I'm looking for a tailpiece for a vintage banjo uke. Something like the one in this photo. Need one in decent shape - but not brand new.
Please let me know if you have something like this to offer - and the price. Thanks!
I've probably got one in a box of junk parts (which at present, unfortunately, is packed God-only-knows-where in storage).
If an old one doesn't show up, you could distress a new one. Elderly still sells them.
I've used an unplated brass No-Knot reproduction from Bob Smakula: http://www.smakula.com/images/BanjoParts/NoKnots.jpg
It's not a shiny brass.
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Originally posted by jbalchI'm looking for a tailpiece for a vintage banjo uke. Something like the one in this photo. Need one in decent shape - but not brand new.
Please let me know if you have something like this to offer - and the price. Thanks!
I have this if you are interested. Let me know.
The pictured banjo tailpiece is still available from Stew-Mac.
stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware...iece.html
Tons of these in people's parts boxes and, as Bart points out, it's available new if you want shiny.
Simple to use—put a knot in the end of the string. I think that the Grover pictured by Blaise is a little easier, however—the fingers keep the knots in place as you get the string started at the peg.
If using nylon strings this is not an issue but some synthetics, especially NylGut, will tear if nicked. For that reason, you want to go over all edges till they are smooth to the touch—don't forget the holes. I use a piece of 1500 grit emery cloth and tear off a corner to roll into a cone for de-burring the holes. Takes about a minute or two.
