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Uncle Enos 5 string fretless banjo

Posted by Charles Atchison on August 30, 2014 at 11:31am
Uncle Enos fretless 5 string banjo built using the specs published by Daniel Carter Beard in 1884.
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  • Uncle John August 31, 2014 at 8:49am

    I like em' to play well.  This one is so cool and historic that for me, it would not need to play well.  Just wonderful.

  • Charles Atchison August 30, 2014 at 10:23pm

    I made the tailpiece from a an old quart sized paint lid and is held on with a piece of leather. The pole through the box and up the back of the neck is an old post hole digger handle. The tuners, the bridge and the neck were all made from oak.

  • Uncle John August 30, 2014 at 10:02pm

    Fantastic.   What is the tailpiece?

  • AGP # August 30, 2014 at 3:35pm

    "Great Look" that style is what building CBG's etc. should be all about.

  • Roberts Cogswell August 30, 2014 at 2:57pm

    I love it!  Not many people making them like that these days. You really took pains to make it look like the "real deal." I'd be curious to hear it...

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