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Should this have a "Buyer Beware" warning?

This  UK Ebay banjo is described as a 1920's Clifford Essex XX Special.    Is this 100% Special XX? What do you think? CE XX SPECIAL ON UK…

Started by thereallyniceman

2 Aug 21, 2013
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Victory Rag (1921) James Scott

Here's another one that needs a touch of  'Van Eps fingers'. On the piano there's lots of quick alternating left and right hand phrasing an…

Started by Steve Harrison

1 Aug 17, 2013
Reply by Trapdoor2

Well, here is a rare, rare recording by Mr. H. Clarke!

Only recently made available, this extremely rare Berliner Record (No 6324) of Mendelssohn’s Concerto on banjo, was recorded in London on 8…

Started by thereallyniceman

7 Aug 16, 2013
Reply by Richard William Ineson

String and head advice

Hello all, I'm writing for a bit of advice. I'm within a month of taking delivery of my Clifford Essex Weaver banjo, and I'd like a bit of…

Started by Michael Hughes

17 Aug 15, 2013
Reply by Mike Moss

A recording by Vess Ossman and Parke Hunter

Here is another, rarely heard, recording by the Masters of Classic Banjo, Vess Ossman and Parke Hunter. This is a 1904 recording entitled “…

Started by thereallyniceman

3 Aug 15, 2013
Reply by thereallyniceman

Finger pics for clawhammer style

I am just starting down the road of e learning clawhammer style banjo having played guitar and ukulele for many years. I am interested in a…

Started by Andrew Sherry

8 Aug 15, 2013
Reply by Trapdoor2

Super "Efficiency" from Steve Harrison

James Scott's  1917 "Efficiency Rag"  as requested by Marc Smith :-) Steve's Classic Banjo arrangement of the score has now been added to t…

Started by thereallyniceman

3 Aug 13, 2013
Reply by Steve Harrison

What about these folks?

I have had a lot of fun thanks to the banjo tutorials that I have been using all these months. However I wasn´t be able to find informatio…

Started by German David Patarroyo

0 Aug 13, 2013

YET MORE! "Evergreen" Ragtime from James Scott

It is good that at least Steve and I share the love of Ragtime banjo and it is difficult to beat the James Scott compositions. Not my fav…

Started by thereallyniceman

3 Aug 11, 2013
Reply by Trapdoor2

"Frog Legs Rag" for Classic Banjo

Here is another superb ragtime piece composed by James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1885 – August 30, 1938).  This was Scott’s first co…

Started by thereallyniceman

3 Aug 8, 2013
Reply by Steve Harrison

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