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  1. 3rd May 2011, 10:30 PM #1
    dan mosheim
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    my son will, who works with me in the woodshop, has been making and playing banjos in his spare time for a couple of years. in december, he finished a 'picolo' banjo. a picolo banjo has a smaller (8" diameter") pot and a shorter fretboard and scale length .. he constructed it with an almost standard width fretboard so it was very playable ... there are a few photos below, but more photos, jigs and process info on my dorset custom furniture blog. also there's a link there to a 50 sec video concert so you can hear what it sounds like.

    from that post there is also a link to a 'build a banjo start to finish' previous post ...

    no advertising on my blog; no shipping to australia; just sharing hard won information with other furniture and banjo makers.





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  3. 4th May 2011, 09:56 AM #2
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    Very cool. Got any more pics on the build process? Would Love to see more

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    hi peter ... you may have missed this link here in the blog post linked above ... there are 9 or ten pictures there ... also at the end of this post there are links to three other posts with many pictures and process comments on gluing up and turning the pot, shaping the neck, etc...
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    Excellent post Dan,
    I had a banjo maker from the States visit me here in Tasmania Australia 3 weeks ago and he also directed me to Docs banjos in the states, that guy builds beautiful banjos do you know of him.?
    Regards, Bob
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