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Constructing A 5-String Banjo


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An illustrated guide to building a Mastertone-style 5-string banjo by Roger H. Siminoff. This book explains neck, rim and resonator construction, wood bending, inlaying, fretting, staining and finishing. Includes full-scale fold-out templates for the neck, rim and resonator. 54 pages, softcover.

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Contents in brief
  • Acoustics of the banjo
  • Wood and glossary
  • Building the neck
  • Binding and installing the fretboard
  • Inlaying the fretboard
  • Installing the frets
  • Constructing 3-ply rims, pie-shaped rims and flat-board rims; steaming and bending maple
  • Constructing the resonator
  • Shaping the neck heel
  • Fitting the nut
  • Finishing: wood preparation; pore filling; sunburst shading; spraying lacquer; wet sanding and polishing
  • Assembly and setup: fret dressing, installing tuners, attaching the neck and hardware; making the nut
  • Maintenance and minor adjustments
  • Appendices: Suppliers, fret scales and hardware list
  • 7 fold-out plans: neck and fretboard, peghead shapes, inlay designs, rim, steam chamber for making the rim, resonator, neck heels

54 pages plus plans; softcover 1985
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Constructing A 5-String Banjo
Constructing A 5-String Banjo
 
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4 2-23-2011
Good Book

Good book great idea's in it. I built a open back with banjo with this book. Few parts of the book are head scratchers, worth the price.

cbuedel  St. Louis, Mo USA
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