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budbennett - Posted - 02/01/2024: 21:19:54
Hi folks, long time no see.....
What do you all think we have here? Homemade? German made maybe?
mike gregory - Posted - 02/01/2024: 21:28:49
I haven't the froggiest notion.
Looks nice, though.
lazlototh - Posted - 02/02/2024: 02:39:36
Framus pot with custom neck?
Culloden - Posted - 02/02/2024: 12:27:14
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Originally posted by lazlototh
Framus pot with custom neck?
That was my first thought but I can't figure out the holes in the back. All Framus banjos I have seen were top tension. There would be no reason to tighten them from the bottom.
lazlototh - Posted - 02/02/2024: 12:49:05
Yeah nothing about those holes makes sense. Better photos would help. The tension hoop looks like it might not be Framus. Those photos are too grainy.
banjered - Posted - 02/02/2024: 13:18:05
Obviously Viking. There is more than one way to kill a banjo critic than just strumming on the strings. banjered
wileypickett - Posted - 02/02/2024: 14:48:56
Definitely not Framus.
DSmoke - Posted - 02/02/2024: 16:19:15
The tension hoop looks like Framus but is not, the bolts are too big and so is the part of the tension hoop holding it. I'd say it's "homemade".
budbennett - Posted - 02/03/2024: 08:05:27
Homemade was my thought too. Wasn't sure but I thought I had seen a peghead like that somewhere along the line but couldn't think where and figured the group here would maybe recognize it if it were something. It isn't my banjo, a friend asked me about it so i don't have other photos.
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