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Playing Since: 1959

Experience Level: Purty Good

banjosam has made 19 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 

Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]

Occupation: Retired

Gender: Male

Age: 69

My Instruments:
A Gibson copy which I made with wreath peghead inlay and florentine fingerboard inlays, first quality archtop pot with Mitchels tone ring and tone ring mate: A curly maple flathead with a modified fingerboard which I got from Bill Sullivan, the pot is a Cox wood rim from First Quality, a 1933 Gibson prewar archtop with a Mitchels Tonering Mate and a brass flange and tension hoop which I got from Bob Cathey. An all curly maple banjo with 24 fret neck and Mitchels archtop tone ring and ToneRing Mate, with unplated brass flange and stretcher band (again from R. Cathey) with Christian symbol inlays (see my pictures), a Walnut banjo with rim, flange and stretcher band from FQMS and a Price tone ring with Christian inlays and ascending Christ on the peghead - got a semi-finished walnut neck from Melrose Music. Also a 1927 Epiphone Recording B. Originally a tenor that I made a 5-string neck for. East Indian Rosewood neck, Ebony fingerboard and Paua Abalone inlays.

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, Osborne Bros band, Blue Highway, Hot Rize, Pete Wernick, Allen Shelton, .....

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Created 10/17/2006
Last Visit 5/20/2013


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 banjosam replied to topic 'What kind of wood is this?' 5/19/2013 3:48:32 PM

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 banjosam replied to topic 'Gill resonators: Standard vs Pre-war style' 5/17/2013 8:30:29 PM

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 banjosam posted forum topic 'Gill resonators: Standard vs Pre-war style' 5/17/2013 1:59:56 PM

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 banjosam replied to topic 'Bronze/brass vrs. wood tone rings' 5/8/2013 4:43:24 PM

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 banjosam posted forum topic 'Iida truss rod thread size' 4/25/2013 2:58:54 PM

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 banjosam posted forum topic '5 star banjo head change?' 4/25/2013 9:57:22 AM

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 banjosam replied to topic 'Bronze powder' 4/24/2013 2:34:30 PM

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 banjosam posted a classified ad 'Banjo Newsletters' 4/22/2013 9:08:53 AM

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 banjosam replied to topic 'Butternut (white walnut) for banjo neck?' 4/13/2013 8:37:41 AM

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Fingerboard 1
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Gospel banjo peghead
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Fingerboard 2
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Gospel banjo resonator
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Back of Gospel Banjo
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Front of Gospel Banjo
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Granddaughter Grace 9 yrs old
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Grandson Sean 5 yrs old
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Grandson Bruno - 3 mo
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Hearts neck peghead
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Hearts Neck
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Hearts neck more detail
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Hearts neck more detail 2
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Bruno - April 2010
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Sean - April 2010 - almost 7
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Grace - May 2010 - 11 yrs old
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Old Gibson rim - dowel stick view
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Old Gibson rim - side view
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Gibson logo
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Old Gibson rim - another top view
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5 string guitar.
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New neck 6
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New neck 5
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New neck 1
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Epiphone Recording B tension hoop
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Epiphone Recording "B"
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Epiphone Recording "B"
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Epiphone Recording "B"
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A new neck for my walnut banjo
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Ascending Christ
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