Restoring the "Bastardtone" Banjo

 

 

This was what I like to call a "Banjo-in-a-bag". A labor of love for my daughter for Christmas. I'm not sure of the maker of the banjo, but it was old. Ruthy has a banjo uke with the same marketry on the rim.

 

So; It needed a new dowel stick and it's neck reset:

A new fingerboard:

 

The rimcap was destroyed, so I gave it a new veneer:

Don't get nervous. The blue tape is just ot hold it in place while I turn it upside down to glue it!

 

It needed peghead veneer on the front and back:

I used maple veneer on the back and ebony on the front:

An ebony heel cap and fretted the fingerboard:

(I saved and re-used the mother of pearl inlay)

I think she liked it!

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS RUTHY!