5-string banjo neck for a cookie tin banjo build

Posted by Andy Busch on January 17, 2017 at 2:27pm

I've been looking in lots of places for a used, even a little beat-up, 5-string banjo neck I can use to put on a cookie tin to make a 5-string cookie tin banjo.  I have a 4-string that a friend made for me years ago; I tune and play it as a tenor guitar, and I LOVE it!  I want to build one that has the 5th "drone" string.  I can't seem to find any for a reasonable price.  I even made a post on banjocafe.net asking for help in my search--no replies!

What I really want is a short-scale 5-string banjo neck.

I've thought of carving my own, but gosh--I'm just not any good at carving.

Can anyone point me in the direction of where I can find such a thing?  Used--fine.  Ratty--fine.

Thanks!

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  • Don McMahan January 18, 2017 at 7:05pm

    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/112172448534?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&am...

  • Jim Morris January 17, 2017 at 5:30pm

    https://youtu.be/3rhwSJTtNTQ

    There are a few in the 50-60 dollar range as in the above link. There's also a way to turn that 4 string into a 5 string by gluing or screwing a narrow piece onto the side of the neck. Or, you could do as Dennis Havlena did here

    http://www.dennishavlena.com/4--to-5.htm

    Good luck!

  • Rooster Reaves January 17, 2017 at 2:30pm

    I built a 4 string banjo out of a fruit cake tin. It came out really cool.

    • Michael F. Copado > Rooster Reaves September 8, 2017 at 7:29pm

      What strings did you use for it? I'm making an instrument for a charity auction for the resale shop I buy a lot of stuff from. And decided to make a 4 string out of all things from the shop (except tuners, then neck, and pickup.) I'm using a fork for the tailpiece. Since it has 4 strings I figured that's what I go with, but not sure what strings.

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