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No maker's name.
Tailpiece is a brass replica of a vintage J. E. Dallas tailpiece. Shoes, hooks and nuts are a mix.
CONVERSION:
Converted from tenor to 5-string by adding walnut molding (wings) to both sides of neck, 1/4" fretless walnut fingerboard on top of existing fingerboard, 1/4 in deep brass-floored frailing scoop just below octave.
This is a short-scale banjo, since it uses the original tenor neck. Violin peg tuners, Nylgut "Minstrel" strings.
I put on a peghead plate w/ MOP inlay from Tony Tsai.
DIMENSIONS:
Head dia. = 11 in., 20 hooks.
Scale length 22 in.
String span @ nut=13/16 in
String span @ heel = 1 5/8 in.
Bridge = 3/4 in. tall
SETUP:
* action @ scoop = 7/16 in.
* action @ octave = 3/16 in.
FLAWS:
Peghead plate was modified from a plate meant for a larger peghead. The inlay was a little "over the top" and I removed the lower peg scroll inlays, since they didn't fit the location of the existing 1st and 3rd string pegs. The surface of the plate near the nut is a little uneven if you look at it closely.
Neck was cleanly broken at the heel, has been well-repaired and is stable.
Normal scuffing due to age. Overall, not an "art" banjo, but a solid player.
ON THE PLUS SIDE:
Good sound, good playability, overall in nice shape.
CLIPS
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