How to Install Banjo Spikes

In this brief tutorial, Chris Talley Armstrong installs banjo spikes (5th string capo spikes) on a banjo, explaining what tools are needed and what you need to do to successfully install the spikes. (The Bluegrass Shack - New Athens, IL)

[@leroybrown811]

Nice video but may I suggest using a 12/1000s feeler gauge under the spike to get the exact height. Also before drilling the hole I make a slight dent where I want to drill with a finishing nail or something sharp and line that mark up with the fifth string still on, that way all the spikes line up exactly with the string, not just eye balling it. Love. Your video and especially how you correctly drill the holes at an angle.

[@fluffycat6565]

Nice and easy, thank you. All the guy's videos give instructions like you're about to build a new particle accelerator.

[@GarnettM]

I used your version sounds great THANKS .

[@Tron2pointOh]

Very nice instruction. Thank you!

[@TimmyTraspie]

what size drill do you use, and how deep do you drill the hole. Longer than the spike, the same depth as the spike is long. Or just half the depth. and what do you do should the drill break in the wood

[@waynecrummey4879]

How do you repair a fifth string tuner that is loose?

[@SwissBanjo]

Thanks! More zooming would be helpful though ..

[@Themheals]

She has no idea how cute she is. Lets not tell her as it will go to her head.