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BanjoCraft

5 String Open Back Banjo Making

  • About
  • Merch
  • Banjo Plans
    • Early Considerations
    • Banjo Scale Length
    • Banjo Rim Planning
    • Banjo Neck Planning
    • Banjo Dowel Stick
    • Best Woods for Banjo Building
  • Banjo Parts
    • Banjo Hardware & Parts Introduction
    • Banjo Head Basics
    • Banjo Tone Ring Basics Explained
    • Banjo Tailpiece & Tension Hoop
  • Banjo Neck Building
    • How to Make a Banjo Neck Step-By-Step
    • Neck Blank Preparation
    • Side Profile Pattern
    • Reinforcement
    • Dowel Stick Hole
    • Making a Fingerboard
    • Adding Ears and Peghead
    • Heel Radius Cutting Jig
    • Tension Hoop Rabbet
    • Peghead Layout
    • Front Profile Layout
    • Completing the Peghead
    • Carving
    • Fifth Peg Hole, Pip Hole, & Scoop
    • Inlay: Brief Intro
    • Banjo Fretwork
  • Banjo Rim Making
    • Banjo Rim Making
    • Banjo Rim Bending
    • Banjo Rim Forming
    • Banjo Rim Cap
    • Banjo Rim Lathe Work
    • Cutting the Banjo Rim’s Dowel Stick Hole
    • Drilling the Shoe Bolt and End Pin Holes
  • Dowel Stick
    • Banjo Dowel Stick Making
    • Joining the Dowel Stick to the Neck
    • Set Up
      • Nut, Pip, & Bridge
      • Banjo Intonation
      • Scale Length & Responsiveness
      • Behavior of a String
      • Finishing

Category: Banjo Neck

Banjo Neck, gourd banjos2 Comments
The back side of a banjo peghead with the friction pegs removed.

Banjo Friction Pegs – What are they and how do they work?

April 1, 2018October 28, 2018 Robert Browder

Banjo friction pegs were used to tune the instrument in its earlier days. As steel strings became more popular and machining techniques improved, friction pegs gave way to machine tuners. Today we still see friction pegs used on violins and … Continue reading Banjo Friction Pegs – What are they and how do they work?

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