• Builder: Lame Horse, Jenkins & Son, Chris Jenkins
• Model: Gitjo
• Type: Banjo-Guitar
• Artists who Play Lame Horse Gitjos: Don Edward, Isaac Brock, Modest Mouse
• Hear this gitjo played by Al Petteway
  [recorded naturally, close pair, no EQ]
• View a movie of this gitjo. Requires Windows Media Player 10
• Year: 2007
• Serial #:
• Pot Woods: Maple, Mesquite, Koa
• Head: 11 in. Elite Fiberskin
• Neck Wood: Maple, Mesquite, Ebony, 5 -piece
• Headplate: Spalted Maple
• Backplate: Mesquite?
• Headstock Inlay: None
• Headstock Bindings: None
• Fingerboard: Cocobolo Rosewood
• Fingerboard Bindings: None
• Fret Markers: Inlaid Malachite First fret "Lame Horse" logo
• Frets to body: 22
• Cutaway: None
• Bridge: custom Lame Horse ebony
• Pickguard: None
• Tuners: Grover
• Case: Tweed Hardshell
• Pickup: None
• Condition: New
• Pot Size: 11 in.
• Pot depth : 3 in.
• Scale Length:25.4 in.
• Nut Width: 1 11/16 in.
• Strings Spacing: 2 3/16 in.
• Comments: "" - Paul Heumiller
  
  "This instrument is just plain fun to play. I put it in DADGAD tuning to do the sample which is a good approximation of "mountain modal" banjo tuning. It really makes it easier for a guitarist to get that banjo sound without learning an entire new instrument. " - Al Petteway
  

Side view of Lame Horse Bridge

Malachite "Lame Horse" inlaid at First Fret Position