Andy Perkins doesn't seem to appear on Dickmiles.com. Did I miss something?
Anyway, I'm thinking of either buying a banjo from Ebay and swiping the part (I'll end up with an open-back banjo for sale, of course) or making my own. The latter actually sounds like the more likely action.
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