Cougar
Enlightened Member
I used to have a 5-string, long-neck open back. I'd definitely recommend a 5-string, whatever you get.
I learned by trying to play "Little Maggie" by Sandy Bull back in the day. (I had a girlfriend named Maggie. ) I could get through the first few iterations - until he really cranked it up - but that was OK with me....I used to have a 5-string, long-neck open back. I'd definitely recommend a 5-string, whatever you get.
I learned by trying to play "Little Maggie" by Sandy Bull back in the day. (I had a girlfriend named Maggie. ) I could get through the first few iterations - until he really cranked it up - but that was OK with me....
Yay! Man, them were the days. Sandy Bull, Tim Buckley, Laura Nyro, then there was Charles Lloyd (and Keith Jarrett), Gabor Szabo... (and all the mainliners, of course).I included that Sandy Bull track on this 2LP compilation I assembled, sequenced, and wrote liner notes for...
Nice. I'd never heard of Sandy Bull.
And I never got very far with my banjo either but here's a song that makes me want to take it out and dust it off. Noam Pikelny with the beautiful voice of Aoife O'Donovan.
Richard - Elderly just listed the exact banjo I referenced above that I owned in the 70s: It’s a circa 1976 Ibanez 591 Artist, in excellent condition, and they’re asking $1350 for it. A fine & beautiful instrument. Edit: The noted railroad spikes are for capoing up the 5th string. ‘D’ tuners are for doing a slide-type effect that Scruggs developed.Any recommendations out there?????
I got a Fender Rustler open back. I love it but I don’t know any better. It’s a lot of fun, though.I'm thinking of picking up a Banjo to try to learn a little bit. I want something decent but that won't break the bank. Also something that's thought of well enough that if I decide it's not for me will be something I can sell and that there may be a buyer for.
I'm thinking with pup but that wouldn't be a show stopper.
Any recommendations out there?????
Richard - Elderly just listed the exact banjo I referenced above that I owned in the 70s: It’s a circa 1976 Ibanez 591 Artist, in excellent condition, and they’re asking $1350 for it. A fine & beautiful instrument. Edit: The noted railroad spikes are for capoing up the 5th string. ‘D’ tuners are for doing a slide-type effect that Scruggs developed.
See Hans' book page 166! Can't paste it here, it's Hans' copyright.
One of the Guild made Banjos lived in Dallas, TX back in 2017, but it had a dot neck, not the fancy neck as shown in Hans book. See 5th article here, the owner was even willing to sell it:
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I don't think this one below would fly however:
There were even Banjo stings offered in 2013 and 2014!
And as already shown, the Madeira by Guild Banjo:
Since Deering was mentioned:
There was a banjo manufacturer Vega in the past. The Vega company was founded in Boston back in 1881. Arguable the most popular Vega product at the time would be the 5-string banjo that was designed and also used by the noted folk singer Pete Seeger.
C.F.Martin acquired the Vega rights from the Bostonian Nelson Family in May of 1970. In March of 1979 C.F.Martin sold the Vega name to the Galaxy Trading Company of South Korea.
And in 1989, Vega (at least the Banjo rights) was bought by the Deering Banjo company which continued the storied history of Vega musical instruments.
Ralf
That looked like a self assembled one to me. So I have no further info about that one.That Guild banjo you show in the photo above, anyone know if it was an arched back???
Banjo's terrify me ever since I saw Burt Reynolds go on that canoe trip with his buddies.