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Menzies Gourd Banjo #588 (MGB85-588)

  • Lyre-shaped peghead
  • Handcarved Jamaican Blue Mahoe neck
  • Straight neck edge, deep scoop at rim, Menzies stamp on fingerboard
  • Gourd body with soundhole on side
  • Gourd measures approx 10" wide X 6" tall
  • Goatskin head is tacked & glued in place
  • Handcarved hardwood tuning pegs & bridge
  • Bone nut & tailpiece
  • Aquila #1B Nylgut strings  (A1BR)
  • Scale: approx 25-1/2""
  • Overall length:  approx 39.5"
  • Handmade by Jeff Menzies in Jamaica

Menzies Fretless Gourd Banjo #588

Menzies Fretless Gourd Banjo #588

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SKU: MGB85-588

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Menzies Gourd Banjo #588 has a neck of Jamaican Blue Mahoe, the national tree of Jamaica, notable for its density and variegated dark & light coloring.  Peghead is a lyre shape with handcarved wooden pegs.

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Menzies Gourd Banjo #588 (MGB85-588)

  • Lyre-shaped peghead
  • Handcarved Jamaican Blue Mahoe neck
  • Straight neck edge, deep scoop at rim, Menzies stamp on fingerboard
  • Gourd body with soundhole on side
  • Gourd measures approx 10" wide X 6" tall
  • Goatskin head is tacked & glued in place
  • Handcarved hardwood tuning pegs & bridge
  • Bone nut & tailpiece
  • Aquila #1B Nylgut strings  (A1BR)
  • Scale: approx 25-1/2""
  • Overall length:  approx 39.5"
  • Handmade by Jeff Menzies in Jamaica
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