John Ryster

Come on out to the Elliott County Fiddlers Convention July 11th and 12th in Sandy Hook, Ky!

04.07.2025 19:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Got this mountain banjo done the other day. I keep forgetting about this platform.

05.03.2025 19:08 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Come on out if you’re near Lexington, Kentucky

17.02.2025 19:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Head stretched on this mountain banjo

31.01.2025 00:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Made a super quick trip to Bryson City, NC yesterday to purchase a banjo from Frank Lee. This is the banjo he’s playing in this video, and is the banjo he played on all the old Freight Hoppers records. 12 hours of driving in 1 day? I’m getting too old for this!🤣

27.01.2025 16:44 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Look at this play wear! An extremely well played “Ole Bull” factory fiddle. Pretty wild! Guy must have had sandpaper thumbs lol

25.01.2025 16:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Real cool handmade bone tailpiece I found in an old case this week. Pity it’s broken.

24.01.2025 22:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The hard part is attaching it. I just use a staple gun. Works well. You just want it as tight as you can get it. When it dries it gets real tight.

24.01.2025 21:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They go quick. Doing the head was a trick at first, but once you get that they’re pretty quick and fun to make

24.01.2025 20:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Probably my favorite banjos, these little mountain banjos.

24.01.2025 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Working on a little purple Poplar mountain banjo.

24.01.2025 18:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Latest fiddle, all American Chestnut and Curly maple

23.01.2025 03:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0