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Comment by Daniel Walter on October 29, 2019 at 1:52pm

Good solution, pretty. On my uke i used those small aluminum cable clamps, threaded them back and forth, and smashed them. Doesn't look bad.

Comment by Dave Lynas on October 29, 2019 at 10:11am

Beads with a big knot on the string end Daniel. Works just like a ball end guitar string.

Comment by Dave Lynas on October 29, 2019 at 10:10am

Easy beans on stringing Daniel. There’s no gears to fine tune however. One on one ratio. But it stays put. A problem with cheap friction pegs is strings going flat. I like the nylon strings. Not slippery but great for easy fingering and finger sliding. Too soft for slide bar play though. I like the soft sound.

Comment by Daniel Walter on October 29, 2019 at 8:20am

Grovers, good tuning machines make a difference. no ball ends on gut strings? how do you anchor them? traditional tying? Are they slippery? Hard to start on the tuning pegs?

Comment by Dave Lynas on October 28, 2019 at 3:24pm

Thanks you guys. You make me feel good. I can’t put my new baby down and she’s already teaching me new tricks. She plays so easy. She sounds like she looks. Simple and old even as a child. the headstock shape is traditional banjo style. I have one such waiting for restoration. I even used a set of Grovers instead of my old Chinese two holers. Gut strings make it an old time banjer. I’m thinking much of an instruments sound qualities come the strings you put on it. Take my little cigar box cellos. It’s the strings. Gut string banjo and walla! Old time sound.

Comment by Daniel Walter on October 28, 2019 at 12:46pm

Blue Ribbon !!! Love the skin. Nice combination of colors. CCC.

Comment by Uncle John on October 28, 2019 at 10:34am

A wonderful vintage look.

Comment by AGP # on October 28, 2019 at 9:14am

Like the fact you made it a 3 Stringer, Dave, my favourite amount of Strings  :-) :-) :-)

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on October 28, 2019 at 7:45am

Very nice Dave . 

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 28, 2019 at 6:15am

OK, I said it before - I'll repeat it on this pic: Not baaaaa'd, Dave! ;-)

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