I have a virtually brand new 12” Pisgah Wonder banjo coming my way. I’ve never played one but quite a few of my friends claim they don’t like the necks ? Too thick ? Not sure what that means.
^^ good question to pose to your friends when you next meet up. 
Fwiw, after playing it for a minute or so, an accomplished player said that the neck of my wideneck GoldTone "feels really nice." His experience tells me he surely must have realized it was a wideneck, but I didn't probe any further.
Curiously, even hand size seems to correlate only weakly with neck preference. Anecdotally, I personally know two makers of VERY highly regarded banjos, who are both very large, who build and play themselves necks at the opposite ends of the range.
Not sure either. I like their necks, they sell a lot of them, and really good players use them.
That’s what I thought as well.
I find it's not that difficult to get used to a new neck. Your hand and brain adapts fairly well to these things.
I have a Pisgah Dobson and it feels fine to me. I have a medium size hand.
Music to my ears !
I have a neck carve that I prefer -- a shallow D -- but I have only one banjo with that shape. My others have larger, less shallow shapes but it's not too hard to adjust, and I don't have big hands.
My 12” standard-scale custom black walnut Pisgah banjo is 4 years old and I love it. Play it almost every day. Planning to place another Pisgah order soon. Will get a 11” short-scale cherry banjo with a persimmon fret board.
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Originally posted by Lwadams4My 12” standard-scale custom black walnut Pisgah banjo is 4 years old and I love it. Play it almost every day. Planning to place another Pisgah order soon. Will get a 11” short-scale cherry banjo with a persimmon fret board.
What tone ring do you have ?
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Originally posted by hweinbergI have a neck carve that I prefer -- a shallow D -- but I have only one banjo with that shape. My others have larger, less shallow shapes but it's not too hard to adjust, and I don't have big hands.
I agree. My situation sounds close to yours.
Persimmon tone ring in my Pisgah banjo.
Not sure what they mean by that statement, I love my Pisgah Woodchuck 12 inch pot banjo.
I have sold my Enoch Tradesman awhile back and either I will custom order a Pisgah or a Rickard banjo .
I like Pisgah's business model , an American made banjo , local woods and Steve owner of Acoustic Music Works here in Pittsburgh
told me awhile back that the owner was up north in Pa sourcing some wood , Steve is a dealer for Pisgah . Rickard is from Canada still North America but I think I will custom order from Pisgah's web page where you can order your banjo with want you want . Get a lot of banjo for the money .
NHNT: When John Bowlin accepted an order for one of his Model 1865's, he always requested that the customer sent him a tracing of their left hand.
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Originally posted by brudfordI have sold my Enoch Tradesman awhile back and either I will custom order a Pisgah or a Rickard banjo .
I like Pisgah's business model , an American made banjo , local woods and Steve owner of Acoustic Music Works here in Pittsburgh
told me awhile back that the owner was up north in Pa sourcing some wood , Steve is a dealer for Pisgah . Rickard is from Canada still North America but I think I will custom order from Pisgah's web page where you can order your banjo with want you want . Get a lot of banjo for the money .
Rickard has a custom program as well, and in my opinion represents a better value than Pisgah's offerings. Certainly worth an email to Rickard to get a quote if you're dropping $2K+ on a new instrument.
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Originally posted by gratefulbikerquote:
Originally posted by brudfordI have sold my Enoch Tradesman awhile back and either I will custom order a Pisgah or a Rickard banjo .
I like Pisgah's business model , an American made banjo , local woods and Steve owner of Acoustic Music Works here in Pittsburgh
told me awhile back that the owner was up north in Pa sourcing some wood , Steve is a dealer for Pisgah . Rickard is from Canada still North America but I think I will custom order from Pisgah's web page where you can order your banjo with want you want . Get a lot of banjo for the money .Rickard has a custom program as well, and in my opinion represents a better value than Pisgah's offerings. Certainly worth an email to Rickard to get a quote if you're dropping $2K+ on a new instrument.
I love the sound of Rickard's banjos and you probably get more banjo for your money and I believe he uses or makes his own hardware including fantastic tuners but I see on Pisgha's site they also have custom made hardware also . I like the idea of using a wood persimmon tone ring which will give you that darker plunk sound verses a metal tone ring but I am sure Rickard could do a wood ring . I am a traditionalist and at my age I want an all wood fret board and I do not like the Richlite and synthetic boards and Pisgha only offers a persimmon fret board , but I could live with it . I do like Pisgha's sustainability philosophy .
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