Banjos
Roger’s handmade Banjos
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#9 Zymurgy 5 String Banjo
Playing a 22 lb. Banjo can be hard on your back, so I wanted to try building a real, bluegrass banjo with an 8 inch banjolele-sized rim. It has a 20 inch scale fretboard, and I am still experimenting with… Continue reading
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#8 Kingfisher Banjo Ukulele
I decided to build a banjo uke for myself, and gave it a Kingfisher theme. The shell and recon stone peghead inlay of the Kingfisher is hunting the little abalone fish fret markers. The rim is built of several layers… Continue reading
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#4 Sequoia Banjo Ukulele
I built this tenor banjolele for my son, Zak Sequoia. I steam-bent the rim and added segmented bubinga edges. The Big Tree fretboard inlay is padauk and other woods. I inlaid the heel cap in a redwood cone design with… Continue reading
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#3 Indy Banjo Ukulele
This tenor banjolele was built in 2019 as a gift for my friend Tom Aust, who managed my Carpet One flooring store for years. The steam-bent rim and neck are cherry with bubinga accents. Tom was raised in Indianapolis, and… Continue reading
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#1 Evolution 5 String Banjo
This was the first instrument I built, starting in 2009 and finishing in 2013. I built it from scratch, following Roger Siminoff’s Constructing a 5 String Banjo and a book on shell Inlay. The ideas for the fretboard inlays and… Continue reading
Evo Lutherie 