im copying and pasting this from my sale thread for your information..
I have recenly pulled alot of strings to be able to order these Banjos straight from Nycoil. They took my order without any problems so I thought that all was guarenteed. But, yesterday i got a fax AND a phone call from Nycoil telling me that the correct model Banjos have been discontinued.. It also turn out that Legris was actually the company that manufactured them for Nycoil since the beginning. But the correct offspringed model that Leris makes now are round in shape and bear almost NO resemblance.. I have had the specs of the Banjos run through a search of every other similar company you could think of. But out of those 20+ compaies, the only one that even comes close was “wouldnt you guess it” CLIPPARD.. But its is basically a big square raher than rectangulal. Therefore useles to us all..
In the end i give myself an A+ for effort. I have definately come closer to sourcing these then previous attempts. lol
I guess the only real good out of this whole situation is that I brought accurate bad news for our communities own knowledge. Plus i’m smart enough to not take payments until i recieve a product. lol
I have now updated the GBFans equipment information with this knowledge i have aquired
Oh okay I didn’t know there were people making them already. I will have to get a hold of one the members making them. So I can see how they are making theirs.
I tried finding them a bunch of times too. I was hoping some distributor would have leftover stock on their shelves even though they are discontinued.
Maybe the next best thing at this point would be nice “soft” (as far as metals go) brass 3/8 square stock that can be easily cut into rectangles and beveled on the edges, and drilled out with holes…
Made from 3/8" square brass, cut with a hacksaw to length, sanded and rounded on a tabletop belt sander and drilled on a drill press. Used 1/4" Red tubing for the insert on the Nycoil style one and 1/4" brass rod for the Legris style.
Drilled a 1/4" hole on the ends, and a 13/64" hole for the bolt which is a #10 hex machine bolt
Very easy to do yourself, even if you don’t have a sander or drill press.
Master Yoda’s banjos are superb, If I didn’t have a set from Jason already, I’d be all over those. That’s a definite splurge item that you can be glad you got.
