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#11253 12″ mahogany neck and rim with cocobolo trim, Dobson tonering. 11″ figured maple neck and rim, ziricote trim, stars & dove inlay. 12″ figured maple neck and rim, ebony trim, maple binding and trillium inlay. 11″ cherry neck and rim, ebony fingerboard, amboyna burl trim. This is our first batch started and finished in this new [...] Hi folks - #10248 11″ figured maple, with a classic point inlayed of fossilized walrus tusk. 11″ claro walnut neck and rim, chechen trim, Romero tonering and arctic flower [...] Jason with a James Ashborn banjo Earlier this year we had a very kind invitation from Hank Schwartz to visit his home and his amazing banjo collection, just south of San Francisco. It was quite an experience, with his collection ranging from antebellum curiosities to late 1800’s one-offs by unknown makers to the most ornate [...] This post is a bit late coming out – our apologies it’s taken a while, it’s been a zoo around here in the workshop and in life. We’re having a great time, that’s for sure! February brought us some very exciting banjos, including a chance for Jason to build a new banjo for himself. We’ll talk [...] Hi folks - We’re back from a great tour from San Francisco to Victoria with our old time stringband The Haints and a very special guest Carl Jones. What a wonderful time was had – thank you to all the folks who came out, the incredible people who helped us put on the shows and fed [...] 09209 – 11″ Maple fretless with evening sky inlay Price-wise, if we were to offer a student model banjo, this would be it. Without many of the numerous upgrades that we offer, this banjo was pretty stripped down, but in a good way. The only upgrade was a Romero tailpiece and a skin head, and the [...] Hi folks - It’s been a busy year and I’ve been waiting until I had some time to make a special, uncommissioned instrument – number 200! Last time I built a commemorative banjo, number 100, I sold it through a retailer but this time I plan to offer it directly for sale off the website. It [...] 09203 – Claro walnut resonator banjo with wooden tonering and brass hardware It just so happened that we got to build three resonator banjos together in one batch; it seems like at least a year since I’ve been able to build one. This one was a claro walnut neck and resonator, with our integral Honduran rosewood [...] Our newest banjos: 09198 – 11″ Black walnut with Barn Swallow inlay This banjo was for a family friend of Pharis’ from the Cariboo region. Overall, the customer wanted something light and responsive. We turned the rim to 7/16″ rather than our normal 1/2″, and the nut width and base of the neck were narrower than our [...] The newest batch of banjos:
09197 – 12″ Claro walnut with columbine inlay and J-shoes |
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