Hey, Mike. It's good to see you back on here again.

STRICT moisture control of the wood and the shop is the way its done

quote:

---

Originally posted by desert rose

STRICT moisture control of the wood and the shop is the way its done

---

OK!

And once it's out and about, what then?

I have a 60s all metal Strom banjo from Wisconsin builder that I believe would withstand anything. At the expense of extreme weight.

I have a few old Gibson banjos, I live in Hawaii. I have experienced no instrument problems related to the climate here that affects my banjo in any way. I have no air conditioning in my house, (because it never gets hot here). I don't have any kind of heat system in my house because it never gets cold here either. I have found that moving them back to the mainland for visits can be a problem because the humidity and temperature is so variable (winter/summer) ..they can get wonky for quite a while making the change. I leave one banjo on the mainland all the time rather than deal with it. I also have an 1800's SS Stewart that was bought new in Honolulu a long time ago. It sits in a goofy original leather case and the neck is perfectly straight, the metal parts are shiny and the white plastic friction tuners hold pitch just fine.

My Town

Avg. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec

High 78°F 78°F 79°F 79°F 81°F 82°F 83°F 84°F 84°F. 83°F 81°F 79°F

Low 70°F 70°F 70°F 72° 73°F. 75°F 76°F. 76°F 76°F. 76°F. 74°F 71°F

quote:

---

Originally posted by Brett

I have a 60s all metal Strom banjo from Wisconsin builder that I believe would withstand anything. At the expense of extreme weight.

---

Metal neck, too?

Aluminum?

Would love to see a picture.

Doesn't answer your initial question but .... carbon fiber??

https://klosguitars.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopRV2VYTMqG4QGjf8-SXna3PGYq-HxiMTpgNHcvmgTUcFY_5ajq

KLOS tells me they sound pretty good.  Didn't Gold Tone market a CF neck??

Mike once its built thats the job of the finish, I have worked at and engineered factorys for instruments with much worse humdity an temp problems than Hawaii