Hey Unclekurty........You better rethink trying FC fishing line, to make banjo strings, unless you are ready to layout, about $100. Dan Gellert told me that I...
Bill - Have you looked for 'leader packs' of FC fishing line. They're usually 20 - 25 yds. Many sets of strings and way cheaper. I know Bass Pro and ...
Rodney......The leader packs are what I priced. The total, of five packs, of the lb test, that I needed, came to $100+. Bill ... They're usually ... Pro and ...
Hello all, I've been enjoying this board for a while now but this is my first post. When making a rim with a wooden tonering or just shaping the top of the rim...
Hi guys! I just joined your discussion group. I have made a few openback fretless banjos already, and am now attempting a gourd banjo. I was able to locate a...
Here`s question #2,...already 8^). What`s up with La bella gut strings, seems nobody has any, they all claim that they should have recieved the weeks...
What do you guys think about using wallpaper "border adhesive" to attach skin head to gourd. ...also known as vinyl to vynl paste. It seems somewhat stronger...
I wouldn't even call it tight,other than scribing the neck for a close fit to the gourd. The dowel stick will go through the gourd and out the other side....
Windell, I stain and finish the wooden tone ring, be it an additional ring or the rim turned to a tone ring shape. I also use Tru-Oil over peghead inlay....
A friction fit and the tension of the strings seems to do it. I have also used mechanical fasteners at the tailpiece and so has Clarke Buehling. Good Luck,...
There is, of course, only one way to be sure whether or not it will work but I wouldn't trust any glue alone to hold a skin head. Some sort of manual...
a while back i posted photos of a cracked grain measure banjo i hade built. the tension from the head, which is a thick calfskin, severely cracked the oak pot...
... Thank you (both Davids) for anwering my post. I`ve been to your site (D. Hyatt) on a number of occasions. Interesting that I chose the same peghead shape...
I like the way you did that. Just out of curiosity, did it change the way the banjo sounds? Or did you not get a chance to test it? Still it looks like you...
Gentlebeings, I've really gotten into the down and dirty nitty gritty Fairbanks exotica here. Not unlike the strange 8-26 thread that is used on many hooks and...
Have you tried gunsmiths? They have some unusual sizes of taps and such. No idea about exactly what but when I worked on sewing machines we sometimes went to...
Hank, Check with Tim Smith. Google "Save The Banjos." Lew -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo Hospital 4700 South 9th Street Arlington, VA 22204 ...
does anyone have any favorite brands/types of stains to use under shellac? so far, ive mostly left my banjo with natural wood tones, occasionally going so far...
I've been using Colortone water based dye if I don't just let the shellac itself do the coloring of the wood. I had tried both oil and alcohol based...
Hank, are you sure it is 6-24, and not 8-24? There are taps and dies available in 8-24 in the National Special category. Get your handy micrometer and...
http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=colorclash&pid=367176&sid=jLM72eCGJ8 walnut neck, aluminum plate on the scalloping, oak grain measure, bone nut, leather...
Last year, ebay sold old fretless banjo with usual fifth string, and two more chantrelles, short, on the side opposite the chantrelle in usual position. ...
Mike Seeger has one sorta like that on his CD called southern banjo. Also on his DVD. Two drones. I forget the tuning, but it's noted on the libers. -- Lew...
