When Jeff Kramer announced he was retiring from making banjos I contacted him to see if he had any banjos underway for sale. He sold me two Cloverlick banjos that he had in what he called stage 3 phase. They needed the necks shaped, frets installed, and finish applied. I had Carl Arcand at Second Life Banjos shape the necks, installed the frets and nut, and I applied the stain, sealer, and Tru-Oil finish as per Jeff’s instructions. I am listing the 12” EKTN’T Deluxe for sale with the following specs provided by Jeff.
Pot Construction
• CloverLick Blockstyle 3/4" thick in Black Walnut, lathe turned to final dimensions, bracket bolt holes drilled for 14 shoe Cloverlick Brass Hardware.
• All Hardware solid brass by CloverLick with 14 bracket hook construction, side drilled tension hoop, included.
• Brass armrest with 1/8" wood top attached for playing comfort in Indian Rosewood.
• Rim bottom dressed with Indian Rosewood.
• 12 diameter X 11/16 thick x 2 3/4 overall depth with EKTN’T tone ring included.
• Oldtime open back bridge placement is 55% of rim diameter on head back from neck. Neck will be configured so this is where the bridge will be.
• Fults Tailpiece "1934" model, with adjustable "XYZ" mount in brass.
• EKTN'T (1/4" x 1/2" brass scallop ring and 3/8" red brass tube) hand made and installed on rim.
• Remo WeatherKing White Top Frost head.
Neck Construction
• Necks are split construction with a 1/4" center vertical veneer and halves are opposed for stability and strength. Neck wood is Black Walnut.
• Dual permanent carbon filament truss rods for strength, stability,
• and tone - installed and permanent.
• Face woods for peghead, fingerboard, armrest, and heel plate in Indian Rosewood.
• Fingerboard nut and 5th string nut will be aged old bone, Peghead style cut will be deluxe Smooth CloverLick. Flat fingerboard overall neck thickness of 13/16".
• Fretted scale length will be 26 3/16 with 19 fretted positions.
• Neck at the nut will be 1 7/16. This is slightly wider than most banjos today and makes for easier
• fingering. Mini railroad spike installed on 7th and 9th frets on fifth string.
• Tuners are 4 brass Gotoh tuners and brass capstan style 5th string tuner.
• The fifth string tuner on Foxville is between the 4th and 5th frets.
• Oldtime style dowel stick and custom hardware, fully cut and fitted to rim and neck.
Case
• New TKL hardcase
