Luthiers, Part 1: Banjo Maker Frank Neat | Kentucky Life | KET 

Best banjo builder and specialized banjo repair man ever IMO

Don't understand why anyone down thumbed this. Frank is an icon banjo builder/repairer. I wish I owned a Frank Neat banjo.

I bought my Stanleytone from Ralph Stanley back in 1987. It's a goldplated nr37 from the first series, still have it still love it

Frank Neat's Stanleytone is one hell of a banjo. I wish I would have bought one when I had the chance!

I have a Osborne Chief banjo built by Frank, it is incredible! The neck is the best I have ever played, glad I have some of Frank's work!

Great history! Excellent work!

Ricky Neat is one of the best, if not the very best!!!!!!! He's also one of the very few left who still actually hand cuts the pearl they use. I've watched him & I've never seen anyone better!!!!!!!

TURTLE MAN!!!! AYE AYE AYE AYYYYYYE!!!! Love The Turtle Man, and I love Banjahs.

Great video, Mr. Neat!

Great video. First time I ever seen a left handed banjer. And a fiddle on the lap . . . And that girl wasn't no slouch neither. Good Stuff! Thanks for posting.

thanks, now i know when i see a pre war gibson conversion for sale with a frank neat neck on it i know what it means and it is alot more than i imagined

Just bought my second Frank Neat Osborne Chief!! Just can't get to many Frank Neat banjos!

A friend of mine and great banjo player Wade Hill in Knoxville, Tn had an old Stanleytone raised head that he bought from Ralph years ago. Tragically it was lost in a house fire a couple years ago. Wade is ok though

Great video. I love my Frank Neat banjo.

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American Icons, the lot of them!

Amazing work!

Oh my word... one of my best friends for life is a hundred pound tortoise (and a wee one the size of a White Castle burger, same kind, sulcata tortoise). The only turtle or tortoise I'd ever seen in relation to banjos before was a Greateful Dead (Phish? no..Dead I think) reference, but I'm not huge on them and certainly didn't want to advertise them. I'm really liking the turtle or tortoise made of shell for Turtle man. I'd love to just realy slowy make my own banjo, but I'd better knock out a couple basic ones first. Despite being a decent craftsman of premium archery bows & banjo bridges, I'd hate to make a banjo with three years of downtime in inlay only to figure out it had crummy intonation cuz I did something wrong. I guess, though, if I wanted to do some inlay over time I could get a trusted, slotted fingerboard and be working on it. I've done fine lapidary and wouldn't screw that part up. I have a Foredom tool I want a motor & cable for & they've got that great inlay holder for it at Stew.

..have several --the best

Wow..I wish he could fix my old Kay!

Doug Unger out of Peninsula OH is very great at inlay also.

Brill!

do you make tenor 19 fret banjos ??

What's the possesive apostrophe on the word banjo's on the door sign for. ?

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