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Banjo Build-Off

Posted by Taffy Evans on October 10, 2020 at 2:05am
BANJO BUILD-OFFDownlight 5 string Zither style banjo. With bird head peg head.This 5-string banjo is a Parlor Banjo, it has a 22-inch scale. The pot is from a LED ceiling down light. The neck is/was a guitar neck, now converted to short scale 5 string banjo in the Minstrel banjo style. For the fretless fingerboard I used a North Queensland hardwood called Yellow Walnut. The chrome surround that would normally tension a skin head now holds the thin Rosewood timber head. Ebony nut, Mulga armrest, tailpiece, and bridge. The tension lugs [normally on the outside of a pot] are on the inside to hold down the chrome flange. Since the photos were taken a piezo pickup system has been added as it is a very quiet banjo.Taff
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  • BrianQ. October 10, 2020 at 3:05pm

    That’s a great way to up cycle taff!!! I threw one of those out a few years ago, who knew?

  • Uncle John October 10, 2020 at 8:07am
    Very nice, Taffy.
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