Dan Tucker second try

Comment by Bell Banjos on January 26, 2014 at 8:11pm

Nice playin! It's good to hear old red again.

Comment by Leonidas (Lee) Jones on January 26, 2014 at 8:42pm

Thanks for the kind words, and particularly thanks for making the banjo!

Comment by Bell Banjos on January 26, 2014 at 9:02pm

It actually took longer to distress it than it did to paint and finish it (like William Boucher did). What do you think of the corroded brass? I brush vinegar on the brass parts and put them in a baggie with an ammonia rag and they 'age' right before your eyes.

Comment by Leonidas (Lee) Jones on January 26, 2014 at 9:18pm

Its beautiful. Actually, I've spent more time playing it then looking at it. ;)

The brass is great. I also liked the faux crack in the neck. Its good John pointed it out, or I might have been worried.

Comment by Strumelia on January 26, 2014 at 10:41pm

Su-weeeet, Lee!   -Now don't be afraid to smack right down on that head while you play- that's part of the fun on these more boisterous tunes!   :)

If I didn't have a wonderful distressed Bell Stichter already, I'd be so green (red?) with envy I'd be plotting something evil right now.

heh heh....   =8-P

Comment by Leonidas (Lee) Jones on January 26, 2014 at 11:05pm

Smack on the head? I just got reasonably confident that I would hit the strings! ;)

Next I have to start singing, that would make it boisterous!

Comment by Strumelia on January 26, 2014 at 11:07pm

You can do it ALL on that beauty.   Awesome.

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