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New child arriving soon...must prepare a hiding spot.

Yes, I've bought yet another banjo. =:^O

I'll post pix when she arrives...but given she is swimming over from the UK, I don't expect her for a fortnight. I need to somehow assimilate her into the collection w/o making much of a fuss...otherwise the local gendarmarie will be digging up my backyard looking for my remains. ;-)

I had my eye on her prior to the Nashville Collectors Gathering but a more-than-positive response from an offhand query to Eli Kaufman pushed me 'over the edge'.

I won't tell you her name, but her address is "15a Grafton" and she is probably in her 80's...though she is reportedly in excellent health and retains much (if not all) of her youthful appearance. I guess we'll see when she arrives!

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Permalink Reply by Sylvia on December 2, 2010 at 9:35

She looks great, and seriously, I agree with the guys, that tailpiece looks good...... and ...... loved your cat,loads of ahhhh factor there.
Trapdoor2 said:

I've been down with a cold as well...haven't had one in about 20 yrs and this one hit me hard. I missed Thanksgiving...finally got a good night's sleep last night. Feeling much better today...esp. with the new CE to help my spirits!

I gave her a quick bath and brush up, yanked off the steel strings, re-installed the wedges (they fell out during shipping) and put on a set of CE guts. The bridge was an old Grover "no tip"...but broken where they usually break, in the middle. I put a 1/2" Cole-type (my favorite) on it and have been playing her for about 15 minutes.

She sounds quite good, lots of "presence". Playing is easy as the action is quite low, maybe a bit too low...I dunno. I'll experiment with a 5/8" bridge later. Her neck is quite smooth, though a bit stouter than my Flesher. I've never minded a heavy neck, so that is not an issue.

She's a "keeper" for sure. She looks like she's never been played much, fret wear is noticeable on the first two (1st and 2nd string) but nowhere else.

More as I we get acquainted...

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on December 2, 2010 at 15:57

See, I knew the gendarmerie would show up!

Interesting, Marc. I noticed that the vellum appeared to have been "cleaned", there are streaks in it from the process.

Ah well, he did a nice job of cleaning her up. Kept me from doing the job!

marc dalmasso said:

here ' s captain Dalmasso from the French ' police ; the banjo was a first time on ebay : april 13 _2010 ; your seller buyed it with a Bj uke ; then he washed it and he washed the backside of the vellum and moved it in a different position
; why ?