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New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:38 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Here is my new neck on a 100 yr old Sears Pot.
The pot is 10" in diameter, so we went with a scale length of 23.8".
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:43 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Headstock shape idea thanks to Bluestem Strings. Thanks also for the 5th string tunnel idea.
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:46 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Back
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:47 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Back of head.
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:48 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Neck Joint
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:49 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Head close up.
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:50 pm
by Mark Lurvey
5th string nut.
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:59 pm
by Mark Lurvey
Thanks to MIMF for once again providing answers to my many questions as I build.
Mark ô¿ô
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:56 am
by Michael Lewis
Rather cool, Mark!
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:21 am
by Steve Senseney
Nice work!
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:15 pm
by Jason Rodgers
I'm not a banjo player, but the 5th string tunnel innovation seems like the biggest leap forward in banjo design in like a billion years. Nice work. I also enjoy cherry.
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:08 pm
by Jim McConkey
A 5th string tunnel was presented on this Forum back in 2006. Funny how it keeps getting reinvented!
http://www.mimf.com/library/Dave_Ball_b ... -2006.html
Re: New Neck, Old Banjo
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:16 pm
by Jon Whitney
Tunnelled 5th strings are by no means a new invention - they were popular on English-made banjos many decades ago. I think it was because guitar necks could be easily adapted to be banjo necks that way. They even kept the six-string peghead, but removed one of the pegs.