Monday, August 04, 2008 @4:57:46 AM
What's the avatar banjo, and what else you got for us?
I'm big on open back banjo comfort, so my avatar banjo is a design that I'm making that uses Grover guitar-style Uke tuners, tunneled 5th string, Tilton-inspired internal tensioning system with no uncomfortable external hardware, raw brass tension hoop with polished stainless retaining clips, and custom stainless tailpiece. It utilizes a single bolt neck attachment for ease in setting the string height over neck. I love this banjo; it's always close by and gets played all the time!
If you're into nylon strung fretless mountain banjo be sure to check out my website page for a free downloadable PDF of the full size CAD drawing and additional construction information for my Mountain Banjo Nouveau here:
Crazy cheap and easy Wine Box Banjo instructions are available here as five PDFs that print as a full size plan here:
Some general banjo construction tips and information, printable PDF fret placement templates for several scales, Excel spreadsheet for fret position calculation, animated fret board layout graphic, nut setup guide, PDF guide for making raw brass bracket shoes, as well as PDF charts for fret board layout and understanding neck geometry and the process of correctly joining the neck to the pot: http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips1.html
Bluestem guide to open back banjo setup here:
Enjoy your building endeavors,
Randy
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