Come on out to the Elliott County Fiddlers Convention July 11th and 12th in Sandy Hook, Ky!

Got this mountain banjo done the other day. I keep forgetting about this platform.

Come on out if you’re near Lexington, Kentucky

Head stretched on this mountain banjo

Made a super quick trip to Bryson City, NC yesterday to purchase a banjo from Frank Lee. This is the banjo he’s playing in this video, and is the banjo he played on all the old Freight Hoppers records. 12 hours of driving in 1 day? I’m getting too old for this!🤣

Look at this play wear! An extremely well played “Ole Bull” factory fiddle. Pretty wild! Guy must have had sandpaper thumbs lol

Real cool handmade bone tailpiece I found in an old case this week. Pity it’s broken.

The hard part is attaching it. I just use a staple gun. Works well. You just want it as tight as you can get it. When it dries it gets real tight.

They go quick. Doing the head was a trick at first, but once you get that they’re pretty quick and fun to make

Probably my favorite banjos, these little mountain banjos.

Working on a little purple Poplar mountain banjo.

Latest fiddle, all American Chestnut and Curly maple