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flatfootjohnny
- Sep 15, 2020
- 1 min
More creative fun
Ages ago someone gave me a set of broken, highly ornate, carved Victorian bellows. Slowly a plan came to mind. Somewhere between a mountain banjo and a minstrel banjo. I made the body based on the Kentucky mountain banjo and the neck shape has the bulge of some of the earliest minstrel banjos. I continued the carving onto the neck, top and bottom, copying the style on the bellows. The headstock shape was inspired by the shape and feel of the original antique. I then stained a
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flatfootjohnny
- Sep 14, 2020
- 1 min
Tunbridgeware banjo?
I'm fascinated by old English banjos. I especially like how they differed in style from the American instrument. Tunbridgeware was a style of decoration using intricate wooden mosaic to create patterns and motifs on all kinds of wooden goods. A style that came from the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent and its surrounding areas. The banjos very rarely come on the market and when they do they are generally out of price range so i decided to make something that was influenced by th
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flatfootjohnny
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min
3rd of 3 grain measure banjos finished and for sale
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 small pt size this little beauty packs a real punch. #grainmeasurebanjo #minstrelbanjo
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flatfootjohnny
- Mar 18, 2019
- 1 min
2nd of 3 grain measures FOR SALE
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 made from a 9 1/2" bentwood sieve, with a 21" scale flush fret neck. This banjo is FOR SALE for £650 inc. U.K. postage. For more details click here. #grainmeasurebanjo #minstrelbanjo
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flatfootjohnny
- Mar 2, 2019
- 1 min
1st of 3 grain measure banjos
Ive completed the first of the three little tack hread grain measure banjos that im making to celebrate getting to No 50. serial number 50/1 is made from a 10" bentwood sieve, previously used at a Stoke on Trent potteries. #grainmeasurebanjo #minstrelbanjo #fretlessbanjo
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flatfootjohnny
- Jan 27, 2019
- 1 min
first out for 2019
This left handed, short scale minstrel banjo is headed to the Isle of Wight. It has a stained, rippled English sycamore neck with bone frets (bone reclaimed from old piano keys), a single ply scalloped oak pot with hand made bottom mounted bracket shoes. the custom headstock is based on an ancient Chinese phoenix motif. #minstrelbanjo
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flatfootjohnny
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
4 minstrel banjos to be finished in 2019
Here are the four that didnt get completed. First is a left handed short scale with bone frets heading to the Isle of White. #minstrelbanjo A single ply oak rim with short (24") scale neck. The custom headstock is based on an ancient chinese mythical bird carving with bottom mounted bracket shoes. Next is a group of three tackhead grainmeasure banjos that ive been working on for fun and will be for sale in early 2019. They are all short scale (21") with similar necks. Flush f
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flatfootjohnny
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2 min
A good year for minstrel banjos
2018 saw the start of 7 minstrel / grain measure banjos. Three of which were completed, the others will be finished early 2019. The first to get finished was a short scale (24") with a stained sycamore neck and single ply oak pot with purfling. #minstrelbanjo The custom headstock took a little toing and froing of ideas between myself and the customer in order to get it just right, with great results. The 9 frets are made from old bone piano keys. The motif above the frailing
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