Slingerland 10 3/4 inches one ply rim made of the hardest maple. I changed the outer veneer that was damaged for a mahogany 1/16 of a inch layer keeping the rim at it's exact diameter.
Custom adjusted new tension hoop from Bill Rickard
Raised Brass 1/4 inch tone hoop sitting on 20 brass studs.
New Nickle plated brass ball shoes and new nickle plated hooks from Bill Rickard.
Vintage nickle plated brass hook nuts from a another Slingerlqand banjo.
Dowel stick ferrules from Bill Rickard.
Nickle plated brass Feilding tailpiece
New One piece figure maple neck with dark rosewood fingerboard , heel cap and headplate. Very nice arabesque Abalone and white mother of pearl inlays on the fingerboard on the headplate and on the neck heel.
Nickle plated brass tuning machines with Ebony buttons.
Strung with Elixir medium gauge strings and a 5/8 maple and ebony bridge.
Vega style nickle plated wire armrest.
Bone nuts.
the action is 2,1 mm at the 12th fret making the banjo very easy to play all the way up on the fingerboard. neck is 1 1/4 /inch at the nut and 1 7/8 at the heel.
A very nice Old time banjo with a lot of power and a very sweet tone plated Second Life Banjo No. 1163-3.
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