Got some better pictures of the banjo yesterday. And sounds, too!
Please excuse the ropeyness of the following playing; I’d never played fretless until I built this:
Tag: gourd
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Banjo at home
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Gourd Banjo workshop, day 5: the last day and the finished product
Be glad you can't smell Jeff cutting bone on the bandsaw 
Finished bone tailpiece 
Gourd with neck test-fitted 
Pegs cut, drilled and doped 
Mostly strung 
Tailpiece, tail gut and cherry bridge 
Jeff's workshop 
Jeff helps Michael move some tacks 
Michael and Jeff 
Michael, Jeff, me — and our banjos 
The finished banjo -
Gourd Banjo Workshop, Day 4
Sam the shop dog 
My gourd, with the skin still wet 
Jeff and Michael's gourds 
My gourd, dried now 
Oiled necks drying in the sun -
Gourd Banjo Workshop: the third day
Sam 
Gourd: neck hole 
Gourd: neck and dowel stick holes 
Rough neck fit to gourd 
Lipstick for fit checking 
Final gourd/neck fit 
Almost looks like a banjo 
Artisanal Sound Port Installer 
Gourd with sound port 
Rooster -
Gourd Banjo Workshop: Day 2
Finishing tuning pegs with the devil's pencil sharpener 
Reaming the peg head -
Gourd Banjo Workshop, day 1
I’m taking a gourd banjo building workshop at Jeffrey Menzies’ place up near Innisfil.
Uncut Gourds 
My gourd, cut and faced 
Rough neck blank 
Jeff removing everything that doesn't look like a banjo neck