Lee Banjo 039

Chautauqua Custom. The customer wanted the Bug Tussle Fairy on the peghead. Then asked if I could do something special. I made up some sketches of two more fairies to go on the 5th fret and the 17th fret.. Falling leaves are used for the other position markers. It has a laminated neck with colored veneers running up each side of the center strip, under the peghead, fingerboard and heel cap. It comes with a standard shaped heel, a 25.5” scale, a double action truss-rod and a Scalloped Bone nut. There's an ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay. A Tony Pass rim with wooden tone ring 11” x 3/4" thick round out the package. The tuners are Five-star pegs, it has 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

5th Fret 17th Fret

Testimonial

To me, if an instrument inspires one to play, satisfies the indescribable feeling you get from the playing experience, and to boot gives other people that same feeling, it's given a priceless gift. My custom Chautauqua #039 is definitely, without a doubt, 100 percent every bit that description. The icing on the cake....the beautiful smile provoking inlay....... that too adds to the playing experience and to the visual feast of the listener. Chuck, thanks so much, it's much more than I expected.

Don Nelson