Dan's Four Or More

[Dan Pennington]

Here's my rogue's gallery of guitars that I have made. Starting from the newest and going back in time.
This Koa Weissenborn is still in process. It got sidetracked for a bunch of banjo stuff. Cash projects come first!



And this Beard reso kit is still in process. I totally screwed up a sunburst finish on it so I'm waiting to get my will power up to just paint it and be done with it.



An all western red cedar guitar that I built last year as part of a build-along on another luthier forum.



A EIR and spruce OM which I built in 2010 as a student with Todd Luneborg - a luthier in my neighborhood.



An all mahogany parlor guitar that my brother-in-law is holding for ransom. Made in 2010.



Two kits that I bought from John Hall. A koa 00-21 and a mahogany and spruce parlor. Made for my two daughters.



My second guitar. A 00 size EIR and spruce made in 2001.



My first! A lopsided attempt at a parlor guitar. My grand daughter has it now.




And banjos! Don't get me started!
Mostly I make block banjo rims. Here are 20 rims that I made last month to get ready to be a vendor at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association winter weekend in Minneapolis. Plus a few complete banjos, and a couple of necks.

[ken cierp]

Most excellent stuff!!

A banjo guitar or guitar banjo -- is on my "to do" list -- have you made one?

[Dave Bagwill]

You're a busy guy, Dan! How do you compare building a guitar and building a banjo?

[Dan Pennington]

Ken
Yes, I've made a couple of banjitars. I just think banjo from the middle of the neck down and guitar above that.

[Dan Pennington]

Dave
Banjo making is a lot easier. It's all bolt together modular. If I've screwed up one part of it, it's easy to correct.
Maybe that's why I like a bolt on butt joint for guitar necks.

[Fred Blom]

Dan, it's great to see your work. Hope your weekend as a vendor is prosperous.

[Tim Benware]

Nice work Dan. I got my building interest piqued in 1970 when I tried to learn banjo and gave. So instead I took the neck off my banjo, cut the neck off an old guitar I had and bolted it on the banjo rim. worked OK after some cob work. Didn't really know what I was doing back then.

How much you getting for your rims?