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From: "Anonymous" <guest@guest.net>
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Subject: Re: 1st attempt -banjo
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Helen <@abuse.roman.gov> wrote in message ...
>                   -^^-
>      #####()-[|||||]-()#####
>      #####()-[|||||]-()#####
>      #####()-[|||||]-()#####
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]_+
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>                    [|||||]
>           @     [|||||]        @##
>      @          [|||||]             @)###
>   @             [|||||]               @)#
>  @           (   |||||   )             @)##
>   @              |||||                 @###
>     @    #      |||||      #        @###
>        @        ^^^             @####
>  ####   @   __   _      @  ###
>
>This is a first... any suggestions appreciated.
>Helen
>
>

Don't use a proportionally-spaced font.  Use a fixed-width font like Courier
or Lucida Console.

                   -^^-
         #####()-[|||||]-()#####
         #####()-[|||||]-()#####
         #####()-[|||||]-()#####
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]_+
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
                 [|||||]
             @   [|||||]    @##
          @      [|||||]       @)###
        @        [|||||]          @)#
       @      (   |||||   )        @)##
       @          |||||            @###
        @    #    |||||      #    @###
          @        ^            @####
          ###@   __   _      @ ###

The above is (roughly) what I think your banjo would look like in a
fixed-width font.


Try this diddle :-

                  _^^_
            ##()-[\   ]
                 [ | /]-()##
            ##()-[\|| ]
                 [|||/]-()##
                 [IIII]
                 [IIII]
                 [IIII]_+
                 [IIII]
                 [IIII]
                 [IIII]
                 [IIII]
              _.-[IIII]-._
           _-'   [IIII]   '-_
         .'      [IIII]      '.
       .'        [IIII]        '.
       |      (   ||||   )      |
       |          ||||          |
       '.    #    ||||    #    .'
        '.        ====        .'
          '-.   __   _     .-'
             '-.________.-'

(Suggested font - Lucida Console)

I've changed it from a 5-string to a 4-string banjo and altered the number
of tuning pegs from 6 to 4 (and staggered them).

I've changed the character representing each string from an | to an I to
represent the fret lines as well as the strings.

I've had a go at making a round body, but round is hard with ASCII so I
think it looks like a deflated football (please re-diddle my diddle,
somebody!).

If you notice the headstalk, I've made the strings wind into the appropriate
machine heads.

I shortened the tuning pegs on the end of the machine heads.

I also added the band that holds the strings in place at the body of the
banjo.

--
Graeme Porter
   -^-_  _
   / [_][_]_:_  Proud owner of a 1978
  /|  _||_  v  Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit
   | /    \ |
-=/=\\____//=\=jaa  "I married Miss right, I just didn't
                     know her first name was 'Always'"
                                       -- Anonymous