Here are some photos of a 5th string tuner button carving on from a commission: The neck wood is American Walnut and the heel cap is...

Here are some images of a recent 5 string neck I was commissioned to make for a pre-war Gibson banjo mandolin pot. The aim of this...

Matt Lewins from the Brighton old time band , Chicken Shed Zeppelin called over to see me a few weeks ago. He had with him a banjo I’d...

Just a quick blog post to show you some photos of a commission where the player wanted a tunnelled 5th string. Here are the photos from...

I was pretty chuffed to see that a story about The Lurcher film made it into our local paper The Argus. Since it was published we’ve had...

Recently a local film production company flycreative shot a micro-documentary called The Lurcher about the Brighton workshop and my range...

Hello again , I was talking to a mate the other day and we got onto banjo stuff. Anyway, he asked if there was a proper , or prefered...

Photo by Martin Tucker, used with kind permission of Adam Hurt. I’m pleased to present part 2 of an interview series with banjo players...

Here’s a short review of the Lurcher Banjo by Dan Stewart in the Autumn edition of Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance Magazine....

Anyway, I’ve stuck pretty much to the same five questions for each player. This wasn’t laziness , I just thought it was really...

Most of my commissions lately have been for open back banjos. But I still love Bluegrass banjos so I thought I’d show you this one I made...

The Cornish Bluegrass festival is celebrating it’s 10 th year this year (13th-15th sept). If you haven’t been to this , I can’t recommend...

I though this might interest some people here. It’s an old Windsor “zither” banjo , with a few unusual features. This slideshow requires...

Notes for building the Islander banjos I’m proud to be a small-batch handmade banjo-maker. Doing this job, I meet some amazing people. My...

I thought it might be a laugh to have a section here that talks about things that may not appear to be directly banjo related but share a...

I’m very fortunate to live a short walk from Mo Jackson. You may know her from her work with the Kitty Hawks and the Lil Kitties . She’s...

UPDATED: This item has been sold. Hi ya, I’ve got a real bluegrass tone ring for sale here. It’s a Tennessee 20. These are the nuts !...

Well,.. it’s been a while since I wrote or recorded anything here. I’ve had an unusual start to the year and been involved with some...

A two-way adjustable truss rod The truss rod view from the peg head In this week’s Talk Banjo episode I’m answering another listener’s...

This week’s Talk Banjo episode is answering another question from a listener. This week’s question was: “Are there any advantages to...