11 inches hard maple x 2 ply rim with a 1/4 inch thick ebony cap and a Whyte Laydie nickel plated brass tone ring.
Tension hoop, bracket shoes, hook nuts are nickel plated brass, shoes bolts and hooks are nickel plated steel.
Presto nickel plated brass tailpiece and N.P.B. armrest.
Thick natural white calfskin mounted on a square brass flesh hoop.
Hand made North America hard curly maple one piece neck with Ebony fingerboard, head plate, heel cap and back plate. Mother of pearl star, dots and side dots. Adjustable 2 way truss rod. Bone nuts. Nickel / silver frets.
Five star tuners with real ebony knobs and Waverly straight post geared fifth string tuner.
Neck dimensions are 1 1/4 inch at the nut, 1 7/8 inch at the heel, 26 3/16 inches scale with 22 frets. action is 1/8 of an inch at the last fret.
The banjo is strung with medium gauge strings.
This one of a kind banjo was build with the best of the best components.
Easy to play, with a deep old time sound, a lot of volume and good sustain. . The Whyte Laydie tone ring is well known to be one the best for open back banjos.
Plated ''Second Life Banjo / Carl Arcand No:1219-4
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