Mahogany Front

Comment by Jack Gellerstedt on June 16, 2011 at 10:13am

This is the other new banjo I recently completed building.  It has a mahogany neck with boxwood fingerboard.  Though not a copy, it has Boucher inspired style features.

Comment by Daniel Fouke on August 6, 2013 at 2:23pm

Did you ease or radius the neck at all to avoid buzz?

Comment by Jack Gellerstedt on August 8, 2013 at 4:31pm

It is not too important to relieve the fingerborad with a fretless minstrel banjo since a fairly high action is used.  However, I do try to provide about .010" relief.  I don't think this is necessarily needed, and you will probably be fine with a completely flat fingerboard.

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