Building a Gourd Banjo
	raw materials 1, 2 neck blanks 1, 2 drawing shape on neck blank cutting blank on bandsaw neck cut out on bandsaw neck front and peghead trued on planer fingerboards for neck choosing patterns for fingerboard and peghead 1, 2 clamping fingerboard to neck drawing outline on blank 1, 2 blank bandsawn to outline 1, 2 blank being shaped 1, 2 peghead shaping 1, 2 sanding dowelstick 1, 2 final sanding 1, 2 neck and pot materials gourd pot 1, 2, 3 several views of gourd and neck	several views of neck fit to gourd fitting heel to gourd 1, 2, 3 tracing outline on skin 1, 2, 3 tacking head on gourd 1, 2 trimming skin 1, 2 adding nut to neck installing tailpiece views of nearly complete banjo reaming tuner holes 1, 2 tuners installed 1, 2 slotting nut adding holes to tailpiece views of banjo strung up and ready to play! views of the head tension bridge assortment views of banjo finished with Tru-Oil views of completed banjo hear it!
Hi! My name is Curtis Harrell, and I've been building gourd banjos for several years now. Please use the links above to explore my method of constructing a gourd banjo. You can also see a gallery of banjos I've made at A Gallery of Gourd Banjos. If you have any questions or comments about the banjos I make, you can contact me at charrell@arkansas.net.