New Banjeaurine - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T14:09:18Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/new-banjeaurine?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks for clearing that up,…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-02-13:2667446:Comment:1419352020-02-13T21:30:53.951ZPär Engstrandhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/PaerEngstrand
<p>Thanks for clearing that up, Joel. It makes sense. I wasn't thinking of that. Also good for me to keep in mind if I ever want to buy a Banjeaurine. I would have been looking for one with 22 frets... :-)</p>
<p>"Strings got better in the mid 1890"</p>
<p>I thought strings got worse since they stopped making them by hand and introduced machines to do the job? Or did that happen a few decades earlier and the machines (and the procedure) had already gotten better by mid 90s?</p>
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<p>Thanks for clearing that up, Joel. It makes sense. I wasn't thinking of that. Also good for me to keep in mind if I ever want to buy a Banjeaurine. I would have been looking for one with 22 frets... :-)</p>
<p>"Strings got better in the mid 1890"</p>
<p>I thought strings got worse since they stopped making them by hand and introduced machines to do the job? Or did that happen a few decades earlier and the machines (and the procedure) had already gotten better by mid 90s?</p>
<p>"I feel that false strings were the biggest factor in people like SSS promoting frettless banjos for so long."</p>
<p>Interesting theorie. I've never thought about that but it does make sense. I like a frettles banjo for some things but up the neck, one simply doesn't get such a clear sounding tone as with a fretted banjo. Or at least I don't. With a better technique it might be possible. That's why I never understod why frettless instruments was still produced in such numbers so late. The advantage with a frettles is of course a flexible intonation.</p>
<p></p> Because past the 15th on this…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-02-12:2667446:Comment:1418122020-02-12T19:18:54.042ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Because past the 15th on this banjo the frets pretty much become useless for anything other than picking out single notes in a clumsy fashion. No position playing above the 13th.<br></br><br></br>Or there is the other reason-- before rectifying and flexible varnishes strings were often untrue. The higher registers showed this the most. To prevent the constant complaints of "my banjo is fretted wrong" when a false string was installed, manufactures only put on 20 fret necks or less (most often…</p>
<p>Because past the 15th on this banjo the frets pretty much become useless for anything other than picking out single notes in a clumsy fashion. No position playing above the 13th.<br/><br/>Or there is the other reason-- before rectifying and flexible varnishes strings were often untrue. The higher registers showed this the most. To prevent the constant complaints of "my banjo is fretted wrong" when a false string was installed, manufactures only put on 20 fret necks or less (most often 19). That solved the problem of complaints.<br/><br/>Strings got better in the mid 1890s and SSS introduced the three octave neck (well-- reintroduced it as he had written in the late 1870s that banjos should have 22 raised frets). Others copied.</p>
<p>I feel that false strings were the biggest factor in people like SSS promoting frettless banjos for so long.<br/> <br/> <cite>Pär Engstrand said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/new-banjeaurine?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment141809"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Lovely indeed!</p>
<p>I wonder why they didn't make it a full 22 frets? Looks like there could be enough space.</p>
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</blockquote> Lovely indeed!
I wonder why t…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-02-12:2667446:Comment:1418092020-02-12T17:12:24.985ZPär Engstrandhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/PaerEngstrand
<p>Lovely indeed!</p>
<p>I wonder why they didn't make it a full 22 frets? Looks like there could be enough space.</p>
<p>Lovely indeed!</p>
<p>I wonder why they didn't make it a full 22 frets? Looks like there could be enough space.</p>