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Stewart MacDonald Banjo Owners

Just a place for us parts banjo people to hang out and show off our banjos and extoll the virtues of doing it yourself!

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Created 1/31/2011
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Diamond Eagle (owner)

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Mine's a kit from the early 70's.

It has an archtop cast aluminum rim/ring, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and head cap.  I shaped and finished the neck and resonator.  Inlays are mine.  It's been... Read More
From tsander 4 months ago
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Different Take on a Diamond Eagle

A really slick Stew-Mac Diamond Eagle I saw once was built by  luthier Rockne Riddlebarger who was in Morehead, KY at the time.  It was black laquered with checkerboard... Read More
From Kevin B 11 months ago
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New banjo

I finally got everything put together and it sounds great!  I'm really hapy with how it all came together.  All parts from Stew-Mac except the neck, which was built by Mark Hickler... Read More
From Lachlan 12 months ago
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1984 Stew Mac

Back in 1984 I built a Stewart McDonald banjo.  Still have it and it plays great.  I think it is a diamond Eagle.  Is there any way of telling?  Foes anyone know when Stew Mac... Read More
From n1wr 1 year ago
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1981 Archtop

A cabinet maker in Springfield, LA, by the name of Mac Norrid made my Stew-Mac from an archtop kit in 1981. It was a combination birthday present (Nov. 81) and college graduation present (March 82)... Read More
From Gumbograss 1 year ago
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Reduced Open backed Hand Built Banjo Ornately Inlaid
Linked by banjobilly32 11 months ago

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My Banjo
Linked by Gumbograss 1 year ago: Gumbograss's Stew-Mac

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Headstock
Linked by Gumbograss 1 year ago: Gumbograss's headstock -- MAN stands for the builder, Mac Arthur Norrid.

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Gumbograss


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