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23.6/12 Steel String – $1,500

  • Walnut neck with two-way adjustable truss rod
  • Indian laurel fingerboard with 17 Evo Gold frets, 16″ radius, and scoop
  • 23.6 inch scale length
  • 12″ multi-ply maple rim with bearing edge (no tone ring), raw brass tension hoop, and 16 hooks
  • Fiberskyn head
  • Natural finish with traditional pumice and shellac grain filler for an extra smooth feel
  • Gotoh two-band tuners
  • Tall 5-hole bridge
  • Strings through the rim at the tail. Currently strung with light LaBella Country and Western ball-end steel strings
  • Price includes a gig bag and shipping in the lower 48 states
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Ogee – Short-Scale – Fretless – Nylon Strung – $2,800

Front view of Thumpy Ogee

Five string banjo, short-scale nylon strung fretless. Great for clawhammer and finger-style parlor music. Plays well in common old-time tunings like A, C, D, and G. Will also go down further than G, plays well in F and B-flat. This particular Thumpy Banjo features an 12″ rim with a Fyberskin head. Very articulate for a fretless nylon strung banjo. Rim features a 45° bearing edge, no tone-ring.

Hand-Crafted in Radford, Virginia.

  • Maple neck, non-adjustable carbon fiber reinforced
  • Indian Laurel Fingerboard
  • Gotoh 2-band tuners
  • 12″ multi-ply maple rim – 3 & 3/16″ deep
  • 22.5″ scale length
Back view of Thumpy Ogee
Peghead view of Thumpy Ogee
Ogee detail view
Head and rim of Thumpy Ogee
Back of neck
Back of ogee detail view
Back of rim detail
Deep scoop detail view
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Custom Builds

If you’d like to get on the notification list for a Thumpy Banjo, use the contact form to get in touch. You’ll be contacted via e-mail as new Thumpy Banjos become available. If you’d like to order a banjo or discuss a custom build, please get in touch.

Thumpy Banjo Builds

Thumpy Banjos are available in variety of configurations from nylon-strung fretless gourd banjos to contemporary steel-strung fully fretted instruments and a lot of things in between. Take a look at the Build Log to see what I’ve done and what may be possible for the build you have in mind.

Light Weight Banjos

I make some banjos that are designed to be light weight, I describe some of my instruments as being ultra-light banjos, weighing less than four pounds. My lightest banjo build to date weighs in at 1 pound and 12.8 ounces, pictured below. Click on over to the Build Log to read more about this banjo.

A light weight banjo weighing in at 1 pound, 12.8 ounces
A light weight banjo weighing in at 1 pound, 12.8 ounces

The next lightest banjo weighs in at just under 4 pounds and features standard bracket hooks. Read more about this banjo in the Build Log.

Thumpy Ultra-light Banjo
A light weight banjo with brackets and tension hoop, weighing in at just under 4 pounds.
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Fretless, Steel Strung, 12 inch – $950

>>> Currently Available at Fretmill Music in Roanoke, Virginia <<<

Five string banjo, short-scale STEEL strung fretless. Has flush frets and fret markers to aid in way finding around the fingerboard. Great for clawhammer and finger-style parlor music. Plays well in common old-time tunings like A, C, D, and G. This particular Thumpy Banjo features a 12″ rim with a renaissance head. Rim features a bearing edge, no tone-ring.

Thumpy Banjo #23 front view
peghead and fingerboard detail
Upper fingerboard detail
scoop detail
rim detail
back
back peghead detail
heel detail
Rear rim detail
String through rim detail
  • Walnut neck, non-adjustable carbon fiber reinforced
  • Flush fret
  • Gotoh 2-band tuners
  • 12″ maple rim
  • 22.25″ scale length
  • Indian Laurel fingerboard
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Ultra-Light, Short-Scale, Fretless, Nylon-Strung – $950

Front view of Thumpy #21
Back view of Thumpy #21
Peghead
fingerboard
scoop
inside rim

>>> Currently Available at Fretmill Music in Roanoke, Virginia <<<

Five string banjo, short-scale, nylon strung, fretless. This banjo has position markers on the fingerboard and on the side of the neck. Great for clawhammer and finger-style parlor music. Plays well in common old-time tunings like A, C, D, and G. Will also go down further than G, plays well in F and B-flat. This particular Thumpy Banjo features an 11″ rim with a renaissance head. Has hard tension nylon strings. Very articulate for a fretless nylon strung banjo. Rim features a 45° bearing edge, no tone-ring. Includes new gig-bag.

Hand-Crafted in Radford, Virginia.

  • Weighs in at 3 pounds 10.8 ounces
  • Walnut neck, non-adjustable carbon fiber reinforced
  • Gotoh 2-band tuners with geared Gotoh fifth peg
  • 11″ multi-ply maple rim with bearing edge
  • 22.25″ scale length
  • Indian Laurel fingerboard and peghead overlay
  • Nickel hardware
  • Thumb scoop
  • Strings through the rim at the tail