Plans

[Barry Sholder]

Does anyone have full size plans available for a wide neck minstrel banjo. I have made many gourd banjos but I would like to make a correct neck.

[Randy Cordle]

Hi Barry,

You might want to read the "Opinions on Boucher Minstrel Design" topic.  I'll eventually have a full size downloadable plan on my website, but It's not ready for primetime yet.  There is a preliminary front view and additional details in my photos section.

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[John Masciale]

You might want to check the banjo sightings database. 

 

http://www.banjodatabase.org/Browse3d.asp

 

 

If you click on the more info button you can get the dimensions of various parts of a number of the banjos.

[Barry Sholder]

That's great. Can you give me an idea of how wide the neck is at the rim and at the nut. They seem extremely wide. I'm sure I can do the rest.

[Randy Cordle]

1-1/2" at nut and 2-1/2" at neck, although there is a lot of variance in many of the Bouchers I've been looking at.

[Barry Sholder]

thanks Randy Now I can make my patterns.