Daniel completed his banjo over nine days during the school Easter holidays, 2015. Lots of photos of the completed instrument are available at Flickr. Lots of workshop progress photos are available at Flickr. Daniel made a great job of the instrument. It plays well and feels good to hold. The neck is built from layers […]
Scott completed his banjo over five days during the school Easter holidays, 2015. Lots of photos of the completed instrument are available at Flickr. Lots of workshop progress photos are available at Flickr. Scott was unable to attend the first week of the workshop. To ensure that he’d be able to complete an instrument, he […]
Robbie completed his banjo over nine days during the school Easter holidays, 2015. Lots of photos of the completed instrument are available at Flickr. Lots of workshop progress photos are available at Flickr. Robbie made a great job of the instrument. It plays well and feels good to hold. The neck is built from layers […]
Kenny was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo as the final project for the Standard Grade Craft & Design course, working on it from September 2012 until March 2013. I marked out and cut the neck at the band saw, but Kenny did almost all the rest. It was one […]
Gaven was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo as the final project for the Standard Grade Craft & Design course, working on it from September 2012 until March 2013. I marked out and cut the neck at the band saw and levelled the frets, but Gaven did almost all the […]
Mikey was one of my pupils at Royal High. The banjo was his final project on the Standard Grade Craft & Design course. He completed it in March 2013. The neck of the banjo was built up from layers of pine, with a purple heart finger board. The peg head featured contrasting hardwood veneers. The […]
Steven was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo from September 2011 to April 2012. It was his final model on SQA’s Standard Grade Craft and Design course. Steven was in year S4. I marked out and rough cut the neck and instrument stand at the band saw, but Steven did […]
Anna was one of my pupils at Royal High. She built this banjo from November 2011 to May 2012, working for around an hour and a half after school each week. She did it is part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Anna was in year S3. I marked out and rough cut the neck […]
Struan was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo from November 2011 to May 2012, working for around an hour and a half after school each week. He did it is part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Struan was in year S3. I marked out and rough cut the neck […]
Patrick was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo from November 2011 to May 2012, working for around an hour and a half after school each week. He did it as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Patrick was in year S3. I marked out and rough cut the neck […]