Railroad Spikes

[Wolfgang]

If anybody (e.g. Nigel) should like to put railroad spikes as capoes for the 5th string (which I find very helpful) maybe this link helps:
zeppmusic.com/banjo/spikes.htm
or this one www.folkofthewood.com/page732.htm
or this one www.ehow.com/how_8041897_install-railroad-spikes-banjo.html
or banjoist.tripod.com/spike.html

After having seen these special tools on the last link mentioned above, I chose to let it be done by a local luthier - who did it well and cheap. Seems it wasn´t a big matter for him but would have been for me
Good luck!
Wolfgang

[1910]

I fitted a slide capo to 5th. Only three little screws ,one countersunk. More expensive than spike but wow what an improvement.

[scanbran]

I got my banjo tutor to fit spikes to my first (decent) banjo - he used a very small hand drill to make tiny holes, then carefull hammered the spikes into the fretboard using a jeweller's hammer. He made it look easy and they worked great.

The banjos I've had since then have had the spikes pre-installed - I'd be far too scared to drill holes in the side of the neck for a 5th string capo, although they make re-tuning the 5th string pretty simple.

[MichaelPef]

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