

[@juststefan2725]

yo😂

[@alyamaulida9733]

🤣🤣

[@KydLives]

Haha

[@gravityduck1210]

“Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems, not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems”

[@MJBfromCCC]

“For instance: how am I gonna stop some big, mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer... Is a gun.”

[@mattheholic2]

"and if that don't work use more gun"

[@discounthorde1944]

"Like this, heavy-caliber tripod-mounted little-old-number designed by me,"

[@salternative_]

“Built by me”

[@dovakhiinmaster2967]

"And you best hope..."

[@JojoQuik]

I thought the banjo was the poor man's guitar. Shit this is confusing.

[@Vader99ify]

Nah bro. A Gibson banjo (depending on the model) ranges from $1,000 to $10,000. But I get the joke though lol

[@nobodyhome3753]

The banjo is the poor man's banjo. Unless he already has a guitar. Which then makes a guitar with a balloon a poor man's banjo. Unless the banjo costs less than a balloon in which case a banjo is a poor man's banjo and a guitar with a balloon is an idiot's banjo.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

@@Vader99ify for the sake of a fair comparison, what's the price range on a Gibson guitar? Apples to apples...

[@Vader99ify]

@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 $1000-$4.5k for acoustic

[@JojoQuik]

@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 Gibson guitars are mediocre in comparison to other mainstream brands like Taylor or Martin. The boutique instruments are what most people obsess over these days. I don't know about their banjos, but if you pay 10k for one, youre as dumb as the day is long.

[@Wolfofshadows952]

I wouldn’t say that’s a “poor man’s” banjo, but more of a “richer man’s” way of making do with a better “banjo.”

[@justanator0446]

?

[@againstthecurve]

Despite banjos being historically cheaper, inflation, production methods and popular trends have made guitars significantly cheaper than modern banjos

[@Wolfofshadows952]

@@againstthecurve that is true.

[@게임의소리]

@@bidensaidthenwordwithahard4838 *stonks?*

[@mystic2982]

but the real banjo is better

[@zw246]

"This doesn't sound anything like a banjo" several seconds later "Ok...I'm impressed"

[@gtrman12887]

Lol same here!!

[@ello8691]

SaMe

[@Jatz.Krackers]

Still not impressed 😩😩😩

[@kennarajora6532]

does anyone know the song he was playing though?

[@fourlightsorchestra]

While there are many who’ll disagree, just cause something sounds like crap, doesn’t mean it sounds like a banjo. This does not sound like a banjo.

[@garffeels]

i’m really digging how this sounds at 2x speed

[@Leindigamefan]

Real

[@opedromagico]

This video opened itself in my closed macbook, got scared at first

[@juauzinhujuauzinhu2229]

Aí sim em cara

[@dan_ward]

No kidding, mine opened this and started floating around the room while the ghosts of hillybilly's past emerged from the walls and floor.

[@misakisakakibara4532]

@@dan_ward LmAoO 😂

[@magicalminty6203]

I don't know why, but the idea of ghosts trying to give me musical tips and lessons scares me more than the idea of ghosts just trying to scare me.

[@DursunX]

a 'Deliverance' moment i bet 😳

[@ophelia.45]

this isn't a poor man, this is just a creative man who doesn't wanna buy a whole ass banjo

[@kristinsickau8614]

@@josephcohen2256 Red balloon in the guitar that's a whole ass banjo

[@SyemurN]

Pennywise guitar?

[@princesslemmy]

But a guatar instead

[@andyman8983]

I tried to buy half of an ass banjo. I was disappointed that I couldn't. I had to go with the whole ass banjo. That's OK, I guess.

[@Mathious333]

if you didn't know, a banjo actually costs a lot more than a regular guitar

[@ImSquiggs]

All the people here with the brilliant insight of "This doesn't sound exactly like a banjo" are missing the point -- this balloon gives your guitar a different sound and that's pretty cool. No one's expecting it to be perfect, thatd be called a Rich Man's Banjo now wouldn't it?

[@munkiemedia3323]

They’re not, they’re aware it’s not given even a sound close enough to call it a poor man’s banjo, might be the recording, might be the the amount the balloon is inflated but there’s qualities in a sound that makes a banjo sound as it does that this isn’t replicating. Without slime of those it’s just a guitar with a balloon in the sound hole.

[@ImSquiggs]

@@munkiemedia3323 Haha yeah, you're the exact person I'm talking about. The quality you're describing is timbre and you can definitely hear a change in timbre that brings the guitar sound closer to that of a banjo. If you're expecting it to be a perfect representation that no one promised you it was then I don't know what to tell you.

