prompted by watching  videos posted here I am unsure now of how my banjo should sound ! I recently acquired a sweet old Whyte Laydie which I am very pleased with and, I set it up to give some richness of sound I felt was lacking in my old Weaver, not too dissimilar to the sound I hear from Clarke Buehlings Bacon,' since he is the only person I have seen first hand really playing this style, its a good starting point for me and I am happy with what I have achieved with it however,  I have just watched a few videos here and, on youtube which to my ears sound more authentic, several by players using Weavers, it is my intent to post some of my own playing here using both of my nylon/classic banjos and get some feedback regarding their respective sounds, I am new to this so, my playing whilst ok is not brilliant and, I feel it would be helpful if Y'all could lend an ear and perhaps advise me. hope this is an acceptable use of this forum.

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Hello Nick.  Happy to join in and give feedback.  

I think the Weavers have a 'dry' sound with a strong bass - more plunky.  The whyte ladie banjo will have a brighter-tone.  A tubaphone would have even more resonance (I think Peter LaBau may play one?)

Here is a clip of Geoff Freed (from Black-tie Banjo) playing a Fairbanks no7: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/51486

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