Good morning. Anyone out there know how Homer Ledford signed his fretless banjos? Did he carve an ornate L into the headstock, and inscribe his full name...
... fretless banjos? Did he carve an ornate L into the headstock, and inscribe his full name elsewhere? Thanks, ... I've never seen any carving; mine is very...
A quick web search led me to http://www.backroombluegrassband.com/hlccbweb/hlhome.htm which seems to be his official web site. There is a link there to contact...
Thanks, AG. I completely missed that website in my search, Lew -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo Hospital 4700 South 9th Street Arlington, VA 22204...
Curt, Thanks. What kind of tuners? Is the rim cut from one piece of wood or put together from wedges? Thanks, Lew -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo...
My father in law was a friend of Homer's, and apparently helped him on some of his earliest dulcimers when they were both living in Berea. I got to know Homer...
Thanks, Dave. Good to hear from you. Lew -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo Hospital 4700 South 9th Street Arlington, VA 22204 (703) 920-8511 ...
... I bought mine by mail around 1965, just before I stopped working for my rich Uncle Sam. It is black walnut with 12 pie-shaped wedges for the pot. The neck,...
Errrr... Not sure that I see the connection between chat with bikerboyz and building banjos. If you'all wanna chat go right ahead but include me out IYP. cas ...
One of the projects I would like to undertake is building a gourd banjo, and I want to grow my own gourds. I've been reading about them and looking at the...
If you have not discovered it already, there is a lot of good stuff that can be mined from the files of previous postings. At the bottom of this message there...
I just started building a gourd banjo. When I started I knew nothing about gourds. I found a relatively new forum called TheGourdReserve, and it has folks who...
http://www.welburngourdfarm.com/ These guys have gourds for sale. They seem a little expensive to me but since you want to grow your own that might not be a...
I'm the last one to discourage someone from wanting to build something from the ground up; I've certainly re-invented the wheel enough in my lifetime. (As a...
Dear Banjo friends, What's the best glue to use when attaching metal to wood? We're talking about the metal peghead plate on a bohlmann. Any thoughts? Thanks, ...
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Great website resource, Wayne. Thanks. I'm familiar with and have used JB Weld, but not the other items. I appreciate your help, Lew -- Lew Stern Chief...
Lew I took apart a Clifford Essex neck that had a metal to wood plate. There were small flat head screws soldered on the underside of the plate. Then the ...
The "thistothat" web site is interesting. The thing to remember is that the expansion/contraction with temperature and moisture of metal and wood are very...
Thanks. On this banjo, though, which had the same screw setup, the wood into which the screws were set was seriously eroded. I had to plane off that section....
Hi Cas, I knew this one would attract your thoughtful consideration. What's a good trade name for a flexible contact adhesive? Lew -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon ...
Smith's "All Wood" Epoxy is made from a mixture based on wood rosin rather than some kind of petroleum product, and seems to move more like wood than other...
Lew, The J B Schall / Waldo / Bohmann / Kraske / Nelson / Hall / ....... headstocks /heelcaps / inlay etc. appear to be sweat soldered on to the screw heads ...
I don't know about "best" but epoxy works very well on both. Aluminum presents some problems for epoxy but for a peghead overlay that is under no tension even...
I've got a buddy that repairs quite a few cheap guitars. In other words they are not worth putting a bunch of time into but the owners want them fixed. He...
Just want to say hi, I'm new to the group. I've been building banjo's for close to a year now in the shop that my Grandfather built in the 1940's. Some of the...
Welcome. It would be great to see photos of those tools and that shop. That, of course, would be a great way of documenting folkways, no? Lew -- Lew Stern ...
Hey Lew, Thanks for the welcome. I'll get some photos of the shop up by this weekend. I'm just finishing up a new fretless banjo, I'll include a couple of...
Hi, I was out of the country and missed the discussion on Homer Ledford banjos. If anyone is interested, there is a Homer Ledford banjo for sale here in...
