Early 1900 11 inches Buckbee banjo rim.
1/4 inch bell brass hoop tone ring.
All the hardware ( tension hoop, nuts, hooks, shoes, armrest, and shoes bolts are brass and from Bill Rickard. Those are top quality parts.
Neck ( made by me ) is made of a nice piece of American black figure walnut shaped in the old time style with Ebony and redwood lamination, 1/4 inch fingerboard, 15% silver nickle frets, hand cut mother of pearl inlays, ebony head plate and a adjustable 2 way truss rod that you can access by the neck heel.
Neck dimensions are 1 5/16 inch wide at the nut and 2 inches at the heel, scale is 25 1/2 inches scooped at the 17 th fret.
Fielding brass tailpiece
Gotoh 2 band antique gold finish tuners including fifth string tuner all with real Ebony buttons.
Unbleached bone nuts
Th action on the neck is 2,3 mm at the twelve fret making it very easy to play. Strung with Elixir light strings this banjo can take medium gauge strings without any effects on the neck. 11 /16 bridge made of Ebony and hard maple.
This is a very nice banjo with a sweet and round tone that makes you want to play it all day long.
Build and put together by Carl Arcand in December 2012.
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