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When I give tours here at the factory, I ask our visitors to think of the banjo as a “giant lollipop” because many of them are not banjo players…but we have all eaten our fair share of lollipops.

The neck of the banjo is the “stick” of a lollipop and the pot assembly is the “round, candy portion.” This is not meant to explain FUNCTION, just help with orientation. And like a lollipop, fun with a banjo will last all the way down to the last “lick.” This week’s article is meant to help orient and identify, not explain the function, of the parts of the banjo to make past and future articles more easily understood.

THE NECK:
The thought of “starting at the top” is always tempting! So let us give in to that today and start our banjo anatomy lesson with the banjo neck. The banjo neck begins with a “neck blank” made of the main tonal wood of which the banjo is constructed. Here at Deering it can be made of maple, mahogany, or walnut.  In an upper line Deering banjo, it is a one piece neck blank of whichever tonal wood is specific to that model. In the Goodtime line, it is composed of 3 pieces of maple; the peghead, the heel, and the main body of the neck. Necks can have binding on the sides of them, binding on

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