"Why not just enjoy the banjo for what it is? Why do people feel the need to 'push the instrument and the instrumentalist to their very limit'? I decided to learn to play what is now known as 'classic banjo' c 1960 when I…"
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Fred Van Eps birthday December 30th 1878
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Started this discussion. Last reply by thereallyniceman Dec 31, 2024.
Possible Weaver banjo for restoration on Ebay
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There is a banjo with a few Weaver characteristics on EBay the number is 167047143629. The starting price is £39.99 which might be too much…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson Nov 1, 2024.
J.A. Turner banjo list
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Hooks Aug 8, 2024.
Old banjo string box
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson May 3, 2024.
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"I wonder what you would have said if I had posted these photographs and claimed that these banjos were 'much inspired by Weaver'?"
"And finally, I hope, here is a CE Special that was definitely not mad e by Alfred Weaver CE%20Sp%20whoop%20int.jpg"
"Never draw conclusions until you have examined the evidence, what I said was, " the neck and tailpiece look to be made by Weaver but the 'hoop', 'pot', look to be by another maker." I didn't say…"
"Thanks for drawing my attention to the 'New Era Deluxe' in one of Tsumura's books. I've only got the big one so I might be forgiven for this error if it's in the small one as I haven't seen a copy of that book for many…"
"There are a lot of banjo manufacturers featured in this monumental book, too many to list here, In addition there are photographs of many banjos which are not attributed to any maker. Clifford Essex is represented by a section devoted to…"
"This is what you said,
"Now that I have calmed down a bit, I'd like to circle back to the OP. Richard, I'd like to establish a timeline. You seem to be proposing that with the Metal Hoop Specials, the timeline of…"
"It's a big book, it cost $500 in 1993, JAT has one for sale at £600, 904 pages, 3000 pics, celebrated pictorial anthology of Japan’s foremost vintage banjo collector, also includes other fretted delights (mandolins, ukuleles,…"
"It's a curious thing but despite Weaver banjos being played by all of the leading banjo players during the classic banjo boom say, from around 1870 (this date is debatable) until around 1930 ish (also debatable), including Joe Morley, Charlie…"
"Please accept my apologies for making these 'silly' remarks. I'll find something to comment upon which is more suited to my limited intellectual capacity. "
"Again, this maple banjo is stamped 'CE Special' and again the neck and tailpiece look to be made by Weaver but the 'hoop', 'pot' look to be by another maker. "
"This banjo is stamped 'CE Special'. As I said, "Weaver's name does not appear (in my experience) on any of the banjos made by him for the CE Co, and and which are normally designated as the 'Special' model…"
"As I said, Weaver banjos made for the CE Co, are normally designated as the CE 'Special' model, but don't bear Weaver's name. The model, which in my opinion was made by the Barnes Brothers was the 'Professional' model."
"I'v never seen an old copy of a Weaver banjo and I've never seen an illustration of a Weaver copy offered for sale by any maker until John Alvey Turner bought the remaining Weaver stock and the right to use the name, when Weaver retired in…"
"Joel, I am a big fan of Bluegrass music, (since the Clampett TV series in the 1960s) Bluegrass banjo, Old Time banjo, Frailing banjo etc. and have a large collection of tapes, LPs, CDs of this kind of music. I say this because I don't want…"
"I was just repeating the original questions - 'So how many people actually play this style or even know about it?', as I am curious to know the answers to them and the discussion seems to have drifted away somewhat on to other…"
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Clifford Essex Cup Winners 1994, Pat Doyle, Mike Redman, Me and Alf Brimble
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 13:00
Me accompanying Jody Stecher playing 'Cupid's Arrow' at Backwell some years ago
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 12:38 — 1 Comment
A very rare tenor banjo for sale on Ebay
Posted on April 16, 2018 at 14:30 — 6 Comments
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- At 7:19 on February 14, 2017,
thereallyniceman said…
Welcome (again) to Ning,Richard! I see that you have re-registered using your new email address, thank you and we look forward to posts from Richard 2
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Ian
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