Hand-carved American Chestnut Banjo
Added 2023-04-21 13:00:02 +0000 UTCThis mountain banjo was hand carved out of American Chestnut (wormy chestnut) and Black Walnut. I suspect that whoever made it did so between 1970 and 1990, and that they closely followed Stanley Hicks in Watauga County, North Carolina.
Opening song is "Beaver Dam Road" by Frank Proffitt; closer is "Long Steel Rail" (500 Miles, Old Reuben, Train 45).
Comments
It does have a sheet metal ring inside.
Clifton Hicks
2023-04-27 16:04:21 +0000 UTCJohn, I just sell by word-of-mouth. Don't currently have anything for sale.
Clifton Hicks
2023-04-27 16:03:58 +0000 UTCWhere online etc, can you find these banjos for sale?
John Wallace
2023-04-23 23:17:42 +0000 UTCVery cool banjo. Does it have a metal ring inside that the head is stretched over? BTW, I always thought wormy chestnut is just American Chestnut that was killed by the blight that wiped them all out in the really 1900's.
Scott Jensen
2023-04-23 02:04:11 +0000 UTC
