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Two rebuilds and an old build of a mando/banjo - now a uke banjo

Posted by Uncle John on November 21, 2014 at 9:12am
Top and bottom are rebuilds. One was a great old Corina box that just disintegrated under string pressure. And I had reinforced it pretty well. One was a neat tobacco tin where my design was just piss poor.Top is GDG plays and sounds good. Bottom is a banjo and it is good too. Tuned high G then DGB. I have hopes of learning claw hammer on it.Both those boxes are King Edwards. On the bottom one, I flipped the top. The bottom one has real wood and the top one is fiber.
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  • Uncle John November 22, 2014 at 9:37am

    Thanks guys.   Yes, the bottom two for a nickel banjo is pretty old.  I think 1930s.     - Once I get started on them, rebuilds are fun and quick.  

  • Jim Morris November 22, 2014 at 8:14am

    Nice Unc! I've got a bunch that I want to rebuild since after about 100 I'm finally starting to get  a handle on how to do it!

  • Jb Wo November 22, 2014 at 7:45am

    Like the 2 for $0.05. How old is that? I could not find the (cent) key on my keyboard.

  • Phill Hill Charlie November 22, 2014 at 7:34am

    ...°<[:-) [---]==={...yeeeep

  • Clock The Wolf November 21, 2014 at 10:15pm

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  • Uncle John November 21, 2014 at 7:00pm

    Thanks Jim and Bruce.

  • Bluesheart November 21, 2014 at 4:13pm

    Way to recycle! Cool Uke too!

  • Jim_N November 21, 2014 at 9:39am

    Yes! Love rebuilds! 

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