Skateboard Banjo

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Project Plan

Use old skateboard decks to make the neck (and other parts) of a tenor banjo.

  • Hmmm, 5-string or Tenor?
  • compare with commercially available, e.g. Ozark: 2102G 5-String Open Backed Banjo (Scale length - 697mm = 27.45")


Geometry and other info: -



fret from nut fret to fret
1 1.249" 1.249" (nut-1)
2 2.428" 1.179" (1-2)
3 3.540" 1.112" (2-3)
4 4.590" 1.050" (3-4)
5 5.581" 0.991" (4-5)
6 6.517" 0.936" (5-6)
7 7.400" 0.883" (6-7)
8 8.233" 0.833" (7-8)
9 9.020" 0.787" (8-9)
10 9.763" 0.743" (9-10)
11 10.463" 0.700" (10-11)
12 11.125" 0.662" (11-12)
13 11.749" 0.624" (12-13)
14 12.339" 0.590" (13-14)
15 12.895" 0.556" (14-15)
16 13.420" 0.525" (15-16)
17 13.916" 0.496" (16-17)
18 14.383" 0.467" (17-18)
19 14.825" 0.442" (18-19)

I have no idea what I'm doing!

  • body
  • bridge
  • nut
  • neck
  • strings