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GUEST,Patrick	Profitt-style fretless banjo? (39)	RE: Profitt-style fretless banjo?	11 Jan 06
How much exactly like Proffitt's banjos are you talking about? I have a copy of Folkways Records FA 2360 in front of me with a large photo of Frank Proffitt playing one of his banjos. Fretless with some sort of darker material overlayed up to about an inch from the 5th string peg, friction pegs, small pot with a big rim. What some folks seem to call "mountain banjo" style. If it is the small pot that is all you want, check here: http://www.songsea.com/banjo.htm I have built one of these kits and I like it very well. The company that makes it also offers it with friction pegs, nylon strings, fretless. Kit or completed. After building one, it is easy enough to figure out how to build another, if that is your bent.

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