Beautiful 7-string

[John Cohen]

Here's an interesting banjo. Looks English to me, and I think the rim and hardware are contemporary. I don't know if the neck is contemporary as well, and I'd be interested in your opinion. Regardless, it is a looker!

[John Cohen]

That's exactly what I plan on doing- I even have a few pots lying around that are candidates.  I just had to rescue the thing given the price the seller was asking.  It turns out the the banjo is a reproduction, but those crazy inlays and the neck shape are exactly the same as that found on an 1860s instrument that it was modeled after.  I wish I could find images of the original, but I have found the banjos previous owner, a collector in England who purchased it online believing it to be an original piece.  It's apparently a good instrument.  The only thing that isn't true to the original is the hardware, so maybe another option would be to replace that.

[Strumelia]

I'd need some extra fingers to play that thing.  lol