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www.Bluestemstrings.com
Playing Since: 2002

Experience Level: Purty Good

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Occupation: Professional tinkerer

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Age: 58

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Created 3/27/2004
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Latest Blog Entry

About my Avitar Banjo and my website links

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!

I have a free PDF of the CAD drawing and further information available on my website at: http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageOB1.html

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:

http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageMB1.html

I also have a Frank Proffitt-style mountain banjo plan available as a free downloadable PDF here: http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageFPMB1.html

Crazy cheap and easy Wine Box Banjo instructions are available here as five PDFs that print as a full size plan here:

http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageWineboxBanjo1.html

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:

http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips2.html

Understanding the temperamental nature of the banjo: http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageBanjoConstructionTips3.html

Details about my Bluestem Guide to Open Back Banjo Construction and purchasing details can be found here: http://www.bluestemstrings.com/pageOBBG.html

Lastly, my original website with lots of assorted instrument construction information is here: http://www.angelfire.com/music2/construct

Enjoy your building endeavors,

Randy

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