Checking Longworth's book, I think it's a Style 1, which started in 1898 with 18 ribs in the back, went to 20 in 1904 -- when the pickguard inlay was...
According to the printed specs, the Adam Black at least has a solid spruce top -- heat-pressed, not carved (not as good) -- laminated maple back and...
There was a minor vogue for wood-topped tenor "banjos" before WWII; the best-known was the Paramount Tenor Harp, but Weymann also made a wood-topped...
Stood all the time when I played bluegrass, in bar band(s), mostly when playing Celtic or klezmer. When I got into concertina, found that it's mucho...
Jay's a fine mandolinist; he gave a mandolin workshop at our Turtle Hill Folk Festival here in 2019. He devoted the workshop to working out sections...
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