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Re: rebushing violin pegs on banjo

Brian Kimerer — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:24:36 GMT

I would first try replacing the peg rather than mucking with the peghead. If you try to fit a new peg and mess it up, you throw the peg away and are back where

rebushing violin pegs on banjo

bARRY — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:08:33 GMT

I've got a couple of violin pegs on one of my banjos that goes in a bit farther than I'd like. Does anyone have a suggestion of partially filling without

Re: Gourd Uke banjo

Brian Kimerer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:15:54 GMT

I have never made a uke out of a gourd, although I have made some banjos. I would be a little concerned about maintaining the tolerances for such a small

Re: Gourd Uke banjo

AG — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:04:45 GMT

Unless you make a wooden top for your gourd uke you'll have to make the bridge adjustable so it doesn't matter much what the scale length of the frets are as

Gourd Uke banjo

bARRY — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:18:58 GMT

I want to make a gourd uke. My questions is scale length? I see some with 13 9/16 and 14.75 I assume this means from nut to bridge. If that is the case then

Re: Rickard banjo parts

hqwesternbrigade — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:05:25 GMT

I sent Rickart an email a while back about getting in touch and didn't hear anything back..... Anybody know how to get some of those parts... Jim Moffet

Re: Mountain Banjo tailpiece

BfloBif — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:05:16 GMT

Thanks, Brian & Carroll. Brian's photos did the trick- I've spent hours searching for pics that were clear of made sense on the web. BfloBif

Re: Mountain Banjo tailpiece

Carroll Smith — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:26:12 GMT

Brian's pics are excellent and should answer the question. I might add that if a string continues to slip, make the knot and touch it with the tiniest bit of

Re: Mountain Banjo tailpiece

Brian Kimerer — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:49:46 GMT

I have done a few on my gourd banjos. I have strung them using Nygut strings, but the same technique will work with nylon. You can see what I did for

Mountain Banjo tailpiece

BfloBif — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:24:41 GMT

I'm looking into making a mountain banjo similar to the one in Foxfire 3 I used to own and play a commercial bluegrass banjo, steel strings. I'm aware that

Re: Rickard banjo parts

ostonehead@... — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:36:57 GMT

I have ordered several things from him and never had a problem. Rick ... From: hqwesternbrigade To: banjomakers@yahoogroups.com

Re: Rickard banjo parts

hqwesternbrigade — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:46:49 GMT

I sent Rickart an email a while back about getting in touch and didn't hear anything back..... Anybody know how to get some of those parts... Jim Moffet

Re: Jigs for radiusing neck to pot - let's see 'em

pl8unes — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:42:01 GMT

Thanks to Brian, Sean and Jeff for their replies on/off list. There is a nice link Sean sent which I believe is similar to the way Jeff mentioned to me here:

Re: Jigs for radiusing neck to pot - let's see 'em

Brian Kimerer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:52 GMT

I have built three gourd banjos now. I would like to try building a minstrel from scratch, but bending the pot would be a challenge for me. I built a Flesher

Jigs for radiusing neck to pot - let's see 'em

pl8unes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:04 GMT

For the past few years after first seeing Mr. Hyatt's great gourd banjo site I was bitten by the bug pretty severly and have since made a few dozen gourds out