For those interested in gourd banjos, I have placed some images for a short time in the gourd banjo photo album on this site. See the subfolder for Bubinga...
Hello I am a new member. I've been making banjo's for 30 years. I am ashamed to say I made a couple with resonators. I am now on the right pathway to openback ...
Hello I am a new member. I've been making banjo's for 30 years. I am ashamed to say I made a couple with resonators. I am now on the right pathway to openback ...
There are many on this group that do that....Im sure someone will be able to help you on that question. Not me, but welcome to the group....:-) Dave ... ...
Hello I am a new member. I've been making banjo's for 30 years. I am ashamed to say I made a couple with resonators. I am now on the right pathway to openback...
Rick: What exactly do you want to know? Similarly I build all my own parts including tension hoops, tone rings, bridges, tail pieces, necks and rims. The rims...
At 12:28 AM 9/7/03 -0000, you wrote: I ... Hi Rick, I started steam bending wood for rims 2-3 years ago and experienced things that worked and also things that...
Hello! I've just finished all my summer field work and I'm back to my little woodworking shop. Instead of using little clipped-off nails to keep layers from...
I used to make my banjo's with 2 degrees tilt. But after talking with more and more contest winning clawhammer folks, I make only 1 to 1-1/2 degrees. The ...
I've gone the other way from Rick--3 degrees tends to be the least tilt that I give my necks. I build mostly 12" rim banjos or bigger with the bridges placed...
Sixty-five years ago, today - Sept. 21 - the "Great New England Hurricane of 1938" ripped across Long Island, and slammed into the southern coast of New...
Got a new Stew-Mac catalog yesterday and see that they have a new banjo kit. It's the first one in several years. They carried a very good one about 10 years...
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Oct 3, 2003 6:30 pm
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The Gold Tone kit banjo referred to in the Stew-Mac kit posting should have been: MC-150-OB Sorry, Wayne Norman [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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I recently purchased a Goldtone Maple Classic kit with a resonator from FQMS for $300.00 Just for fun I wrote up my adventures as I built the kit. You can see...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
I recently purchased a Goldtone Maple Classic kit with a resonator from FQMS for $300.00 Just for fun I wrote up my adventures as I built the kit. You can see...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
There has been discussion about shimming a neck to correct action. The biggest problem seems to be getting some suitable material for the shim. That's just not...
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Oct 9, 2003 3:22 pm
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I am a new group member and have been building banjos since 1974. Started with fretless banjos, got into openbacks, also did a some resonator banjos, etc....
Hi there, Welcome to the group. I build resonator banjos myself, and I would like to try metal engraving and heel carving as well. I have a paramount here...
Thanks for the welcome. I haven't tried anything like this before and am looking forward to seeing what all the members do. In regard to heel carving, this is...
Hi all, Glenn's post below got me to thinking, which happens every now and then. I have a website at www.robertedney.com to display my banjo work and I've just...
Welcome to the group. My name is David Hyatt; I only make gourd banjos, and have a web site devoted to that study www.dhyatt.com <http://www.dhyatt.com/> . My...
