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Checkout this restoration on a vintage circa 1970's Aoyama banjo. The first step is to align the headstock to the correct string angle and then glue it flush with a glue my Father (Dr. Phil Petillo) created and taught me how to make. The original inlay work was special to my client and he didn't want me to re-create it, so I masked off the inlay/logo to blackened up to the inlay with a reverse front headstock stinger and wrap it around to create a back headstock stinger.

Working on pairing up a really cool old double spun Dobson rim with a short scale Doug Unger neck. This neck has some of my favorite carving work from Doug I’ve seen. It’s not as elaborate as he can get but something about it really speaks to me. We upgraded it with some custom @robsontuners as well. Looking forward to hearing this one. // #banjo #luthier #engraving #carving #banjorepair #restoration (at Seeders Instruments)

A really cool detail on this old Fairbanks Electric rim is the hidden flesh hoop. There's a recess in the bottom of the tension hoop that covers the skin around the flesh hoop. // #banjo #luthier #fairbanksbanjo #banjorepair (at Seeders Instruments)

Had a great time working on a cool old Bacon internal resonator banjo yesterday with Michael Ricciarelli. The banjo belongs to the Vermont Historical Society and Michael and I teamed up to get it back in playing form while keeping it original and in line with the historical aspects of the instrument. // #banjo #banjorepair #luthier #vermont #vermonthistoricalsociety (at Seeders Instruments)

Little Banjo nut repair for a friend tonight. #banjo #banjorepair https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKvZyxAgWp/?igshid=cw3oqkh1g1mh

バンジョーネック製作の続き。ヘッド表は黒檀、裏にはべっ甲セルロイドを貼り合わせて成形していきます。 #wadeinstruments #banjo #banjoneck #banjorepair #ebony #tortoise #バンジョーリペア #ギター工房 #ギターリペア (Wade Instruments) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3OnDjRBmtj/?igshid=p2wiit3bknff

バンジョーネック修理の続き。 ポジションマークになる貝をカットして埋めるところまで済みましたので、次はホンモノを真似ながら貝に彫刻を施します。 #wadeinstruments #banjo #banjorepair #guitarrepair #fingerboard #ebony #motherofpearls #engraving (Wade Instruments) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EZZfUhSb4/?igshid=ejj03ow60yox

バンジョー黒檀指板、ポジションマークの続き。 作っておいた貝を埋めていきます。横に並んでいる赤い棒はトラスロッドです。 #wadeinstruments #banjo #banjorepair #fingerboard #enony #positionmark #inlay #motherofpearls (Wade Instruments) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Boc7wBioj/?igshid=1t6du44sie8pw