electric banjo #2

this banjo was made for Terell of the Knotwells. i found the rim, resonator, and tension hoop used super cheap and couldn't pass them up. i only had to build the neck and bridge and order hardware.

the buttons for the tuners came from a guitar at the shop, one of the six had broke. we replaced them with metal buttons and kept the left over five, perfect for a banjo set. 

the neck is walnut with an oil finish and the fingerboard is padouk. i made it in the same style as the electric banjo with the fifth tuner up on the headstock. 

here is a close look at the channel the top string runs through from the fifth fret to the nut. 

the headstock has a burl veneer face that matches the tuner buttons and a matching orange pearloid stripe. the top corner is raised up from the face for a 3-d effect.

 i also had this pickup i had been given broken which i fixed and never used. it works like a magnetic pickup but senses a thin steel strip on the underside of the head instead of the strings.

volume and tone are mounted on the upper bout of the rim. the heel cap is padouk, the bridge is walnut with an ebony cap. i made the flanges out of brass.

built in 2011 date stamped at the end or the fretboard. orange and black pearloid and tortoise vinyl inlays.