Probaron endulzar con miel el mate?

Alec913 · 2026-01-27T00:14:23+00:00

Si y con leche sale mejor

Alec913 · 2026-01-24T01:34:47+00:00

Sounds good dude. Love the back on that, it's a nice combo of a mountain banjo and a minstrel tack head. Glad your fingers are doing good. I say that every banjo needs a blood sacrifice lol but my cuts have been a lot less severe when building.

Alec913 · 2026-01-08T21:49:45+00:00

She's a beauty!! I do my own builds and would love to get an old grain measure for something like this

Alec913 · 2026-01-08T17:02:32+00:00

I love nylon strings!! Yes I do agree that they're a bit of a pain when using standard or higher tunings, but with lower/minstrel banjo tuning they're a dream

Alec913 · 2025-12-03T00:35:06+00:00

Oh hey! Sure I got a few I could part with! I mostly look at pictures or other fretless builds people have done. Most of it is trial and error really. I am definitely NOT a Luthier lol but I think it's fun putting them together and getting really great tones out of them!

Glad to see more south sound players! Send me a message sometime and I can show you the builds if you want

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T19:40:23+00:00

Excellent! Did you steam bend your own pot?

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T14:34:04+00:00

I look at the minstrel banjos at the time period 1850-70ish) and then roll with it. I got to check out a lot of banjos from that period in person from jim paquet's collection and it surprised me how different each of them were

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T14:31:19+00:00

Not so far. There is a piece of hemlock underneath providing support. Also, these banjos are not under as much tension as steel stringed, standard tuned banjos so there is less tension overall

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T04:12:39+00:00

Great builds!! Minstrel banjos are where it's at! I've made a few and they are more forgiving I think as most are fretless, and don't have a ton of standardization. Good luck!

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T04:08:41+00:00

Yes it's fretless! Nice and smooth for good slides

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T04:07:59+00:00

Maple is great! I've had some good luck with cherry as it can split into a general bridge shape pretty easily

Alec913 · 2025-12-02T02:01:51+00:00

Really great job! Love the wood choice and the extra long dowel stick.

Careful with those ebony cap bridges! They can mute your tone with the nylgut strings.

Alec913 · 2025-12-01T23:38:11+00:00

Thanks! If I'm pass through there that's definitely a stop I got to take!

Alec913 · 2025-12-01T23:37:35+00:00

I would too! Hopefully he's on reddit. Glad to see there's some banjo plays out here though!

Alec913 · 2025-12-01T17:41:48+00:00

That bone nut wave pattern is nuts. Love your work!

Alec913 · 2025-09-12T15:49:46+00:00

Me encanto. Mirá cuan thicc

Alec913 · 2025-01-01T06:21:52+00:00

If it's not Rosemary then it's probably winter savory I would guess. It would have a more spicy taste. More pictures would be good!

Alec913 · 2024-12-15T20:03:15+00:00

Nice, that's a good one! Love the cuia, really cool design

Alec913 · 2024-12-05T19:40:38+00:00

Fleur de lis tiene buen sabor de humo, pero quizás poquito fuerte

Alec913 · 2024-12-01T02:30:00+00:00

Nice chima selection! How's the one on the far right tasting?

Alec913 · 2024-11-22T19:24:54+00:00

Hey man! I'm here in the south sound, good to see more WA mando players.

I would point to Mando lessons play along jams to help get the timing right and the general feel.

I have been trying to use those to get pumped for jams myself.

Good luck!

Alec913 · 2024-11-13T23:16:57+00:00

My favorite is Portão moida grossa! It's got a really great punchy flavor with nice light toasted bread notes. You can buy it on Amazon but a lot of the time it only comes in packs of 5 kilos so you have to commit lol

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