Flatfoot Johnny: November 2015

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, 24 November 2015

Heres an "Old Timer" mountain banjo that ive just started. Its a left hander and twice i nearly cu the neck for a right hander! The pot is English Elm reclaimed from a piece of furniture and the neck is a piece of 500 year old oak reclaimed from an old barn... man its hard stuff!

A nice little repair job. These Deering Goodtime headstocks are attached with finger splines which look pretty weak and does seem to be a common breaking point.Simply re gluing wasn't really an option as some of the splines had snapped so i inlayed some maple reinforcement.