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BANJO BUILD_OFF

Posted by Marvin walker on October 16, 2020 at 10:00pm
BANJO BUILD-OFF I started on this mini banjo a little over a year ago and finished it last week. The rim is made from a section of 6" aluminum pipe. The tension hoop, flange, and armrest are made from brass stock, and are hand engraved, mostly using a Dremel tool. The tailpiece is a Waverly style that I shortened and reshaped to fit, and engraved. All the metal parts were nickel plated. The neck and resonator are made from curly maple with mahogany stain, and finished with hand rubbed, rattle can, spray lacquer. The fretboard is Indian Rosewood. The inlay is my own design and was handsawn with a jewelers saw. The tuners are Five Star Planetary and were shortened to fit the smaller size of the mini banjo. The banjo is 22" long, and is tuned to one octave higher than standard G tuning. I just uploaded a video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROIa-03JyicThanks for your consideration!
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  • Marvin walker October 22, 2020 at 5:13am

    Thanks for the kind comments. This was a design in progress build. Never planned on it looking like this, but it came out purty good!

  • Bob "Ambrose" Negus October 19, 2020 at 6:48am

    Total Masterclass!

  • Uncle John October 17, 2020 at 10:02am
    Incredible.
  • Rich October 17, 2020 at 8:58am

    This is Art - wonderful eye candy.

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