[@munkiemedia3323]

@@ImSquiggs I’m not expecting exact (or I’d of used the word exact). There is a plucking noise banjos make that is part of the identifying sound (picked or strummed it’s there) if it had just a bit of that it’ll be a poor man’s banjo.

[@rc8770]

@@ImSquiggs the people your talking about either play or enjoy the sound of a banjo. explain me this fancy music word guy. what is it that you think makes it sound like a banjo?

[@macabrecreation1067]

well i tried this with a condom instead of a balloon, my guitar produced a moaning sound.

[@Commonroadduckspoon]

Gives of "Hyuck, Hiya Mick" vibes

[@pedrojuan8050]

"Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems"

[@tastychickentaco]

Hey, nice pfp

[@realryushiro]

"Not problems like what is beauty"

[@marcelabecker1601]

Use a gun

[@thatidiotguy4489]

@@marcelabecker1601 and if that don't work... Use more gun

[@deadfurydbf9647]

@@realryushiro Because that would go within your purviews of Philosophy

[@chyrone8509]

The gods of the youtube algorithm has reunited here today to see the poor man's banjo. May we meet again on a two string guitar riff.

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Hopefully

[@stonedsavage7814]

Nah it's gonna be brushy one string chicken in the corn again.

[@eltonferreira1214]

Until then...

[@AccordionGoose]

Yes. Hopefully.

[@footos8511]

Next video; “Poor mans Bass” Cuts off the B and high E strings

[@GreasyKhaleesi]

I like to think there are a whole bunch of popped balloons inside that guitar from previous banjoing attempts.

[@gui18bif]

I have a few now 😆

[@normasnockers323]

Ban Joing is a place in Thailand..

[@davidramirezangulo6211]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@JASPERKNOWSNOTHING]

I pop balloons in my girlfriend all the time.

[@elementalcorder4973]

@@JASPERKNOWSNOTHING mean

[@JustSomeBridgeTroll333]

0.75x: riding a donkey in quiet contemplation 1.25x: walking into the Stardrop Saloon 1.50x: going on an adventure 1.75x: King of the Hill vibes 2x: western silent movie shenanigans

[@Cicyro4716]

This could easily have been a 20 min video and I would have watched every second

[@rruuaann7850]

Verdade

[@Esmee_rides2024]

Verdade

[@Peeshart47]

Verdade

[@phltatos]

Verdade

[@technoir2045]

Mentira

[@sebastianjonahizkia3722]

How to get recommendation : - Make a short video - wait a few years - low resolution

[@ginacooper1271]

lol

[@iaz-]

Fun, random or good idea

[@skeletoncrew3110]

I feel like 2 and 3 should be switched, but sure

[@roloboog]

And have a bunch of comments saying the same exact thing

[@Death_Skull]

Literally my next recommended video Edit: Next 2 videos

[@agastyaarasu]

**puts balloon in guitar to make it sound like a banjo** _The Engineer_

[@somegoodsoup7008]

He does say he solves practical problems

[@mr_silver_eyes]

Is there a longer version? This sounds like something you would listen to while sitting on a well-worn wooden bench on your grandmother’s deck looking out into her completely grass-covered backyard with a lone Black Walnut tree towering over your head in small town Iowa!

[@ezmatt]

this is oddly specific..

[@doggycatalan]

What? 💀

[@PILOSOPAUL]

I did this to my guitar, it flew away. Farewell old friend!

[@PaulyM856]

F major.

[@grahamanderson5121]

They allllll float

[@grahamanderson5121]

@@Dknffrrhjj got any second hand shot guns I can purchase?

[@xavierhuc2125]

IT BLOWED AWAY

[@smoocifilms6169]

It was the helium that did it

[@dopameekie]

He's not poor, he's totally genius.

[@profilename244]

Reply to Reply to Comment by Dopa Meekie

[@harryxiro]

@@profilename244 Reply to Reply to Reply to Comment by Dopa Meekie

[@XavierBetoN]

His genius... It's almost frightening.

