I acquired this solid aluminum pot at Breaking Up Winter a few years back. The original neck was in terrible shape, so I trashed it and built a fretless neck. The neck is curly maple and the finger board is curly maple, cherry and walnut. The three woods on the fingerboard are joined with bowties at the 5th and 12th fret. In addition, walnut dowels mark the 3rd, 7th, and 10th fret positions. It has an ebony nut and a hand made bronze tension hoop. A beautiful matching walnut, cherry and maple resonator is attached to the back to give this banjo plenty of muscle. The same spalted hickory bowties are used to join the different woods on the resonator. A solid ebony bridge and nylgut strings complete the setup. It sounds and plays great! This banjo ships with a new hard case. You can hear me play Old Time Back-step Cindy on Youtube. Old Time Back-step Cindy