"What a pity if these tunes were to disappear completely into obscurity..."

"I think the raised frets are an illusion. One of the chanterelles is coincident with the edge of the neck at the photo angle resulting in a wavy edge that looks like frets. Large *banjo* head... ;-)"

"Flush? Then why do we see the light colored fret humps in the neck profile, especially in the area nearer the pot? And why are the frets all casting shadows? Large head- yeah the guy has a big head for sure- but he looks like a real small fellow to…"

"We had a much more in-depth discussion of this CDV on BHO. We pretty much agreed that this was a 13" rim banjo and when the photo is scaled, it is ~28" scale neck (pretty normal up till the 20th C). I think the combination of the large…"

"Very nice collection Jeff."

"Looks like minstrel tuning, judging from his fretting position. And looks like stroke style, judging from his right hand. Is this an extra long neck? Nasty wig. lol"

"Nice looking banjos. Thanks for sharing."

"Same idea....different century"

"I really like this picture. Looks SO badass!"

"LOL, I got halfway thru tabbing this out back when we were playing at Antietam in the barn. After watching Greg Adams play it, I gave up. More complicated than I wanted to deal with...I enjoy the simpler stuff too much. Your tab looks excellent, of…"

"This is a gorgeous banjo! I was wondering if you would be willing to share the neck dimensions? I wanted to construct something similar as I love the idea of having a low "D" on a Minstrel banjo."