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Nice collection!
Wow!!! No one would ever guess that you love banjos Kent. I'm waiting for a video of you playing the "big one"!
Hi Doug,
Sorry, that was 1995. The "banjumbo" is long gone.
I do still have the long-long neck, the one with 5 extra frets. It has been "rebuilt' 4 times, and is on the bench for one more rebuild.
Also, the small longneck had the pot I used to make the "jobro"
I played the CBG #1 today. I just can't relate to 3 strings. So I went out and added one more tuner, reset the neck, and tuned it to dgbd.
I'll rate it at a solid C-, and that's not bad for a first attempt.
kentr
Thanks for closing the loop on the "ban jumbo" Kent. Bet that was fun to lug around!
Ban Jumbo weighed almost 25 lbs. And was a real chore to take anywhere. But.
You know how lots of banjos have coordinator rods to hold the neck on, well I made those for that and
made one out of 3/4' square tube. the end was open to the base.
Then i made a stand with a rod about 18' high that fit into the coordinator rod. Then banjumbo was free standing, well ballenced,
at a playable height, and could be spun around on the base. Just like in the cartoons.
the scale length was standard 3/4 standup bass, and the fingerboard extended out just like a bass viol,
then, by reaching around and through the strings, the end of the fingerboard could be grasped to carry the thing around.
Sometimes i'm sorry I let it go, but the guy who got it really wanted it and talked me out of it.
i didn't play bass and he did. I'll not ever have the time, energy,parts and or the whatever it takes to build another one.
By copying a mastertone, but with a 32" drum head, just the flange took a big chunk of aluminum and many hours to cut out.
The bracket hooks were 1/4" battery hold downs, found bulk and recycled.
I cracked the garage trusses using a jack to press the laminated plywood back into a "lo-bachi" to make a slight dish.
Just one more tale about it.
I remember bringing the paper coated 1/8" ply full sized mock up into our family room, and my wife gave me the "look",
and said "just whaer do you think your going to put THAT?"
It wound up in the corner, as in the pic.
Awesome story Kent! You had me laughing out loud with the "look". Had to read that part to my wife (who cuts me alot of slack!!!).
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Nice collection!
Wow!!! No one would ever guess that you love banjos Kent. I'm waiting for a video of you playing the "big one"!
Hi Doug,
Sorry, that was 1995. The "banjumbo" is long gone.
I do still have the long-long neck, the one with 5 extra frets. It has been "rebuilt' 4 times, and is on the bench for one more rebuild.
Also, the small longneck had the pot I used to make the "jobro"
I played the CBG #1 today. I just can't relate to 3 strings. So I went out and added one more tuner, reset the neck, and tuned it to dgbd.
I'll rate it at a solid C-, and that's not bad for a first attempt.
kentr
Thanks for closing the loop on the "ban jumbo" Kent. Bet that was fun to lug around!
Hi Doug,
Ban Jumbo weighed almost 25 lbs. And was a real chore to take anywhere. But.
You know how lots of banjos have coordinator rods to hold the neck on, well I made those for that and
made one out of 3/4' square tube. the end was open to the base.
Then i made a stand with a rod about 18' high that fit into the coordinator rod. Then banjumbo was free standing, well ballenced,
at a playable height, and could be spun around on the base. Just like in the cartoons.
the scale length was standard 3/4 standup bass, and the fingerboard extended out just like a bass viol,
then, by reaching around and through the strings, the end of the fingerboard could be grasped to carry the thing around.
Sometimes i'm sorry I let it go, but the guy who got it really wanted it and talked me out of it.
i didn't play bass and he did. I'll not ever have the time, energy,parts and or the whatever it takes to build another one.
By copying a mastertone, but with a 32" drum head, just the flange took a big chunk of aluminum and many hours to cut out.
The bracket hooks were 1/4" battery hold downs, found bulk and recycled.
I cracked the garage trusses using a jack to press the laminated plywood back into a "lo-bachi" to make a slight dish.
Just one more tale about it.
I remember bringing the paper coated 1/8" ply full sized mock up into our family room, and my wife gave me the "look",
and said "just whaer do you think your going to put THAT?"
It wound up in the corner, as in the pic.
kentr
Awesome story Kent! You had me laughing out loud with the "look". Had to read that part to my wife (who cuts me alot of slack!!!).