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Being satisfied with what you have and being cured of MAS are two very different things. I’ve had my A5 for over 13 years and my F5 for 7-ish now. But when I was in Nashville recently I went to...

I treat them like tools, and return them to their respective home so it’ll be easy to find when I need them again. They get maintained as needed.

They don’t get pampered but they are respected.

I'm a big fan but haven't been able to get all the way through it yet.

I have appreciated everything Chris Thile has done up to now, and of course I am sure he will continue to create incredible music. But this new album was lacking in so many ways. There just aren't...

I saw the news about today being the ninth anniversary of Levon Helm's passing, and rather than start a thread about him, thought I'd bump up one. This is it - lots of wonderful stuff in here. What a...

There's a question I've never seen asked. I searched the archives here but couldn't find it - let me know if there's a link to a past discussion...

Gibson Snakehead As from 1923-25 are highly...

Not sure I get it either....

Michael-
Gold EVO. Is there anything else?

This one left this afternoon for Olympia, WA. Sorry the pictures aren't better. This is the first 2 pt. ff-hole I've made. Red spruce, red maple. It sounds just fine.
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The rims of the A models are deeper than the F2,4,5 which may account for the greater bass.
A model rims are 1-1/2” deep
F model rims are 1-3/8” deep

Mark

I would second the recommendation of Steve Gerritsen and his Stone Banjo Company (good website). I bought a new banjo from Steve as a birthday present for my wife. It cost about $800 delivered, and...

and i've over spent my stay on your thread so i'll leave now. i apologize.
i enjoy folks "finding" the open back banjo.

one last adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GuT5c0_ncQ
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some neat open back moments, Meredith Moon has taken her Goodtime all over the earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H6IUQqG_U4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H6IUQqG_U4
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I know it’s been a bad winter. Running out of firewood?

Full disclosure: my grandmother was a claw hammer player:)

i know you didn't ask for a lot of the above info, but, i had a few minutes and wanted to offer some info on the WVa style and the living link of Dwight(i haven't checked in on him since probably...

if you really want to go and do it right from the start:
https://www.elderly.com/products/chuck-lee-rose-hill-11-openback-banjo-integral-wood-tone-ring

wood tone rings(no metal tone ring), can...

I currently have a 12" Pisgah Dobson (26 1/4"sacle) nut width is 1 3/8", an 11" OME XXX made in 1973(26 1/4" scale), and a short scale State banjo that was built in the 1920's to which I added a 5th...

I am sure you got good advice above on new or newish banjos. I started playing old time music back when there were very few new banjo makers so the main source of open back 5-strings were old ones...

Mike, for dipping your toes in, I don’t think you need to sweat choosing pot size and scale length. With it’s reduced string tension and single course strings, the banjo is a bit more forgiving on...

Mike,

Any of those banjos that you mention are great. I'd skip the Deering, unless you are going to look at their upper-level models. If you are used to playing really nice instruments (and I...

I also like the sound of a 12" pot, but I like 1 1/4" nut. I don't like that wide of a nut on a mandolin, but do on a banjo. Then I like 1 3/4" on a guitar too.

I had a Pisgah Wonder. 25.5” scale, 11” pot. It was a gorgeous instrument with flamed maple that highly appealed to these mandolin eyes! I liked the shorter scale. I think I would have preferred the...

Don't forget nut width. 1-3/8" nut is a lot easier to play in my opinion. I can only tell you my preferences which are 25.5" scale, 1-3/8" nut width, and 12" pot(which not only sounds better to me,...

Well, new to me, anyway. This is a 1916 A-4, cherry sunburst finish. She's a perfect match for my 1916 H-2 mandola, one of the main reasons for making the effort. Another reason was the bling - I've...

The tune is called "Sage Fields," and the video footage is from the 1987 Central Sun Video VHS release "Planet Riders."
As far as I know, the tune has not been released anywhere else. Norman wrote...