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11-07-2016, 05:18 PM
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A Scale Model Vega Tenor Banjo?
Just realized it's been a solid 30 years since I'd made a complete banjo! The last one was a regular bluegrass instrument, but this time was different.
I've taken to calling it a "5/3 scale model" because I measured up a 12" head, 21" scale 17-fret tenor to get the dimensions. That works out to 20" diameter head, and 34" scale. It's a BASS BANJO, and after 3-4 months of concentrated shop time, I got it done for its first performance last Saturday night. It'll be a regular with the increasingly popular crazy ensemble, "The Banjo Racketeers," who are seen occasionally in the area. Here's a photo with Tom Culbertson, who did the lettering and "Harold Teen" illustration:  It was a big project, and I made every bit of it from raw materials, including all the woodwork and metal parts, including the oversize hooks, nuts, tension hoop:  And, even the tuners - after all there are no big Bass Banjo tuners on the market (yet, nuyk, nyuk) so I had to make them, too. They're 12:1 ratio with cool acrylic buttons: 
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Cheers, Frank Ford 
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11-08-2016, 12:14 PM
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11-11-2016, 03:05 AM
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That's magnificent, Frank.
I was thinking of you just this evening, as I changed strings on one of my mandolins with your mandolin string crank. That's one of the nicest tools I have in my little stringed instrument toolbox, and I use it all the time. So thanks for that, too! Wade Hampton Miller
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