Inherited a banjo uke!

[SailingUke]

Congrats on the find and gift.
I just replaced the vellum on my Gibson UB-2.
It was much easier than I anticipated.
Roy Cone (Ukulele World) had some nice goat skin heads.

 

[Thebenn]

Jnobianchi, are you messing with me?!? If you aren't I am completely shocked. I would love to see any information you have.
The friction tuners were not holding and I have tried to tighten the screws but the screws are stripped so maybe I just need to replace those.

 

[Jnobianchi]

I don't know you well enough to mess with you.

Seriously, I'll send you the file - I'll pm you.

If you can find screws that fit, great, you'll save a few dollars. A set of bog-standard Grovers is only about 12-15 bucks, then the luthier's going to have to drill a little out the peghead and add beveled edges to accommodate the Grover 1 tuners. The more expensive Grover 2, 3, and 4 ($20-$30) and Gotohs ($40+) require a little more drilling. If the old tuners can't be made to work, new Grover and Gotoh friction tuners will last you forever. Don't go with geared tuners, as it totally changes the look and value for the worse, imo.

 

[mythidiot]

This thread makes me happy. I don't have anything to add. Just a rad story.