I have started working on a Bluegrass banjo for a customer and I thought I would post some of the progress photos.
The customer sent me a Tony Pass Lost Timber rim he had purchased along with a Huber Tone Ring and wants me to build him a complete banjo around these.
The rim is made from sunken maple logs that are over 100 years old, it sure is pretty!
The neck and resonator are being made of curly maple and here are a couple of pics of the neck in the works.
This thing is going to be quite the Bluegrass Monster when its done.