Truss Rod Cover Mounted Crooked

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From enterjohn on 2/20/2014 6:43:01 PM

Hi,

I'm a new member who recently bought a 2011 Master Flower. I love the banjo and how it plays. It is just about perfect -- amazing inlays and workmanship throughout.

However, the bottom screw on the truss rod cover was drilled off center and the fancy abalone cover really accentuates the crookedness. With all of the attention to difficult detail, I would not have expected that.

So I put a black cover which helps to disguises it a bit. But it still doesn't look right on this beauty. Even with black screws I would notice it.

Is there a good way to re-drill the hole? It will be fairly close to the old hole and I really don't want to end up with one large hole in the process. I am I'm not real comfortable drilling on my expensive banjo head without asking for some advise:-)

Thanks,

John

6 Comments
	From Greylock to Bean Blossom says: 2/20/2014 8:28:28 PM Contact Geoff, He is very accessible. Ken
	banjoman56 says: 2/21/2014 7:09:10 AM The hole could be filled with a mixture of saw dust and epoxy and a new hole drilled. I am very surprised that you are having this trouble with a Stelling banjo. The workmanship on Geoff's banjos is out of this world. I can't ever remember seeing one with what I would call a flaw.
	Geoff Stelling says: 2/21/2014 7:30:04 AM John, I regret that the hole was drilled off center and no one noticed it before you got the banjo. I would first fill the hole with a piece of ebony shaped like a tooth pick, glue it in with super glue and smooth it over. Then I'd drill a hole right next to it in the right spot being careful to not get into the old hole. If you want to send me the neck, I'd do it at no charge. Geoff
	Mike Rowe says: 2/21/2014 8:33:17 AM Wow, there you go!
	enterjohn says: 3/3/2014 11:38:12 AM Thanks for the advise and Geoff for the offer to fix it. How hard is it to take a banjo neck off? I would hate to take it apart to fix the truss rod cover only to have it play worse. The new hole would be just at the edge of the old hole, so tricky I guess. I live about 2 hours from Geoff so maybe I should drive it down and have him ship it back. Or wait for it. Might be a nice drive in the Spring. Not now for sure. LOL. Thanks again.
swamplunker says: 3/16/2014 11:08:04 AM There's no need to take the neck off the banjo in order to put in a sliver of ebony or drill a tiny hole. Just get the strings out of the way, and put a piece of masking tape around the drill bit as a visual depth stop.
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