Baby Number Two

[thereallyniceman]

This one has been in the hands of a couple of site members, but now it is MINE... ALL MINE ;-)

 An 11" Weaver with a spun over metal hoop, but unlike any other Weaver  that I have seen this one has a Maple, not rosewood neck!  

The birds eye maple looks beautiful and after a bit of engineering on some damaged tension nuts, it now looks like new and has that typical Weaver growl :-)  

This may be as the action is a bit low and that the strings are rattling slightly on the frets when the banjo is picked hard, but it is an easy fix...I hope !

This banjo only has 20 frets so top C lives on the vellum, but I will get used to it as C lived on the vellum on my CE Professional too  :-))

Go on tell me that it isn't a darling !

[Jody Stecher]

Byooooytiful!  what happened to your Professional?

[carrie horgan]

Beautiful banjo, Ian.  It looks to be in great condition and that maple wood is lovely.

[marc dalmasso]

both are beautiful & rare  .    CONGRATS , Ian

[Mike Moss]

Beautiful banjo, the maple arm looks lovely. The boudoir grand also looks great, how does it compare to the Wood Hoop Special tone-wise? Looking forward to hearing them in action!

[Patrick Garner]

Hey, who plays a top C, right? :-)  

Another beauty. Wonderful that these are finding an appropriate home.

[Jackie Cook]

Another beautiful banjo, Ian. The birds' eye maple is really quite stunning. The tailpiece looks unique to me. Looks like it is held on with gut string. Again, a very nice find.

[thereallyniceman]

Thanks for the kind comments on the banjo. I really like the bird-eye maple. With a bit of effort it looks and feels factory fresh :-)

The rattling strings WAS an easy fix...as they weren't rattling on the frets at all.  When I replaced the strings I fed the strings down through the hole in the floating tailpiece .....

(Jackie: This tailpiece is the Alfred Weaver ebony floating tailpiece. All his earlier banjos had a tailpiece that tied on with gut as he believed it gave the banjo a better tone)

..... and then tied them...BUT I noticed that the tailpiece was very close to the vellum and the B string was rattling in the surface when the banjo was picked.  SO I re-tied the strings, this time feeding the strings UP from the underside when fitting and now the tailpiece sits 1/8" above the vellum surface and all the rattles and clatters have gone!!

Patrick,  What you don't get up to top C??   You have an oxygen mask like I do don't you?    :-o