The Banjo Pump Gun

[AADDAAMM]

I built a banjo pump gun that only fires when a specific melody is played which is the 9 notes from the iconic Dueling Banjos theme. There’s a phantom, a computer, and servo motor attached and a portable battery to supply the power. I wrote a script that uses a microphone to detect the frequencies (notes) it hears so it’ll only fire when I finish the melody. Once I play the first note, it starts a sequence that will reset if it doesn’t hear the next note within 1 second to avoid unintentionally firing it. It also has an easy mode I can switch to with a button where I just strum G4, the string at the top to fire it. I’ll be continually working on this and post more updates later but this is only the beginning.

[JeeperCreeper]

Now I really feel like I missed out not seeing that up close. So crazy.

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

My wife pointed it out to me on when he was on Frequency @ AG 😂

[$L!mBo]

haha!
yo whaddup Nate!

[Jordan]

Outstanding! Friggin' love it.

[nnolt89]

Outstanding! I’ve seen some cool stuff at slims and in the world of paintball. But this is on a different plane.
well done!

[russc]

This is possibly the most unhinged custom I've ever seen posted here, hahahaha

[AADDAAMM]

Unhinged is what I aim for.

[Chuck E Ducky]

It’s wild. Watching him run Jim down with this thing last weekend was amazing! I really wish he would have got him. Aggressive Banjo Blaster play Nate!

[AADDAAMM]

Banjo Blaster, has a nice ring to it. The Bunger Banjo Blaster or the big BBB

[Jonnydread]

what in tarnation

[moving_target]

unhinged. I love it.

tbh I'd love to see it with a semi, so you can just rock the banjo and not have to worry about the rock and cock (though obviously for the spirit of stocktoberfest this is the best)

[AADDAAMM]

Yeah I’ve contemplated it and it certainly is feasible but I chose the phantom because a) it’s incredibly compact and b) I wanted to use it specifically for stock class since it’s a more skill based play style. I might venture into that at some point but I just want to get a functional and practical version first.

[markdem]

Lol wtf
love it!

[$L!mBo]

getting a wtf from Mark is the highest level of praise for this kind of thing

[Sniperfan]

IIRC this was from an episode of McCloud or somethin'...

[Painthappy]

This is one of those things where the other team is going to watch and want you to shoot them

[dano_____]

This is the most McB thing I have seen in months. It needs a brass gun in place of a phantom with a big trumpet loudener and you have a masterpiece on your hands.

[AADDAAMM]

If I could get my hands on a tuba or a trumpet, it would be on theme with a brass gun and very funny, especially a tuba.

[Chaos]

This was pretty cool to see at Slim's,Had no idea playing it made it fire,just thought it was for looks!

[JeeperCreeper]

I joked about it, then it turned out to be 100% true.

[Ecapnation]

Ok..... But like if you put a semi into it you could program different tunes to do different things.

And that can make a judge dredd gun!

[AADDAAMM]

That’s where it gets a little murky. I did experiment with different tunes, specifically other parts of the dueling banjos theme and shave and a haircut but it would fire the gun sometimes when I tried playing the longer melody because it would detect the 5 note melody. So if I were to go down that path, I would have to have a button that cycles through melodies as not to confuse it. There’s also the option of having it shoot when it hears just notes in general but again, it’s murky since it could just fire from ambient sounds. The easy mode works well enough since it’s only one note which reduces the likelihood of accidental firing.

[AADDAAMM]

I looked into the lawgiver as I haven’t seen the movies but I see what you’re getting at. I was thinking of putting my umarex double barrel on it as well that would shoot with different tunes. It has a 20mm piccatinny rail on the bottom that I wanted to attach a m203 grenade launcher to shoot smoke bombs but I found that to be a difficult find. If I wanted it to be a true judge dredd gun, there’s various upgrades that I will already be doing to achieve that such as using a dedicated screen to display info and I’ve already done a hydroponic greenhouse that uses voice activation so I could definitely incorporate that to switch modes. I also want to mount this t shirt cannon to my shoulder/hip/body that I have so I can shoot rpgs or whatever at a big game that allows it with a melody. If I add in the smoke grenade launcher, I would be a true bard.