So this banjo is definitely the same as mine ; i justaposed the 2 . mine seems a lil 'earlier ; the woods of the neck are the same but i have a doubt  ' bout mahogany .. I think Peter ' s one is also 10 1/2 inches . For me , i prefer the mellow sound of the 11 or 12 inches  to play CB . So Richard Ev  ' boudoir grand  is , for the time , the lonely i 've see