[@ChessPampa]

And that’s not a banjo, it’s a guitar

[@turbokossan5632]

@@harryxiro Reply to Reply to Reply to Reply to comment by Dopa Meekie

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

"Mom, can I get that banjo?" "We already have a banjo at home, honey" Banjo at home

[@CommyPlayz]

Nice man

[@musicman5255]

Guh-Huh

[@TheMarianadealmeida]

@@musicman5255 good job

[@basicallysnake]

Kazooie at home

[@Kittylover4509]

you still live with your mom? dude your like 26 yrs old and you still live with your mom

[@thetophattedmonkey8791]

Bro really knows how to play the ganjo

[@ruairidhdavidson288]

pretty sure the banjo is the poor mans banjo

[@isetta4083]

banjos are really expensive

[@stinger223]

Nightlife 9 not all of them. Epiphone and rogue have some cheap ones. Rogue has some for just over $100. That’s pretty cheap

[@faletf1b393]

banjos are fucking expensive... if you wan a good one.... Guitars are much lower in the price

[@craigs3056]

My first was a washburn open back (cheaper than resonator banjos) for 400, I'm about to buy a deering for 2,800. The most expensive banjos I've seen go for 10,000 to over 20,000. And yes you can find entry level banjos for 100 to 300 but the same goes for all other instruments.

[@UTBanjo]

@@faletf1b393 Agreed. The cheapest playable banjos are in the $350-500 range. You can build a decent player for less than that.

[@karro2648]

This is what I love about people. When you have limited resources you have to get creative and find a solution on your own

[@andanssas]

Creativity flows through the veins/circuits of any creature trying to survive.

[@forsaken696]

Who poeple

[@forsaken696]

@Syd McCreath they’re stupid enough to reply that in a comment that doesn’t relate to it

[@andanssas]

🤣😂 I think you are about to be @@forsaken696

[@victoriay1983]

@Syd McCreath the ability to speak does not make you intelligent

[@sndrc9]

Slightly richer than poor man's banjo: sticks a tambourine under the wires

[@defaultdefault837]

Lmao him shakin while playin

[@Noah-hx9oi]

Lmao him shakin while playin

[@Someone0nR3ddit]

Lmao him shakin while playin

[@lorem_ipsum7374]

Lmao him shakin while playin

[@visiory]

Lmao him shakin while playin

[@danielguimaraes5413]

Every time this pops in my recommended I watch, and it always gives me a smile

[@bluebyrd1300]

As a person who has heard a banjo, I can confirm that this is a banjo

[@vikingursigurdsson]

@@JackKincaid.. As a person who has played a banjo, I can confirm that this is a banjo

[@YamAsher]

Absoloutley it is

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Ok.

[@lunixx__]

as a person who has seen a banjo, ya def a banjo

[@Liebes2732]

As a banjo myself, I can confirm that he's a banjo

[@goofball1616]

Use a balloon, and if that don’t work, use more balloons.

[@krystofmichajlovfrancisko8224]

Im a balooner, that means i blow baloons

[@ideasonek3374]

Engineer gaming

[@ag0w]

lol

[@senorgaren]

Nice reference lmao

[@jacksmusic9465]

YES

[@coltontheabsoluteweirdo2116]

*the sounds of engineers in the distance slowly gets louder and louder*

[@starsoup4mybutterbean962]

The amount of simple and innocent joy this brings me is immeasurable

[@IronOutIaw]

Why has no one replied to this

[@Pantigrome]

lol third

[@hell_on_earth666]

i mean I'm not one to like yt vids but this one earned it (also love your pfp)

[@derbackalacker2824]

Get well soon

[@Movedchannel5]

@@derbackalacker2824 ?

[@ItsKam]

Expectation: Cool balloon banjo Reality: Accidentally popping a balloon inside your guitar and trying to get the pieces of rubber out of the void

[@dacallp]

jost pop it?

[@Nobody_In_Particular]

@Warpdroid and then stay at said mountain guarding the picjs until some funny bois in swat uniform start watching you and refer to you as scp-1529-j aka the pick king.

[@crowthebro]

@@Nobody_In_Particular LMFAO

[@rachelrodgers9171]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikemckallicuffy6710]

long tweezers are a thing

[@futoninc.3813]

“Poor man’s banjo” Uses $200 guitar

[@CrystalBall-.-]

I think they mean if you can only afford either a guitar or a banjo so you have to make one function as both.

[@amritjanardhanan]

A 200 dollar guitar is not an expensive guitar

[@futoninc.3813]

@@amritjanardhanan yes I know but $200 is still $200

[@futoninc.3813]

@@CrystalBall-.- ahhhh yes that makes sense

[@HiddenPrior]

I was going to say, I thought a poor man's banjo was a banjo

[@Legrson]

Bro really said “Away down south in the land of traitors, rattle snakes, and alligators.”

