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Originally Posted by Rudy4

Since Bernunzio often has "blemish" WL necks from the Eastman line available as seconds I'd wonder about what's "under the hood" for the rest of the banjo if they produce so many second quality necks to a retailer.
A reputable manufacturer wouldn't sell their low quality seconds to the public IMHO.

I noticed that the peghead of the used Eastman EBJ-WL1 had some varnish runs off the headstock's top points and down the rear of the headstock a slight distance. This wasn't very nice to see and I wondered what it would have taken the person who did the varnishing at Eastman to have done a better job: Perhaps an extra five seconds of time to get the spray or brush volume adjusted to leave a smoother finish?