#minstrelbanjo

flatfootjohnny

Sep 15, 20201 min read

Belows banjo complete

Here it is completed. It was a lot of fun to make and is even more fun to play with great tone and loads of volume. #mountainbanjo...

flatfootjohnny

Sep 15, 20201 min read

More creative fun

Ages ago someone gave me a set of broken, highly ornate, carved Victorian bellows. Slowly a plan came to mind. Somewhere between a...

flatfootjohnny

Sep 14, 20201 min read

Tunbridgeware banjo?

I'm fascinated by old English banjos. I especially like how they differed in style from the American instrument. Tunbridgeware was a...

flatfootjohnny

May 7, 20191 min read

3rd of 3 grain measure banjos finished and for sale

Here's the last of the 3. It has a a lovely old 9" vintage pot made in Hungary. Same scale length as the previous three. Despite its...

flatfootjohnny

Mar 18, 20191 min read

2nd of 3 grain measures FOR SALE

Ive completed the second of the three little tack head grain measure banjos that im making to celebrate getting to No 50. This one is...

flatfootjohnny

Mar 2, 20191 min read

1st of 3 grain measure banjos

Ive completed the first of the three little tack hread grain measure banjos that im making to celebrate getting to No 50. serial number...

flatfootjohnny

Jan 27, 20191 min read

first out for 2019

This left handed, short scale minstrel banjo is headed to the Isle of Wight. It has a stained, rippled English sycamore neck with bone...

flatfootjohnny

Jan 3, 20191 min read

4 minstrel banjos to be finished in 2019

Here are the four that didnt get completed. First is a left handed short scale with bone frets heading to the Isle of White....

flatfootjohnny

Jan 2, 20192 min read

A good year for minstrel banjos

2018 saw the start of 7 minstrel / grain measure banjos. Three of which were completed, the others will be finished early 2019. The first...

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