neck for new mountain banjo: in progress

This design is much different than that of the oil cans. With the oil can banjos, as with gourd banjos, the neck has a dowel stick, typically one piece that goes through the pot. The mountain banjo has a pot made from three rings of wood with a skin head inside. The neck is attached to the pot with screws. The idea is that the entire construction will come apart should it ever be necessary to replace the skin down the road.  This is also a longer banjo than the oil can instruments I’ve made. Those are short-scale or “A”-scale instruments. The new mountain banjo will be long-scale, similar to a standard factory-made banjo.