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10 Jan 03 - 01:36 PM (#863644) Subject: Urgent Banjo Question From: oombanjo To all who replied to my last question, Thank You. If any one has a long neck can you give me the answers to two questions. firstly. I have an 11 inch pot, what is the length from the nut to the bottom of the pot . Secondly, what is the length from the nut to the bridge. I am intending to put in a frailers scoop into the long neck, is this permissible , and how many frets should I take out for it. I know! more than two questions, but it saves coming back later. Thank Oombanjo. |
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10 Jan 03 - 01:49 PM (#863658) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: GUEST The length of the nut is the height of the person playing the banjo. |
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10 Jan 03 - 02:46 PM (#863728) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: GUEST Oombanjo, get some butcher wrap, a roll of paper bag paper, tape it to the kitchen table and draw your project out full size. All thins will be come clear. :-) Don Meixner |
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10 Jan 03 - 06:38 PM (#863924) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: CraigS The length from the nut to the bridge should be equal to twice the distance between the nut and the twelfth fret, less about a tenth of an inch to allow for the action. As to the frailer's scoop, take out about 19 frets , cut it as deep as you like, and put the result in the dumpster. |
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10 Jan 03 - 07:49 PM (#863970) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: greg stephens the most urgent thing to do with a banjo is immediately after robbing a bank. You have to jump straight into a car and drive away playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown. |
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10 Jan 03 - 10:21 PM (#864078) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: GUEST,Al Remove all frets and fill slots with wood putty. It will sound better. Al |
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11 Jan 03 - 12:32 AM (#864147) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: Art Thieme My pot is about 7 inches above the nut(s). That's because I'm left-handed like Elizabeth Cotton and Bill Staines but I never restrung my instruments so had to play upside-down. That was fine for me, but Elizabeth had a hell of a time keeping her skirt from flyin' up over her head. We had chicken tonight making the old saying from the depression, "A chicken in every pot" quite profound. When I was performing though I kept a rubber chicken inside my banjo pot so I'd have an excuse to tell fowl jokes while tuning. Never had to wear a jacket 'cause I already had a capon. Oombanjo, If you have an 11-inch pot you are about the same circumference as a long-neck banjo neck already. Me, on the other hand, have a circumference the same as a Douglas Fir tree. I'm five foot seven inches tall and the tree is 140 feet tall. This proves what? I'd better go on a diet. Also, the length from the nut(s) to my brige is about 2 & 1/2 feet. The bridge cost me at least as much as the whole damn banjo and I do suspect the dentist that made my bridge made out like a bandit. But I can eat anything now----apples, corn on the cobbb, beef jerky, hard water------hell, anything. Art Thieme |
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11 Jan 03 - 10:30 PM (#864907) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: Art Thieme freshre (If Bret Favre can spell it like that, I can too.) |
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12 Jan 03 - 06:59 PM (#865475) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: Geoff the Duck I also have a long neck and an 11 inch pot - but those are just my physical deformities. - try going on a diet and wear a BIG COLLAR! Don't ask about the length from my nuts...... Quack! GtD. |
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12 Jan 03 - 09:19 PM (#865551) Subject: RE: Urgent Banjo Question From: Oversoul No shortage of underhung male humor at this site, eh? And don't fuck up a decent vintage instrument, OK? Get a good frailin' and/or trade in the long neck banjo. |