Lee Banjo 022

The Ovilla - Custom. This one has a Dobson Style peghead with a Dobson style heel. A laminated neck with colored veneers running up each side of the center strip, under the peghead and fingerboard. It comes with a frailing scoop, a 25.5” scale, a double action truss-rod and Scalloped bone nut. Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay. Girl sitting in the Moon peghead inlay with a shooting star on the fingerboard. 12" Tony Pass sunken birch rim, 1/2" thick, with wood tone ring, 5-star tuning pegs. Pearl side dots, a no-knot tailpiece and a Renaissance Head..

Front

Pot Front

Peghead Front

Fingerboard

Sound Files

Back

Pot Back

Peghead Back

Heel

Testimonial

Well, I have had a little time with Ovilla #22, and.....What a great banjo. My wife really likes it too, although she commented that I now look like that stereotypical mindless banjo player with the goofy grin (sigh).

The inlay looks great. The "in-motion" star dances on the fifth fret and fits well with the headstock inlay. Good job, Chuck. And, yes, I like your creativity.

I talked with Dan Levenson and he admitted that he wanted #22 and was a little disappointed that he didn't get it. I agree with him that this one is special, and a keeper. There are some instruments that take what the player does and turns it into something bigger. This is one of those. A musical companion, rather than an instrument.

Mo Turcotte
Duluth, GA