In my old wooden cabin up in the hills of south east London I make banjos, canjos, cigarbox guitars and other things that go twang. Every instrument is fully hand made in the traditional way with a minimal use of power tools and usually using reclaimed timber (that way i can use exotic hard woods and sleep well at night). So if you are interested in buying a high quality unique instrument keep checking here or contact me if you would like to commission something. flatfootjohnny@hotmail.com
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Grain measure banjo - ready for the East Anglian Bluegrass festival
Heres my latest banjo. A "grain measure" banjo with fully hand made head-tensioning hardware, Ash neck, Victorian sieve pot, calf skin vellum, hand turned oak tuning pegs, ebony nut, Sapelle tailpiece. Put together temporarily so that i can take it to EABG fest at the weekend. When i get back it will be french polished and generally tarted up. As of writing this post the strings have only been on for an hour, so still need to settle in... but it sounds great - deep and surprisingly loud.
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