Flatfoot Johnny banjos

Flatfoot Johnny banjos Hand made, custom, old time and early banjos made in London U.K.

It's fret cutting time!
27/02/2024

It's fret cutting time!

7 string banjos circa 1860/70.
26/02/2024

7 string banjos circa 1860/70.

Some folks say 5 strings is enough... what do they know...😎Over 150 years old and still going strong!
26/02/2024

Some folks say 5 strings is enough... what do they know...😎
Over 150 years old and still going strong!

I've had this circa 1880 7-string banjo knocking around for ages. I've decided to get it up and running and learn some 7...
17/02/2024

I've had this circa 1880 7-string banjo knocking around for ages. I've decided to get it up and running and learn some 7 strings tunes (god knows why, it takes me long enough to learn 5 string stuff).
It was sold by Edward Withers of Leicester Square. A highly reputable violin shop. I wonder what they thought about selling these crude new fangled instruments... a fad that will surely pass... 20 years later, banjos are more popular than ever!
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A thin 2 ply laminated rim of reclaimed European Walnut, a rim cap made from reclaimed Victorian ebony, purfling and har...
09/02/2024

A thin 2 ply laminated rim of reclaimed European Walnut, a rim cap made from reclaimed Victorian ebony, purfling and hardware from Rickard banjos.

Finally finished this resophonic tenor banjo. The theme for decoration was "art nouveau, japanese, dragonfly".17 fret te...
20/01/2024

Finally finished this resophonic tenor banjo. The theme for decoration was "art nouveau, japanese, dragonfly".
17 fret tenor scale, Irish tuned (gdae). 12" body with Beard spider reso cone etc. Pegheads tuners.
Peghead is overlayed in reclaimed ebony with inlayed brass and mother of pearl. Neck is reclaimed European Walnut with reclaimed walnut burl heel cap.
Body is maple with ash back, veneered in burl walnut with full binding. Inlayed with various shells, brass and curly maple veneer.
Ebony fretboard, fully bound with shell and stone dragonfly position markers and water lilly flowers.

A little while ago someone sent me this unfinished project. A neck chopped from a cheapo uke and a gourd, and asked me i...
16/01/2024

A little while ago someone sent me this unfinished project. A neck chopped from a cheapo uke and a gourd, and asked me if I could finish it.
So I cut off the heel and fitted an extension to the neck, chopped the gourd and fitted a skin, made a tailpiece out of wenge and a maple bridge, made a new ebony nut. I sprayed it all black with a couple of coats of TruOil.
Here we are with a cute little gourdulele.

Gourd family. L-R: my first ever gourd banjo. Made around 2010. Gilded bottle gourd ukulele. Gourd Ukulele made using th...
13/01/2024

Gourd family. L-R: my first ever gourd banjo. Made around 2010. Gilded bottle gourd ukulele. Gourd Ukulele made using the neck of a cheapo uke.

First layer of the first walnut rim of the year.
12/01/2024

First layer of the first walnut rim of the year.

Ooh this is a new one!😠🤬Clearly an attempt for something untoward.
10/01/2024

Ooh this is a new one!😠🤬

Clearly an attempt for something untoward.

Swanscombe peninsula... one of my favourite places to be.Bird list: white fronted goose. Greylag goose. Pheasant. Cormor...
27/12/2023

Swanscombe peninsula... one of my favourite places to be.
Bird list: white fronted goose. Greylag goose. Pheasant. Cormorant. Grey Heron. Marsh harrier. Moorhen. Plover (not sure which). Dunlin. Snipe. Sandpiper. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Woodlark (?). Wagtail. Robin. Stonechat. Fieldfare. Redwing. Thrush. Blackbird. Long-tail t**s. Blue t**s. Great t**s. Raven.... and others that I couldn't recognise.

Quick little post it notes sketches.
20/12/2023

Quick little post it notes sketches.

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