Ballard Banjers
  • Home
  • Banjo galleries
    • Open Back Banjos
    • Mountain Banjos
    • Tackhead Banjos
  • Banjos in stock and ready for shipping
  • Prices/Standard models
  • Audio Samples
  • What's he building in there?
  • Videos
  • About
  • Comments
  • Contact

Walnut mountain banjer

10/12/2018

2 Comments

 
I've been hobbling around the workshop this week, after dropping a 3" thick plank of Ash on my foot and fracturing my little toe! Even more annoying was breaking my perfectly manicured clawhammer nail off at the same time, I'm now having to resort to using a home made plastic pick :(

I did however, finish off Joseph's lovely little mountain banjo, which I'm very pleased with. I'll be shipping this one off to Denver, Colorado next week.
Since my camcorder has packed in, I thought I'd try out the video function on my cheapo phone, not too bad! I also recorded a better quality audio file on my zoom H2N, check 'em out :)

Black Walnut neck with Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay
Black Walnut pot with Ash/Maple tonering and calfskin head
NylonClifford Essex 'Classic' strings
Made a start roughing out a few minstrel necks, I'll be getting the steamer going next week to bend the rims. Two of these are commissions, but I'm hoping to make a spare one at the same time.
My son and I have managed to get a bit more done on his banjo (he certainly looks the part, in his dungarees and check shirt!!), he was hammering in the frets last night while I cut out the rather cool looking wolf on the back of the pot. We may have it complete before the end of the year! 
2 Comments

    Archives

    April 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    July 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    November 2023
    September 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed