Old time or oldtime, clawhammer or claw hammer, CloverLick ™ or clover lick, PineyWoods ™ or piney woods, BlackMountain ™ or black mountain, CheddarRidge ™ or cheddar ridge, FoxVille ™ or foxville, PiedMont ™ or piedmont, blue grass or bluegrass, play the banjo!!
The PineyWoods model is designed for playing old-time music and will achieve their peak performance when played with clawhammer style of playing. Tonal quality being sought is a clear, crisp, snappiness with minimal overtones, plunky while not too tubby, not overly long sustain, and with good response across all playing attacks from quiet to raw dance rhythm. Tonal goals are being patterned after an old handmade banjo owned by a friend built over 30 years ago. It was so unique that it inspired me to move forward and try to replicate the characteristics it has.
Custom Built Options
12" Rim Available
NECK WOODS
Black Walnut
Flamed Maple
East Indian Rosewood
Honduras Mahogany
FINGERBOARD, PEGHEAD, ARMREST WOODS
Ebony
Brazillain Rosewood
Cocobolo
East Indian Rosewood
STANDARD MODEL FEATURES
11" Tony Pass Rims 3/4" in thickness
Nickle Hardware
Oldtime Dowel Stick with Same Wood as Neck
Kerschner Tailpiece
Snuffy Smith II Bridge with Crowe Spacing
Standard Nickle Hardware Shoes, Hooks, and Nuts
5/16" Pot Bolts To Match Hook Nuts
CloverLick necks in Figured Maple
Twin Permanent Carbon Filament Truss Rods
EbonyFingerboards, P egheads, A rmrest
Model Railroad Spikes Installed At 2nd Fret
CloverLick Style Peghead
Standard Dot or Diamond Inlays/Trillium Peghead
Side position dots
Satin Hand Rubbed Oil Finish with Water Based Dye Stains
25 1/4 scale
Waverly Tuners
Peg head nut and 5th string nut hand shaped old bone
CloverLick Manual & Bracket Wrench
Case, Shipping and Handling not included
Other Upgrades (Ask for a quote)
Keith Tuners
Cases Available
5 year warranty on all materials and workmanship
Return banjo in condition received within 14 days
after purchase for full refund if not completely satisfied!
FINAL SET-UP FOR PINEYWOODS
>> Medium gauge strings with (.011 or .012) 5th string for clawhammer performance
>> Action at 12th fret set between 3/32 and 1/8
>> Action at the nut (4rth set at .025 to 1st at .020)
>> Strings will be 5/32” from the fingerboard edge
>> Bone for the peg head nut and the fifth string
>> Bridges are shaped and thinned to maximize tone
>> Neck angle to pot 1 ½ - 2 degrees
>> Fingerboard set to rise 1/8 inch above head
Other Useful Information
Tonal Continuim of Banjo Pots
plunky/earthy/soft << ================= >>loud/bright/twang/sustain.
Extreme << =Gourd Banjo
<== All Wood Pot ======= >
<========= EKlyte or EKtube Pot== >
<===EKlectric Pot============ >
<=Tennessee 20 or Huber Pot=============== >Extreme
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CloverLick EKlectric on Pass Tim |
EKlyte or EKTube on Pass Scalloped Rim |
Tony Pass Lost Timber Rims |
NeckWood Attributes
- Rosewood is similar to ebony in many ways. It uses vary from fingerboards to tonal woods for acoustic instrument necks, sides and backs. Stable, hard, and vibrant. East Indian rosewood is available and preferred. Brazilian rosewood is cost prohibitive and extremely hard to procure.
- Walnut is a sort of "in-between" wood. It isn't as stable as mahogany, but doesn't move quite as much as maple. It is stiffer than mahogany and soft maple, but not quite as stiff as rock maple. Like mahogany, it has large pores which should be filled. Eastern black walnut is preferred.
- Mahogany is a less common choice, but still a viable option. It is more stable than maple, which is good, but it is not as stiff as maple, which is not so good. It is a darker wood, with a reddish-brown color. Unlike maple, it has open pores which should be filled, and that adds an extra step to the finishing process. Honduras mahogany is preferred.
- Maple can either be soft maple or rock maple. Rock maple has a higher stiffness rating, although neither wood is particularly stiff. Classifications such as curly maple or birds-eye maple are actually references to the pattern of the grain. Eastern rock hard maple is preferred.
