Flatfoot Johnny: 4 gourds

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

Thursday, 4 September 2014

4 gourds

Ive recently had a batch of gourd banjo commissions.

Nicely figured sapelle neck with double ogees

Nice and simple iroku neck

An interesting project to convert a Griffin banjos (unfinished) lefty neck to fit a gourd. I added flush fret position markers and a star inlay.

This one just started. A nicely flamed piece of meranti I found at my local wood yard. with big scroll peghead and double ogees. Its laminated with a maple stripe in the centre and a stained mahogany finger board and peghead overlay.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

4 gourds

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