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Frank Proffitt style fretless banjo

Posted by Lappy on June 4, 2021 at 1:32pm in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box relate

I made this one out of white ash and maple. I made the pegs from pear wood. I made the fingerboard from a motorcycle crate. I made the bone nuts from a beef bone I got from a Safeway store. I made the head from calf rawhide. I cut the “tone ring” from a Maxwell House coffee can.

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  • Gerald Smith June 19, 2021 at 3:10pm

  • T-Gripped June 16, 2021 at 8:00am

    excelent!!

  • Lappy June 7, 2021 at 2:25pm

    Thanks for that tip Southern.

  • Lappy June 7, 2021 at 12:10pm

    Now I forgot what I was going to say…..
    Anyway here’s a link to how the banjo sounds:
    https://youtu.be/KSpGgkkOyJ0

    Thanks for your kind comment Taffy.

  • Southern Ray June 7, 2021 at 11:56am

    Please try again there, Lappy. Use the "HTML Editor" tab in the above right of the message box. Weird little bug we have that the provider won't fix.

  • Taffy Evans June 4, 2021 at 6:18pm
    Ha ha welcome to the silent forum.
  • Taffy Evans June 4, 2021 at 4:43pm

    Hi Lappy, nice work, that looks like it will be a joy to play as well as look at.
    Taff

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