Stefan was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo in a single week, in May / June 2012, when the school’s usual teaching timetable was suspended and pupils were offered a selection of alternative activities. Stefan was in year S2. I marked out and rough cut the neck and instrument stand […]
Iain was one of my pupils at Royal High. He built this banjo in a single week, in May / June 2012, when the school’s usual teaching timetable was suspended and pupils were offered a selection of alternative activities. Iain was in year S3. I marked out and rough cut the neck and instrument stand […]
Jay was one of my pupils at Royal High School. This instrument was his ‘course project’ for the Practical Craft Skills (PCS) course. He completed it in February 2013. The project was prior verified for use on the PCS course in 2012 but unfortunately, as thing stand, SQA will not allow it to be used […]
A banjitar is a six string banjo, tuned like a guitar. If you can play a guitar, you can play banjitar. Taylor Swift plays a banjitar (though not a square one). Andrew was one of my pupils at Royal High School. This instrument was his ‘course project’ for the Practical Craft Skills (PCS) course. He […]
A banjitar is a six string banjo, tuned like a guitar. If you can play a guitar, you can play banjitar. Taylor Swift plays a banjitar (though not a square one). Evie was one of my pupils at Royal High School. This instrument was her ‘course project’ for the Practical Craft Skills (PCS) course. She […]
Marc was one of my pupils at Royal High. While in sixth year he worked on this banjo as part of the ’16 Plus’ initiative. Between November 2011 and March 2012, he spent an hour working on it, one afternoon a week. He got about half way through the build before leaving school. More than […]