[@streetfood7568]

Why’d I expect him to start singing “two lovers, forbidden from one another…”

[@hunter00143]

SECRET TUNNEL SECRET TUNNEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN

[@redacted483]

Now that i think about it (which i don't do much) yeah why did i expect sokka to face palm

[@Ocer.]

Hotman

[@user-vp9lc9up6v]

God that made me feel old now

[@DIE_WIAAN]

Two lovers, forbidden from one another A war divides their people And a mountain divides them apart Built a path to be together ...Yeah, and I forget the next couple of lines, but then it goes... SECRET TUNNEL SECRETS TUNNEL Through the mountain! Secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel! Yeah!

[@ChilupaKing]

"Is it possible to learn this power?" "Not from a Jedi."

[@magnushmann]

Is it possible to learn this power*

[@ChilupaKing]

@@magnushmann ...thank you...need to watch the prequels again lol

[@benjamintorrie]

🤣

[@magnushmann]

@@ChilupaKing No worries, but you should, yeah. One cannot watch the prequels too many times ;)

[@DouglasRadzanowskiJr]

@@magnushmann Also, with VidAngel, you can filter out JarJarBinks (they have a specific setting), because that should have happened on the storyboarding phase.

[@aaronharrison5810]

Banjo is just a guitar with a southern accent. CHANGE MY MIND

[@the_great_lizzard0761]

No

[@bumblebee5807]

You right tho

[@Joel_Mullins06]

Hi, I'm a Texan, and I approve this message.

[@raymonds7492]

A hillbilly accent in particular

[@theunderratedauthor2750]

As someone with a southern accent: aight-

[@michael_the_michael]

The banjo is the poor mans banjo.

[@samuelhopely4853]

Not to get political or anything, but isn't a poor man's banjo, historically....a banjo?

[@Blue-mr7fe]

I though it down to a ukulele

[@acebone2]

Yeah, that's inflation for ya (literally)

[@swampdonkey1567]

MY FATHER WAS A BANJO AND WAS AS GOOD AS ANY GUITAR

[@duelviper9871]

I thought it down to a string attached to a stick

[@TontonTomConcon]

At the time Gibson made some guitars at a lower price than most banjos... And poor musicians buyed those and started playing the guitar.

[@RicardoSolares]

GENIUS

[@siondzn]

Ricardo Solares?

[@okultday3x168]

Krl olha o Ricardo aqui kkkkkkk

[@artu4625]

até aqui man

[@dylantartini]

Porra menó até aqui brother? Kakskskssks

[@freakeagle183]

Ricardão ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@arm0ur_099]

This is like: to draw a horse, just draw a unicorn and erase the horn. If u dont have money for a banjo, just buy a guitar man

[@SpecterNeverSpectator]

Banjos are actually expensive, they mightve used to be cheap... 100 years ago, but now they are way up there, so this Is correct, having a cheap guitar and a balloon is way cheaper than buying a whole ass banjo.

[@_Fuscous]

to draw a circle just draw a head and erase everything but the circle

[@arm0ur_099]

@@SpecterNeverSpectator who would have thought, you learn something new every day

[@bargun3943]

@@_Fuscous Spongebob type beat

[@Asbjoern]

Not really, most people will start out on a guitar, so doing this to try out playing a banjo is definitely cheaper than buying a banjo only to find out it's not for you.

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Recommended this in 2024, what a banger

[@galahadgarza6905]

Every guitar player: “I’m going to try this!”

[@Jackoboy33]

"doesnt try it."

[@DanTheBuska]

I will try it one day lol

[@MattJasa]

I looked over at my guitar and I could tell it was highly offended.

[@SpaceMissile]

@@MattJasa "wait, you wanna stick what _where!?"_ 😳🎸

[@tiagoaugustogutierrez-yegr7547]

Im going to do THIS for sure

[@xauceamani]

You can tell that he's enjoying it, by the way he's swaying... If the video was longer, he would have most definitely started singing 😂

[@Vandal3211]

So, what's your deal? Do you just look at the top comments and slightly re-word them on every clip you watch?

[@mindgoblindietz]

@@Vandal3211 have you ever heard of people not seeing said comment?

