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At 3:46pm on July 30, 2009, rodney fruits said…: thanks roger, toothpicks work great for a slide neck. no fret buzz and you can slide right to any color and have your note... thanks for lookin.

At 1:11pm on July 18, 2009, Diane in Chicago said…: Say, Roger, I was going through your photos and saw you were using either ball or plain end strings. I just built a cookie-tin banjo, and was thinking of stringing it up with nylon uke strings. Naturally, I thought of this after the thing was built so I don't have a "proper" bridge, just a thru-neck stub sticking out from the bottom with three holes drilled and ready to receive ball end strings.

Can you show me how you are using plain strings on you builds? Thanks!

At 12:06am on July 13, 2009, J. K. said…: As I posted in the picture comments... I can only spend about two weeks there each year when we visit and I had to clean and move stuff around quite a bit.

But it was great working with my grandfathers and his fathers tools.

At 2:46pm on June 10, 2009, Willardj said…: howdy roger,,,u the man that works in de shop in GATTLINBERG...

At 1:28pm on June 10, 2009, Gloria said…: Hi Roger,
Thanks for the invite. As you can see I'm new here, but already loving the photos and info. That red one is great. I did a purple one, my favorite color, its in a group pix on my page. This is addictive, I just came from a cigar store, where I get boxes. Only had one today, but sometimes there are more.
Yes you can.........Have a musical day, Gloria

At 2:37am on May 2, 2009, Paul Doug said…: Roger, I appreciate you comment, I used a couple carving tools and lots of sanding. Thanks

At 7:29pm on April 12, 2009, bairfoot cajun said…: roger these banjoneck cbg,s are great fun and i owe it all to one man.[hamhock] i seen the one on his page that bill jehle made fer him and i was absorbed with that guitar.so i decided to make a few. got some necks on e bay and the fun began.

At 12:32pm on April 6, 2009, dg said…: thanks for the comment roger, you have some really nice stuff you have there. I will say this I would rather fess up than learn how to play lefty, hell I can barley play righty lol

At 1:27am on March 30, 2009, B K said…: hey roger I used rubber cement on this one and than I clear the hell out of it you go ahead and ask as many questions you want but expect me to ask just as many back. Lovin your banjos and cookie tins man

At 6:55am on March 22, 2009, Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz said…: Roger, if you want to build a small amp like the one John Sims built, just buy a Danelectro Honey Tone mini-amp and take the guts out of it. Then it's as simple as installing the parts back into a cigar box. You'll have to rig up a 9 volt battery holder and maybe lengthen a couple wires, but that's about it. The Honey Tone only costs about $20 + $10 for a power pack. I built one the same way, you can look in the photos on my page to see how it turned out. Hope this helps.

Jeff

At 10:29am on February 10, 2009, Wade said…: Beautiful banjos, Martin. A banjo is next on my list to build. Any tips on construction? What about the head itself. How is the red one attached?

Wade