Base Price: $1090
Deposit: $350 / $550 with geared tuners
All prices are in USD. A non-refundable deposit is required for all orders. The deposit covers the price of parts and maintains your build slot.
Deposit: $350 / $550 with geared tuners
All prices are in USD. A non-refundable deposit is required for all orders. The deposit covers the price of parts and maintains your build slot.
Henry S. Stichter lived in Pottsville, PA during the middle of the 19th century. Known to be building banjos as young as 16 years old. There are now only 2 known original Stichter banjos left in existence. The one pictured below is owned by the great banjo historian & collector James Bollman, who was kind enough to send me pictures and measurements.
Below are a few shots of the original which has a 14” rim with a 31” scale length.
Below are a few shots of the original which has a 14” rim with a 31” scale length.
Pick one option from each category. Once decided on options email countybanjoco@gmail.com to place the order.
Options without $ are included in the base price:
Options
Left or Right Handed:
Left
Right
Neck Wood:
Cherry
Mahogany
Maple
Walnut: $60
White Oak: $60
White Ash
Scale:
25”
25.5”
26.25”
27”
31”: $50
Nut:
(Ebony or other similar hardware is used)
1.5” Wide with 10mm string spacing
Tuners:
Hardwood Friction Tuning Pegs
Peghed Geared Tuners (geared tuners that look like friction pegs): $200
Headstock Shape:
Stichter
Fret Position Markers:
Flush Frets 3,5,7,9: Included in base price
Fingerboard Colour:
Dyed black up to 5th fret position (like the original)
Entire fingerboard dyed black: $30
Left the same colour as rest of neck.
5th String Placement:
5th Fret Position
7th Fret Position
Rim Diameter:
11”
12”
13”
14”: $60
Rim Height:
2.75”
3” (recommended)
3.25”
Rim Wood:
Cherry
Maple (recommended)
Mahogany
Walnut: $75
Rim/Neck Color:
Dyed Black (like the original)
Natural (no dye)
Dyed a different colour (contact for options)
Brass Decoration:
Brass triangle at bottom of fingerboard (like original)
Or
No decoration
Rim Hardware:
Handmade Brass Tension & Flesh Hoop, Rickard Ball Shoes, Hooks & Hook Nuts:
10 Brackets: Included in base price
12 Brackets: $40
14 Brackets: $60
18 Brackets: $100
28 Brackets: $200
Handmade Brass Tension & Flesh Hoop, Reproduction 1800s Eagle Shoes, Brass Hooks & Hook Nuts: $300
Tailpiece:
Stichter hardwood tailpiece
(Contact for list of available woods)
Endbolt:
No Endbolt (Dowel sticks out back of rim)
Wooden Endbolt: $25
Bridge:
(.25” String Spacing comes standard on County Minstrel bridges)
Hard Maple
Strings:
Aquila Nylgut Minstrel Strings
Real Gut Strings: $100+
