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Banjo #532 5 string fretless Gourd banjo”Moonman” Raku

$725.00

Mahogany neck with Tung oil hand-rubbed finish
1/4 sawn Oak fingerboard
Raku moonman medallion 1 3/4″ diameter
Gourd is 10 1/2″ dia. x 4 1/2″ deep
1 3/4″ soundport
Corian nut 1 7/16″ w
Ebony friction violin pegs…very smooth( 2 of the pegs are close quarters)
Barry Sholder gourd banjo string set
Natural goatskin head

Description

I have made at least 12 of these guys using a Raku clay moonman medallion from an artist in Iowa. He is not to be found..so this is the last one of this style. Raku is a clay firing technique that produces a metallic finish in clay sometimes smoky looking and sometimes shiny. This one looks like chrome and copperplating.