Clifton Hicks | Handmade Fretless Banjo #13

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[@ajeje1996]

Love the fact you used an actual worm hole for the 5th string - brilliant!

[@jeremyreagan9085]

I swear to myself Clifton I am going to build something like this you have built. I really love your fretless Banjos the best sir. Keep em coming!

[@elizabethsparrow-cq4jz]

Bless you for this beauty !

[@xZombee]

That sound. That banjo. Golly, thank you for sharing and keeping me awake at 01:22 AM :P

[@RagtimeAnnie]

Love It !

[@clawhammer704]

That cardinal was singing too.

[@shanewalraven]

Ive been making some pickin sticks from old pot/pan lids and shovel handles

[@Robthebanks]

It has a nice wormy timbre!

[@lerikhkl]

The playing in the beginning just puts a smile on my face :) I'm gonna have to build me a banjo as well.

[@curtisshaw6160]

The wormhole thing is awesome!

[@humblepie8638]

Wow. Beautiful banjo. Old materials have old souls and it comes out in the sound, eh? :-)

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thanks, Humble! Yes, I figure that hoop is at least 80 or 90 years old and the neck must've come out of one _old_ maple.

[@drewby613]

You didn't talk about that metal band around the bottom of the pot!! I'm so curious about it. What was your thinking behind that--is it something you've seen on old banjos, or was it your own innovation? How did you bend it and rivet it together? I think this banjo is just so cool, and it looks as old as the hills!! Great work, and great playing, as always.

[@eanbarr35]

Looks gr8, I would have liked to have seen the whole build video though.

[@tholmichael6032]

Nice. I love that wormhole shit.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

With the wormhole I think that’s classed as a zither banjo👍

[@19stoney64]

Awesome! Love it! Out of hospital. Now where did I leave my banjo?

[@KM-om1dy]

Clifton, how can I purchase a banjo you hand crafted? Thank you

[@fralin1966]

Dude awesome do you have a contact for me about this banjo

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

What song are you playing?

[@Timothydlol]

What tools do you use to carve the bone nuts?

[@jakewollin6262]

how much?

[@Ukepa]

wow, sounds great and looks 100 years old!