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A customer brought me some parts a while ago and wanted a functional banjo that also looked decent. The parts consisted of an older Gibson neck, an imitation 5 Star tone ring, a 3 ply maple pot that I think came out of a kit. a laminated mahogany resonator in need of some new veneer. a flange (not shown) and a bag on hooks, nuts, imported tailpiece, armrest and machine heads. The tone ring was just about .010 too small for the pot and the neck was nowhere close to fitting the pot. The relief in the resonator was entirely too large for the neck heel and the brown streaks visible on the neck was paint that the owner had started to strip. The back of the resonator also had some minor damage to the veneer at the edge that doesn't show in the photo.
This should be fun!
The first order of business was to plug the gaping hole in the resonator to facilitate fitting the neck and applying new veneer.