Comment by thereallyniceman on April 13, 2009 at 6:38

Come on everyone "Three chairs for Jody"...

Hip Hip Hooray..Hip Hip...Hooray ........Wait a minute, there are four :)

Is this a competition to name the pegheads??

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 13, 2009 at 14:50

At last, someone noticed! Not a competition, but they are indeed real banjo peghead shapes, except one which which slightly deviates.

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 14, 2009 at 7:00

thereallyniceman wrote re chairs:

"Is this a competition to name the pegheads??"

OK, let's say it is. Anyone entrants?

Comment by Trapdoor2 on April 14, 2009 at 13:56

Offhand, I'd guess (left to right): Gibson, Fairbanks, Vega, Lange (Orpheum).

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 14, 2009 at 15:25

Well done. Two and and half out of three. Late 20s' Gibson inverted viol, on left, yup. The second from left is very close to the pattern on Whyte Laydie #7 and later high end Vegas but in fact was independently designed by Paul Hostetter before he had ever seen the shape on a banjo or on a picture of one. Third from left was on both Fairbanks and Vega and other banjos made by that shop. Far right is not Lange. Any one else?

Comment by Trapdoor2 on April 14, 2009 at 16:03

Actually, I would say that #2 is more of a Bacon style...almost exactly like this FF Pro:

Perhaps the last one is an ODE?

Comment by Jody Stecher on April 14, 2009 at 16:19

Ode: Bingo! And the winner is: Marc in Alabama. Now I have to think of a suitable prize.

Comment by Trapdoor2 on April 14, 2009 at 18:35

Hint: any of the banjos in question would do. ;-)

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