[@petervlcko4858]

Yodelling in Arnie accent

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@Vandal3211 dude wtf

[@sus5976]

Captain obvious

[@ChristianAdkison]

"And remember, if the women don't find ya handsome, at least they'll find ya handy." 🤣

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

this isn't just a poor man's banjo, this is a 200 IQ money save right here All it takes is just saying the word banjo to summon Southerners

[@Goldenblitzer]

And northerners, apparently

[@wearesotome5514]

@@Goldenblitzer People please get this

[@acrocanthos-maxima4504]

@@Goldenblitzer lmao

[@LowKeyBrit36]

Damn it I fell for it. Well gotta get back to my southerner duties as usual

[@lagtr5712]

@@wearesotome5514 i dont get it...

[@josh-zmidi-banana926]

I'm going to try this on my acoustic bass... like when my life let's me...

[@marywealth6475]

It's going to sound like a banjo on 16rpm.

[@jonatanmarklund7473]

#dadlife relate

[@acharyavivek51]

Lol

[@spinerend]

Update us when you do

[@EduardoSanchez-tm6sy]

Came out on my recommended 5 years later but not disappointed ✊🏻

[@GeeElBee]

Same bro

[@Pizziyeah113]

Saaame

[@Fritz_Haarmann]

same

[@gabeestrada8854]

Same

[@racunthirtynine]

Hahah same

[@Jalahr77]

Coming across this 8 years later in 2024. One of the neatest guitar hacks I've seen. Putting different gases in the balloon could probably change the tone, too.

[@fanfaretloudest]

Steve Martin in awe: *All this time I didn't need to buy any*

[@MCLemonyfresh]

I think Steve Martin could afford as many banjos as he’d like.

[@tsm688]

This taught me what a banjo actually is. Not just a "lilttle guitar", there's a difference in mechanics.

[@Ericaaaaaaaaaa]

This just added a resonator to a guitar. A banjo doesn't even have the same number of strings. 🪕

[@tsm688]

​@@Ericaaaaaaaaaa Not even all guitars have the same number of strings, but no guitar I know of has a resonator.

[@notmyname3681]

​@@tsm688 Um, what about resonator guitars? Genuine question lol

[@hitotsudaketsukinoko]

...there's a difference in all the materials, too 🤨

[@hitotsudaketsukinoko]

​@@Ericaaaaaaaaaa: banjos can have four (jazz) or five (blue grass) strings, but I guess guitars have six? Other than bass guitars, which also have four.

[@GutsInBerserk]

“Two lovers, forbidden from one another A war divides their people And a mountain divides them apart Built a path to be together.. … and, uhh, I forget the next couple of lines, but then it goes:”

[@teebin]

Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel! Through the mountains SECRET SECRET TUNNEL!

[@nicdinnen4759]

You sir unlocked a deep memory

[@timid8304]

“I think this kids the avatar” best part of that whole episode 😂😂 this comment is so underrated ❤️

[@DarthVader1273]

SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL! THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS!

[@thecatladytm7172]

Oh wait, I just remembered the rest of that song! _And Die_

[@IShallCallHimTaders]

You mean a Rich mans Banjo? as a banjo is wayyyy less expensive than that beauty.

[@mfhulskemper]

I will never know why this was recommended, but truth be told it made my night shift that much better to see this guy have fun with a guitar. You win, Algo, you win.

[@karelpgbr]

Yup

[@its_not_jessi]

Algo 😂

[@Xx233xX]

Need to take your ass to work quit riding the clock

[@elpacho....9254]

Why are you watching videos at work?

[@reenoxrazafinedraine9821]

the colour of the balloon is important?

[@rhytmiker]

No matter ,no matter what colour..........

[@Savak22]

Red ballons give a warmer, more vintage tone

[@hellaacapella]

Absolutely!

[@williamhopkins1262]

@@Savak22 sound like one of those vintage guitar geeks! Love this😂

[@gabrielrodriguezaleman179]

Is just like your rimin a banjo, aluminium dont looks like wood, and also gives you a good resonator

[@amazingamer360]

Can we all just stop arguing about the title and just realize the balloon's impact on the sound? Literally never would have thought of this until this video was recommended

[@jerchristensen7833]

True, but the balloon impacting the sound can be a problem, though. I've searched everywhere online today and can't find one stinking balloon that has true bypass. Also, what about mylar? Would that help boost the top end a bit? I heard from a Texas picker that putting a half dead 9v in the ballon helps get a more organic sound. But only in rubber balloons, not mylar; something about fire being a problem.

[@MultiPleaser]

It's almost like gently resting top of your fingernail on a string.

[@chado3000]

Makes you wonder about the person who did think of it.

[@matthewaurilia1134]

@@jerchristensen7833 I don’t know if you know a lot about guitars or balloons but either way I respect it