Another week another stall

Second market stall happened this Saturday in East Dulwich. met loads of lovely people and lots of interest.

This week i had teeshirts, tea towels and bags for sale. If you want one please email me at flatfootjohnny@hotmail.com

Adult Tees: £20 (mens - M / L and womens - S / M)

Kids tees: £10 (S / M)

Teatowels: £7

Cotton bags :£5

 Ladies Tee in white (black also available)

Mens Tee in black (white also available)

100% cotton tea towel. Text reads: "Instructions for use: Fold teatowel into nice a nice tight bundle then stuff behind the head of your banjo... removes all traces of bluegrass twang!"

100% cotton tote bag

New regular market stall

I will be having a regular market in East Dulwich from this Saturday and then every (ish) Saturday. It will be on North Cross Road - just of Lordship lane - and i will be selling banjos and other handmade instruments. hopefully next week i will have some tee shirts too.

Harvester 4string CBG completed

4 String Harvester CBG

Mahogany neck, vintage Cigar box.

Carved heel.

Cigar box guitar heel carving

Heres my latest Cigarbox guitar commission.

Hello im still here

Just to let you know that I'm still here. No pictures to add at the mo... too busy with my day job (building the Tatlin Tower... google it). When i have the time i am working on one  mountain banjo (similar to the one I've already made), two tackhead grain measure banjos, two cigarbox guitars. I also need to dismantle and finish a steel (cookie tin) reso guitar and and a fretless banjo with head tensioners.... what else... oh yes! i have just bought a cute little parlour guitar, as cheap as chips, which im going to dismantle and restore - fitting a truss rod, some decent bracing and edge bindings. Ive cleaned up the gourd a grew last year and will hopefully start working on another gourd banjo soon(ish).

I think thats it for now except that im also designing myself a funky sideboard to fit my records in and still trying to find time to restore my old Humber... dunno how i find time for my day job... something will have to go!

bye for now... J

tin reso 4 string guitar

A quick vid of my latest build... not ye finished but just checking for sound quality... In the Pines by Lead Belly (and Nirvana)... and lots of bluegrass folks

Grain Measure Banjo modifications

After a few days of playing the ole grain measure banjo i decided to modify it for better playability. Ive added a walnut fingerboard to the neck and a brass section over the frailing scoop. Next is to take it apart again and french polish it. I will also, at some stage, be replacing the bracket shoes with some home made ones, these are from an old Circa 1880s 6 string fretless which i will eventually restore. I also aim to replace the friction tuners with planetry ones... when i have a spare bit of cash. A banjo similar to this (but not this one as its not for sale) will be around £700.