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S.S. STEWART THOROUGHBRED
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 Have added some photographs of my Thoroughbred today as I'm struggling to find a replacement head for it. It is 12 & 5/8th ins diameter so if there's anyone who can help or give some advise I'd…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher Nov 2, 2022.

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Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"By the way, it may seem that this conversation is straying too far from the topic of "Classic Banjo".  The relevance is that most and possibly all techniques and styles of bluegrass and old-time banjo playing there is a precedent in…"
Nov 6, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"I guess by "down the neck" he meant what most players of string instruments call "up the neck".  There is a reason to chose open or closed strings, and lower or upper frets. The tone quality is different.  In the style…"
Nov 6, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"And now that I'm thinking about the old days when I was a teenager and first meeting banjo players I'm recalling that I even met a bluegrass banjo player or two who tuned a step up to A. This was the late 1950s and early to mid 1960s."
Nov 4, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Metal banjo strings in the first 2/3 of the 20th century were of a very light gauge so tuning up a 26 or 27 inch scale fretted banjo a step higher than indicated on the string packages did not lead to extremely high tension and did not…"
Nov 4, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Gibson banjos have various scales. The did make some with a 27 inch scale. Just over 26 is more typical.  The *fretted* banjos Creed made had the 26 and a quarter scale..  Fretless banjos have any scale the player wants. Just slide the…"
Nov 4, 2022
Joel Hooks commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Interesting Jody, I've only seen one Creed banjo in person and don't really know anything about them other than the construction left something to be desired. This website http://www.kylecreedbanjos.com/home.html  has a sales…"
Nov 4, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"To my way of thinking  the point of not performing elective surgery on a well-made beautiful antique instrument is just as Joel says: there will be no more of them made. I also think it is an aesthetic mistake.  The short A scale began as…"
Nov 4, 2022
Joel Hooks commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Yeah, but this is a "classic banjo" message board.   I don't know how prevalent scoops were in 1985.  I am also trying to narrow down exactly when the "A scale" hit the market, and I think it was after the…"
Nov 4, 2022
Trapdoor2 commented on William Joyce's photo
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"There are obviously other banjo people in the world besides classic banjo geeks and collectors. The current value of this type of banjo is low compared to modern "scooped" clawhammer banjos. Somebody considered it an…"
Nov 3, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Aaarrgh!  Not a good idea.  So much for my fantasy about why the high frets were short.  "
Nov 3, 2022
Joel Hooks commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Yes, autocorrect gamut. Yes, fretted all the way, this is a Stewart Thoroughbred. the scoop is clear as day, in the “s” pattern that was (fairly recently) designed by Kevin Enoch and copied by many (including whoever took a router to…"
Nov 3, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"I've enlarged the photo as large as it will go but I'm not seeing a scoop. Nothing dug out, no excavation. I see only one photo. Maybe there's another closeup that makes it clear that there is a scoop. What is the "playing…"
Nov 3, 2022
Joel Hooks commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Hey Jody,  I was asking why the scoop was added, I am curious what the thought process was when the decision was made to deface a high end classic era banjo and reduce the playing gaunt.  "
Nov 3, 2022
Jody Stecher commented on William Joyce's photo
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"If you're talking about the fretless area at the pot end of the fingerboard, is this not original (not how it left SSS factory)?  15 frets for all strings, 16 frets for strings 1,2, and 3, and 17 frets for strings 1 and 2. Perhaps the…"
Nov 2, 2022
Joel Hooks commented on William Joyce's photo
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"Why add the "scoop"?"
Nov 2, 2022
Jody Stecher replied to William Joyce's discussion S.S. STEWART THOROUGHBRED
"Bob Smakula in West Virginia stocks many odd sized mounted heads as well as flat vellums of all sizes to be soaked and stretched, and at low prices: http://www.smakula.com/BanjoHeads.html Sometimes Elderly in Lansing Michigan stocks or can get…"
Nov 2, 2022

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