OK - this is how you get the proper string height for over the neck playing without one of those unsightly scoops! Check out this banjo on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1920-Banjo-/291641465054?hash=item43e72f98de:g:EYMAAOSw5ZBWJnPL
Now geez why didn't I think of that before!