014 – VT Native Wood Plectrum Banjo
The banjo features native Vermont cherry, walnut and ironwood with cherry burl peghead and heel overlays.
- 11″ Native Cherry and Walnut Pot
- Ironwood Tone Ring
- Ironwood Fretboard
- Walnut Dot Inlays
- 26 3/16″ Scale Length
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Pyramid Heel
- Published in Banjos
013 – Whyte Laydie Banjo
This banjo features engraved mother of pearl in ebony with a black lacquered steam bent pot. This is a great sounding banjo the delivers what you would expect in tone and volume from the Whyte Lydie tone ring.
- 11″ Steam Bent Maple Pot Lacquered Black
- 25.5″ Scale Length
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Hand Rubbed Oil Finish on the neck
- Lightly Antiqued Brass Rickard Hardware
- Ogee Curve Carving Behind Fifth Fret
- Mini Volute (See neck Side Profile Picture)
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Engraved Mother Of Pearl Inlays
- Scooped Fretboard
- Whyte Laydie Tone Ring
- Ivoroid Binding on Neck and Pot
- Gotoh Tuners
- Curly Maple Neck
- Narrow EVO Fretwire
- Published in Banjos
012 – VT Buckhorn Banjo
This Mahogany and Claro Walnut banjo was built for talented Vermont musician, Jeremy Sicily. It features a twelve-inch pot with with Vermont-themed custom engraved inlays. The twelve-inch stained black pot is made from Claro Walnut with a Mahogany rim cap and Wenge tone ring. The neck is a beautiful piece of curly mahogany that features a ogee neck carving behind the fifth fret. The state of Vermont inlay at the fifth fret features an engraving of Vermont’s counties.
Listen to Jeremy’s band the Flat Top Trio.
- 12″ Claro Walnut and Mahogany Pot
- 25.5″ Scale Length
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Hand Rubbed Oil Finish
- Lightly Antiqued Brass Hardware
- Ogee Curve Carving Behind Fifth Fret
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Seeders Pyramid Heel
- Engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays
- Scooped Fingerboard
- W.A. Cole Style Peghead
- Published in Banjos
011 – Ruler Flushfret Banjo
A walnut and Cherry flushfret banjo. This banjo has an ironwood fretboard with ruler style fret markers in walnut. The banjo has inlayed apples, one in Bubinga on the peghead and one in Walnut on the fretboard.
- 11″ Walnut and Cherry Pot
- 25.5″ Scale Length
- Walnut Tone Ring
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Hand Rubbed Oil Finish
- Lightly Antiqued Brass Hardware
- Ogee Curve at fifth string
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Seeders Pyramid Heel
- Inlaid Walnut Flushfrets
- Aquila Nylgut Strings
- Published in Banjos
010 – Longneck Tubaphone Banjo
My first longneck build loosely based on the early Vega Pete Seeger model. The banjo is curly maple with ebony and brass appointments. The long scale, fiberskyn head and tubephone tone ring give it a very rich tone with plenty of punch. The banjo also has my first engraving work on the inlaid stars and dots.
- 11″ Steam Bent Pot with 28 Ball Shoe Bracket Band
- 32″ Longneck Scale Length
- Tubaphone Tone Ring
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Stained Black with Hard Oil Hand Rubbed Finish
- Antiqued Brass Harware
- Hand Engraved Inlays
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Seeders Pyramid Heel
- Hidden Fret Ends
- Published in Banjos
009 – Daffodil Piccolo Banjo
A cherry and walnut piccolo with inlaid daffodils ‘growing’ from the pot. It features shaded wooden daffodil inlays in the peghead and fingerboard, a daffodil carving on the back of the peghead as well as a skin head.
- 8″ Pot
- 18″ Scale Length
- Walnut Tone Ring
- 1 1/4″ nut
- Hard Oil Hand Rubbed Finish
- Antiqued S.S. Stewart Style Hardware
- Small Shaft Raw Brass Tuners With Amber Knobs
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Hidden Fret Ends
- Goat Skin Head
- Rosewood Fretboard
- Nylon Strings
- Daffodil and Ogee Curve Neck Carving
- Seeders Pyramid Heel
- Published in Banjos
008 – Saturn and Stars Piccolo Banjo
This walnut and cherry piccolo banjo was built for my first international order. I happened to have a very interesting piece of ebony with some distinctive grain that I think complemented the Saturn and Star inlay design nicely. This piccolo banjo features hidden fret ends with no binding, a new standard feature for all Seeders Banjos without neck binding. This gives the feel of neck binding but keeps the neck very simple and unadorned.
- 8″ Pot
- 18″ Scale Length
- Walnut Tone Ring
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Hard Oil Hand Rubbed Finish
- Antiqued Brass Bill Rickard Hardware
- Seeders Cherry Bridge
- Hidden Fret Ends
- Published in Banjos
007 – VT Native Wood Banjo
This banjo was built for a local client who requested Vermont inlays. Staying with that theme I used all native Vermont hardwood in the construction. I used Cherry for the pot and neck with Walnut details, inlays and for the tone ring. The fretboard and the overlay inlays are Ironwood. The bridge is constructed out of cherry and Ironwood.
- 11″ Pot
- 26 3/16″ Scale Length
- Walnut Tone Ring
- 1 1/4″ Nut
- Hand Rubbed Hard Oil Finish
- Antiqued Brass Hardware
- Seeders Ironwood/Cherry Bridge
- Published in Banjos
006 – Dog Print Piccolo Banjo
A simply adorned cherry and walnut piccolo banjo. Cherry burl peghead overlay, ebony fingerboard with cherry burl Corgi paw print inlay. This banjo was built as a travel banjo and as a companion to a Romero Banjo. I’m a big fan of his work so I’m quite honored to have a Seeders Banjo as a ‘little sibling’ to one of his banjos in a collection. This piccolo has a skin head and nylgut strings which contributes to its plunky sound.
- 8″ Pot
- 18″ Scale Length
- Rosewood Tone Ring
- 1-1/4″ Nut Width
- Hand Rubbed Hard Oil Finish
- Antiqued Brass Hardware
- Scooped Ebony Fingerboard with Paw Print Inlay
- Goat Skin Head
- Seeders Curved Bridge
- Published in Banjos
005 – Walnut Moon Piccolo Banjo
American Walnut piccolo banjo with red veneer detail. Mother of Pearl moon and star inlays in a rosewood fingerboard with a Claro Walnut peghead overlay.
- 8″ Pot
- 18″ Scale Length
- 1-1/4″ Nut Width
- Hand Rubbed Hard Oil Finish
- Antiqued Brass Hardware
- Walnut Tone Ring
- Published in Banjos