Tuesday 4 November 2014

Homemade Kora from a Drum

I had a fantastic weekend away in the Cathederal city of Wells where I saw this wonderful Kora made from a drum. He was more than happy to show off the cracking instrument and belt out a few 'Irish' folk tunes on it. Tricks of the make were to use a soldering iron to make holes in the drum skin and using zither pins on the neck as they're cheaper than buying 20 guitar tuning nuts. 

The sound was fantastic and came from a similarly great retro looking amp in a radio chassis. I'm not going to give any secrets away there...