I’ve made a neck blank for the next oil can banjo, but I’ve decided to put that aside for later and instead I’m going to try to make a mountain banjo similar to those described in the FoxFire book, a much different design than either the can or gourd approaches. Here are a couple examples of musicians playing this style of banjo.

Today I laminated maple for the three rings and I glued up maple 1X3s to form the neck. I also bought a piece of stovepipe. This is used to stretch the goatskin in place.