New distressed grain measure banjo

Built as a complement to the grain measure I made earlier this year for the Museum of Making Music, this banjo is made out of the bottom half of the same grain measure, with an ash neck, hand-made pegs, and a goatskin head.

New double-headed gourd banjo

Built around a large bottle gourd. Cherry neck with rosewood peghead overlay.

Banjo at the Museum of Making Music exhibit

Photo from the airstreamlife blog of the exhibition with the banjo I made for the exhibition on the pedestal in the center.

Simple gourd

Click here to see a high resolution image of this banjo that's larger than the real thing.

Just completed a new banjo for an exhibit at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. Built around an authentic, 19th-century grain measure, it features an ash neck, hand-turned pegs, and an extensively distressed finish the simulate 170 years of patina.

      

New cherry, ebony, and maple burl steel-string

Just finished up this custom banjo for a customer in New York. It's built around a 12" three-ply cherry rim and features a two-piece cherry neck, simple brass tone ring, ebony fingerboard and rim cap, maple burl headstock and heel overlays, along with mother of pearl inlays. It sounds wonderful, and plays great too.