This 1920s banjolele has been in the same family from new. unfortunately it got seriously injured somehow. Withe the pot badly smashed...

Straight after fixing one I see another on ebay. This one is a real oddity. Ive only seen one other which was made by SS Stewart. This is...

Here's an old 19th century George Matthews banjo that I had in for repair. Originally a fretless, then at some point somebody fitted...

Heres a collection of 2 of my most recent builds and my first ever mountain banjo from over 10 years ago. #mountainbanjo

Here it is completed. It was a lot of fun to make and is even more fun to play with great tone and loads of volume. #mountainbanjo...

Ages ago someone gave me a set of broken, highly ornate, carved Victorian bellows. Slowly a plan came to mind. Somewhere between a...

Ive been wanting to make one of these ever since seeing Adam Hurt play one. This is a U.K grown bottle gourd and an American black walnut...

Heres a gourd banjo with a walnut stained sycamore neck with dark veneer (dyed oak) flush frets. #gourdbanjo

I'm fascinated by old English banjos. I especially like how they differed in style from the American instrument. Tunbridgeware was a...

Once again ive been neglecting this blog so heres an update. I finally finished the angel of peace banjo. Custom sunflower bracket shoes,...

Ive been putting this off for ages for fear of doing it wrong. But i finally bit the bullet and got stuck in. So far so good i reckon....

I recently completed this mountain banjo, it has an oak pot and a maple neck. Ive tried a new way of setting the tension hoop. Its...

Here's the last of the 3. It has a a lovely old 9" vintage pot made in Hungary. Same scale length as the previous three. Despite its...

Ive completed the second of the three little tack head grain measure banjos that im making to celebrate getting to No 50. This one is...

Ive fitted some strings on the Banza. I am very pleasantly surprised by its tone. It goes against all the rules of banjo making - string...

Ive completed the first of the three little tack hread grain measure banjos that im making to celebrate getting to No 50. serial number...

Ive had this pear shaped gourd for some time so i decided to make my interpretation of the early banza as depicted in "The Old...

This left handed, short scale minstrel banjo is headed to the Isle of Wight. It has a stained, rippled English sycamore neck with bone...

The last couple of banjos to get completed in 2018 were both gourds with lovely figured English Sycamore necks. The first was sent to...

Here are the four that didnt get completed. First is a left handed short scale with bone frets heading to the Isle of White....