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THE "C.E. SPECIAL" IN AUCTION.
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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2
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All I gotta say is that my Special is the best banjo I've ever owned. Full stop!
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Permalink Reply by TONY BRYAN
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I can't argue with the merits of the CE Special - I wouldn't part with mine. But bitter experience has taught me that buying any instrument on line is a very risky business. I am just not interested in any instrument that I can't pick up, look over and - ideally - tune up and play. I would estimate that half of my on-line buys have been unplayable by any serious player. They are mostly too warped to tune properly, the action has become impossibly high and can't be adjusted, the original frets have been replaced with guitar gauge frets or the refretting has just been badly done (one otherwise acceptable genuine Weaver was originally fretless and had been refretted with what looked like random or very approximate fret spacings - ruined!).
If this one is available for viewing (in Cambridge?) we could all benefit from someone going over there and giving it the once-over. Any volunteers?
Regards
Tony
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