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I was surprised how reasonably you can get a good enough beginner open back banjo from Amazon. A friend of mine bought one like this and played it for years and it held it’s tune great and was a perfect starter banjo, with a great price. Check it out by clicking the link below. Good luck playing! • https://amzn.to/2NGAkbk • Here’s another real nice looking open back with a gig bag: • https://amzn.to/37b6zaz • Thanks for supporting your local banjo players! • Banjo strings. I prefer D’Addario but there’s lots of others. These are medium: • D'Addario EJ55 Phosphor Bronze 5-String Banjo Strings, Medium, 10-23 • https://amzn.to/30qPTZS • I have also used Ernie Ball Earthwood 5-string Banjo 80/20 Bronze Loop End Frailing Set, .010 - .024 • https://amzn.to/2uV3sVU • I do use Nylagut strings on a lot of my banjos too. They all make different sounds.. • Aquila New Nylgut AQ-1B Banjo Medium Tension DBGDG-Set of 5 (4th Red Series String) • https://amzn.to/2uXzgJT • ON my short neck banjos it’s not unusual to use compensated bridges for third string better tuning. • Grover 5/8 Compensated Banjo Bridge (77) • https://amzn.to/386AAIq • You can get it in all sizes, or just sand one down from the bottom to fit. • I was pleasantly surprised to find that Amazon now offers a good selection of banjo heads too. • • Remo P-190 WeatherKing Standard Banjo Head - 11-inch • https://amzn.to/360N6I5 • Remo Banjo Head, Fiberskyn, 11-inch Diameter, Low Colla • https://amzn.to/2TwtoBk This old Fairbanks Vega had been water damaged. The wood that makes up the pot was separating and maybe slightly rotted and coming apart on the bottom, the tourtous shell laminant was peeling. Part of the heel was missing and the veneer on the headstock warped, cracked and partially missing. There was no fret board. No ring, no rim, no bolts, no head. Pretty much not even much of a wall hanger, considering how badly damaged it was. • • I didn't want to do just a normal restoration, for two reasons. Style F's don't sound all that good anyway, and this one was just about toast. But I always loved the Fairbanks' and wanted to save it, so instead I decided to do something unusual. • • I had this old brass serving tray I'd been saving in my collection of junk, that I thought would possible work as material for a tone ring project some day. The bulk of the tray fit inside the pot and the edges just sat on top of the pot. I notched the edges of the tray and bent them up, turned it over and slid the whole thing inside the pot. • • I built a 5th string shelf out of oak, glued and pegged it to the side of the neck. I didn't have a fretboard, except for old one that had come loose from a guitar in my collection, so I cut it down, sawed it up with a carbon tipped steel table saw (frets in place and all) and fitted it to the neck, then ground the edges smooth. • • Strung it up, got 3 of the 4 pegs that came with it to work, added another and a 5th, and a bridge and an old Elite tail piece. And here it is. Got $46 invested, not counting strings, bridge, tailpiece, and other parts that came out of my pile.... • • I'm lovin' it!

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