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Jan 26, 2025 - 7:56:16 AM
2 posts since 1/26/2025

Hello, nice to be here.
I'm a drummer (not a musician lol). I have a banjo from a dear friend that passed and I'm looking for parts to complete it. I don't plan on playing it, but I will hang it in my office in his honor. Any idea of the brand of this unit? I'd like to get the parts that are missing. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Dave

Jan 26, 2025 - 8:12:57 AM
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Texasbanjo (Moderator)

USA

31202 posts since 8/3/2003

Looks like it needs a tailpiece, bridge and some strings.

Hopefully, there will be some luthiers on here who can give you more information than I can.

Jan 26, 2025 - 9:02:25 AM
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3440 posts since 9/5/2006

quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Looks like it needs a tailpiece, bridge and some strings.

Hopefully, there will be some luthiers on here who can give you more information than I can.


What am I missing? I see not pictures to know what the banjo is or what it needs.

Jan 26, 2025 - 10:10:42 AM
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pinenut

USA

175 posts since 10/2/2007

It's an older "Kay" type 5 string; pictures are here:
banjohangout.org/my/Dahoud62

needs:  5th string tuner, bridge, tailpiece, strings, and love

Edited by - pinenut on 01/26/2025 10:13:57

Jan 26, 2025 - 10:28:07 AM
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TN Time

USA

870 posts since 12/6/2021

Looks like possibly a 3rd string tuner and a nut is also needed.
Joe

Jan 26, 2025 - 1:50:12 PM

banjonz

New Zealand

12236 posts since 6/29/2003

Looks like a cheapy Asian one. Parts for these are easily available on Ebay or Aliexpress. No point in buying high end parts when cheap ones will do.

Jan 26, 2025 - 4:57:53 PM

Wobba

USA

163 posts since 4/15/2020

You need a simple bridge, a tail piece, strings, and looks like your missing the button on the 5th side peg.

Jan 26, 2025 - 7:04:50 PM

15946 posts since 10/30/2008

Try to get used or repro parts for this specific banjo if you can. Especially to be sure a replacment 5th string tuner is the right diameter to fit the hole already existing in the neck. Hopefully then you just "press" it in by hand.

Show us a close up of the front of the peghead to see if you need a nut with the 4 string slots filed into it -- hopefully it's still there but we just can't see it.

Finally take a close up of the outside of the pot rim at around the 6 o'clock bottom spot, so we can see what kind of anchoring hardware is in place to fasten a new tailpiece too.

If nothing is broken (including the head) you can get a friction 5th string tuner, a very basic tailpice, a simple bridge and a set of strings for around $30. Fairly simple to install these parts.

Jan 27, 2025 - 5:14:06 AM

2 posts since 1/26/2025

Thank you all for the information. It's no big rush on this and I'll see what I can do.
Thanks again. Have a good week

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