Build your own 4-string mountain-style banjo for $ less than any kit on the market. The Country Roads Banjo will have you picking and grinning out the great old-time songs and tunes in no time. Assembly time: just 3-4 hours, not including glue drying time. Traditional 4-string Cigar Box Guitar Style with a 23" scale (no truss rod needed). Neck comes fully fretted. No advanced woodworking is required (no sawing, routing, etc) - just some basic clamping, light drilling and screw insertion Natural white birch wood body is perfect for custom artwork, stain, woodburning or paint. Can be built right or left handed! Designed and with most of the parts made right here at the C. B. Gitty workshops in Gonic, New Hampshire, this amazing-sounding banjo can be built at your dining room table with just a few basic tools. This kit comes with a set of strings meant for tuning to Open G "GDGB" which has become the de facto tuning standards for 4-string cigar box instruments. For the 3-string version, you can re-string it with a set of High Open G Strings for an even more old-timey banjo-like sound. For the four-string version, you could get our GDAE long-scale Octave Mandolin set and string it up like an Irish Tenor Banjo! This kit also comes with a full fretboard already attached to the neck, making assembly easy. The detailed how-to guide not only shows you how to assemble the kit, but also includes some basic how-to-play information as well, to help get you picking once the build is done. Ben Baker's Bluegrass and Old-Time 3-string Tab Songbook would be especially well-suited for this banjo!