Nah, just installing a new nut, bridge, and a set of new tuners on it so I can put new strings on it, the rest of it looks okay enough, I might need to buy some steel wool from my local Bunnings store to give the frets a burnish, and remove some rust from some sheet metal parts though.Originally Posted by corsair
I'm thinking of going with a new ZerO Glide Zero-Fret nut as a replacement for the original one which is missing, the skin seems to be okay although a bit grubby so I'll give it a bit of a clean.
Since I quite like the sound of a Banjo, wouldn't mind getting one so I can learn how to play it, and yeah that's true although the Banjo does have strings on it, I guess it's a kind-of hybrid between a percussive and stringed instrument, they are cool though, I remember seeing a photo of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia playing one while sitting on a stool in front of an American flag, Bluegrass is cool, the Banjo was also used in Dixieland Jazz music too.
The whole idea is to get it up and running so it's in a playable condition so it can be played at the Nirvana club, a small live music venue that's literally about 100m or so down the street where I live, hopefully it'll go well.
I need to have a yarn with the lady who asked me to fix it for her, since she wants to know how much it'll cost her, I've done a price breakdown how much it'll cost all up, I'll have to see what she reckons.
How's this for giggles, but it's so cool cause he does a really good job of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7cY5hwmvX0
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