Custom White Oak "Cutty Sark" Banjo

When asked by a long-time customer to make them a custom Cutty Sark inspired banjo Greg Deering dove into researching the historic ship. During that time period he had the chance to actually tour the ship that is now a Royal Museum in Greenwich, UK. From photos taken on that visit, and other studied online, Greg was able to make very detailed inlays of parts of the actual ship. In the Photo Gallery above are some of Greg’s photos of the ship, along with the inlays he designed and made for the Cutty Sark Banjo: ·       The back of the resonator has the Cutty Sark in full sail making headway. There are an impressive 100 plus individual pieces of inlay on the back of the resonator alone. The background of the resonator is white oak. The water is dyed curly and plain maple. The ship’s hull is wenge wood with gold acrylic, mahogany and white acrylic pearl. The sails are curly maple and the rigging is mahogany. The mast head is acrylic pearl and mahogany. ·       The 1st  fret is the ship’s