Cockrum Studios

Banjo String Lifter for Bridge Changes

I designed this last year and have been shipping them with banjo bridge orders and giving them away at events.

It has become more difficult to find large pieces of mother of pearl recently. Discussions with Duke of Pearl led

I bought an 1880’s Dobson Victor “as-is” from Turtle Hill Banjo Company and it was in barely playable condition. As

A few weeks ago, I got a new-to-me 1995 Earl Scruggs Banjo from Turtle Hill Banjo Company. I highly recommend

Making Banjo Bridges using alternative materials with a CNC router.

Today I improved my banjo bridge making process using the CNC machine. Previously, I was using a hand plane to

This is the first banjo that I have completed from scratch. Here are some photos of the final assembly process.

I’ve started back working on my banjo project. I got the Padauk fretboard and headstock overlay glued to the neck,

Today I cut up some hard maple and ebony for banjo bridges.

Example of how to CNC cut mother of pearl for inlay into Laser cut padauk wood