Whyte Laydie Presentation 5-String
Banjo
Doug Unger - June 2000
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The modern fingerboard is 3 frets longer requiring an added inlay. The original pot was a #2 Whyte Laydie Style R. It has been thinned to the earlier style thickness and lined with vintage marquetry and burled veneer. The rim has the traditional #7 purfling with 6 inlaid MOP flowers. ![]() |
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The back of the peghead has an early version of the gryphon.
The bridge is made of a figured maple with an ivory cap to match the nut at the peghead. |
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The heel cap is vintage ivory with an inlaid and engraved snail emblem. The multiple laminations are mirrored at the heel and fingerboard, and at the peghead overlay and backstrap. |
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With it's ancient skin, this instrument has a typical but warm Whyte Laydie sound.
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