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Has anyone explored the world of the early guitar-banjos, or banjo-guitars (not a 5-string banjo with an extra bass string). Bill's Banjos has a nice Fairbanks and Cole from 1881:
http://www.billsbanjos.com/F&Cguitarbanjo.htm
Was there any solo repertoire, or was it used mainly in the ensemble/orchestra setting for accompaniment?
I know they became very popular for early jazz guitar players, the increased volume helping them be heard against trumpets, and so on. But what about the period before that, say 1880-1920 - what were players doing with them?
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Oh dear...can some kind person buy this for me and give me it as a Christmas present?
http://bernunzio.com/products/1117764
Looks very nice indeed...
Do it Rob... you know it makes sense! It is at a reduced too... just think what a bargain it is.
Oh, and how good it would sound, how nice it looks and what a great profit you could make if you ever sold it.
Well, those arguments usually convince me when I am suffering from BAS (Banjo Acquisition Syndrome)
;-)
Well, I hope someone here buys it. I dread it might end up with a guitar strummer...I'd have to sell something first, and I fear it will go fairly quickly before I get the chance. Can't complain, I have a killer 5-string!
Typically guitar-banjos seem to sit around a shop for a few years before they are sold. They are inevitably strung with steel, usually of too heavy a gauge and the sound is bound down and will not fly forth so customers don't know what to do with them. Retrofret.com has 4 of them at the moment including a Yosco that is well worth a look. I'd be slightly wary of a 14 inch Orpheum. The big Orpheums can sound very good if set up Just So but they can also be unfocussed and blurry sounding.
Rob MacKillop said:
I fear it will go fairly quickly before I get the chance.
Hmm...nice harp guitar on the retrofret site...goes nice with a banjo...
Nah...it's not going to happen. No money. No fun.
Wow, I love that Yosco @ retrofret. I've been sniffing about for a Yosco tenor to convert to 5-string...but that "colossal" guitar-banjo is too cool. I can imagine it strung/tuned as a bari.
impossible ; i already have a Yosco cello 14 ' ; Rob Mc killop ' model
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