Newly made in 2010, 12" tackhead banjo.  Serial #199.  Cherry neck, maple rim, applewood bridge, bone tailpiece, ebony nut.  Neck is a reproduction of a William Boucher Jr. Set up with Classical Aquila nylon strings.  Plays wonderfully & sounds great!! SOLD

This banjo is inspired by a William Boucher Jr. banjo with this neck pattern.  Figured maple neck with a 26.5" scale length.  10" gourd with sound hole. Aquila Classical banjo strings.  Handmade bone tail piece. Maple bridge.  Big warm sound.  Sold.

Pochette made using American applewood. Ebony pegs, fingerboard and tailpiece. Gamut gut strings.  Mighty fine player.  9.5" scale length. These are perfect instruments for practicing or travel. 

Pochette pocket fiddle: Highly figured maple, sitka spruce top and apple wood fingerboard and tailpiece.  Gamut gut strings.  Pig head scroll.  11" scale length.  Plays great!

Pochettes/Dancing Master kits were used in the 18th and 19th centuries.  Also referred to as pocket fiddles due to their size and proportions that allowed these fiddles to be stored inside a coat pocket. 

Here is a pochette made from domestic American holly. Scale length is approx 11".  Sitka spruce top. Ebony pegs and tailpiece. Gamut gut strings. Maple bridge. Also included is a stand for the pochette made of the same holly. SOLD

Here is my first pochette.  The scale length is 9.5". Spruce top. Maple one piece neck and back. Gut strings. Onto my next! Please inquire about pochette commissions.

Serial# 190

34" scale walnut neck

9" gourd with 2" soundhole

Handmade bone tailpiece

Maple bridge

Boucher style ebony pegs

Minstrel Aquila strings

This is truly a modern interpretation of a West African akonting. Typically an akonting would have three semi fixed strings tied onto the neck. This banjo/akonting related instrument has three well fit and very functional ebony violin pegs allowing for precision tuning. The neck narrow neck is made of white oak. The head is goatskin. The bridge is made of old growth southern pine. The tail piece and nut are made of cow bone. The three strings are nylon Aquilas. What fun it is to play.  Available as a custom order.

This 26" scale minstrel style banjo truly follows the aesthetics of the antebellum banjos of the past. The neck on this banjo is made of presentation western figured walnut, a highly prized wood often used in rifles. The rim is made of maple and the hardware is handmade from brass. Bone has been used for both the tail piece and nut. The friction style ebony violin pegs are properly fit and turn smoothly. Currently set up with gut strings that are ideally tuned to D or E. Truly a players instrument that is ideal for minstrel stroke style but by far limited to it.