u/Flatfootjohnny

Ive just completed this banjo which is made entirely from English timber. The neck is local English (from @fallenandfelled) walnut with @fenlandblackoakproject fretboard, peghead overlay and heel cap. The 11" pot is English walnut with an English sycamore core and fenland bog oak rim cap. @rickardbanjos hooks, brackets and nuts, @pisgahbanjos tailpiece. Super cool octopus MOP inlay, brass ring (suckers?) Position markers with a very cute octopus at 12th fret. I unplated the outer skirt of the tubaphone tone ring as the nickle plating was way too shiny.

Ive just completed this tunnelled 6 string (5+1) neck for a 1920s Weymann pot. The design was inspired by the early English banjos. The headstock and heel echos those of the likes of Windsor and Temlett.

Art Deco nickle and brass inlay. Home made side dots. The main timber is English pear wood, Richlite fretboard and 5000 year old bog oak from Cambridgeshire over the headstock. All underlaid with a green pinstripe. A fairly challenging build with a few firsts for me.

I'd never made a tunneled neck. The squared off headstock slots took a steady hand and the extra string caused a bit of head scratching with regards to geometry. Even fitting the heel and dowel stick to the pot was tricky.

I really love the playability of tunneled necks, especially for classic banjo style. I reckon I'll be building one for myself soon.

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