Resonator 5 String Banjo
Mahogany & Maple 3 piece neck with fiddle style peg-head, fitted with Gibson pre-war style truss rod. Truss-rod cover in solid Ebony. Ebony peg-head & heel veneer, Ebony fret-board bound with boxwood, inlaid with Mother of Pearl Hearts & Flowers design. M O P side position dots. Three piece Hard Rock Maple pot fitted with a flathead bell metal tone-ring. Resonator veneered in a 12 piece segmented Fiddle-back Mahogany design, with Ebony / Boxwood bandings & edges bound also with Boxwood. Neck, Pot & Resonator French polished entirely by hand to a high gloss natural finish. All quality hardware fittings acquired from the States, i e tone-ring, one piece flange, tension ring, tension brackets, shoes, coordinator rods & adjustable Kershner tailpiece.
Open-Back 5 String Banjo
Dark polished Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard inlaid with adapted Florentine pattern to Brazilian Rosewood peg-head. Pot made of a 7 ply construction, fitted with Whyte Laydie tone-ring & veneered in Santos Rosewood & decorative banding. The neck is fitted with adjustable coordinator rods & Kershner adjustable tailpiece. The instrument is set up to play in the Old Timey Style.
