Blog

Music

Photos

Videos

View jbalch's Homepage

Reviews

Classifieds


View jbalch's Homepage

Read jbalch's Bio

Contact jbalch

You must sign into your myHangout account in order to contact jbalch.
www.johnbalchmusic.com
Playing Since: 1973

Experience Level: Purty Good

jbalch has made 278 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 

Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]

Occupation: Sales

Gender: Male

Age: 55

My Instruments:
Anything I can get my hands on...I love them all!  We are living in the "Golden Age" of acoustic instruments.

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
In no partiular order: Tim Obrien, Dirk Powell, Bruce Molsky, Dan Gellert, Joe Newberry, Bob Carlin, Riley Baugus, Mark Johnson, Mark Schatz, Stuart Duncan, John Hartford, Jim Wood, Daniel Carwile, Arnie Naiman, Reed Martin, Adam Hurt...Bobby Thompson, Charlie Cushman, Noam Pikelny, Jim Mills, Ron Block, Alan O'bryant, Rob McCoury, Allison Brown, Tony Furtado, Bela Fleck,The Jack Pearson Band.

Classified Rating: +26
Rate this Member

Profile Info:
Visible to: Public
Created 11/28/2003
Last Visit 5/18/2013


MyFeed

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/18/2013 5:40:52 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/17/2013 6:13:00 PM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'Ramsey, Reiter, Wildwood or ????' 5/17/2013 6:13:10 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'Ramsey, Reiter, Wildwood or ????' 5/17/2013 5:03:48 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/16/2013 6:59:57 PM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'Ramsey, Reiter, Wildwood or ????' 5/16/2013 6:42:58 PM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'best slow (sad?) clawhammer songs or players?' 5/16/2013 8:36:59 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'best slow (sad?) clawhammer songs or players?' 5/16/2013 7:38:38 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch uploaded a photo 'Pop Campbell 1923' 5/16/2013 3:36:53 AM

Click for Details

 jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/16/2013 3:34:47 AM

jbalch's Photo Album


1923 Gibson TB-JR


1925 Bacon & Day Silver Bell #2


1927 B&D Silver Bell #1 19-fret


1927 Vega Whyte Laydie 11 13/16" Tenor


1929 Gibson TB-1 conversion


Bacon & Day Gordon banjo


Bacon & Day Silver Bell #1


Bacon & Day Special #2


Baldwin Style B


Banjo Heads


Barratt for J. Whittner


Bart Reiter 12" Grand Concert 909


Bart Reiter 12" rim Internal Resonator


Bart Reiter Bacophone Plus 2012


Bart Reiter custom Grand Concert A-scale


Bart Reiter Galax-Plus


Bart Reiter Grand Concert #1143


Bart Reiter sisters 1143 & 1144


Bart Reiter Tubaphone


Bill Miller dyed calfskin head


Bill Rickard 12" Dobson tone ring


Bob Campbell banjo


Bridges


clawhammer picks


Clip on Resonator


Cubley banjo


Dan Knowles Cavaquinho


Doc Watson's Gallagher guitar


Ebony Banjo by Dan Knowles


Enoch Dobson


Excelsior 5-string to Tenor conversion


Frank Neat Kentucky


Frank Neat RB1 copy


Gold Star GF-85 SN 030065 SOLD


Goose Acres T-12


Goshen Banjo by Dan Knowles


Groton mandolin B&D (Regal)


H. C. Dobson 1881


IBMA 2008


internal mute


JB Bonefaas banjo (sold)


Kalamazoo Senior Guitar


Kay banjo with Bill Miller DYED head


Lange-Made


Leedy Collegian


Lyon & Healy Washburn Tenor


Mandolin Banjo


Menzies Tackhead custom


Norman and Nancy Blake


Old Parlor Guitar


players and bands


Premounted African Goat Hide heads


Premounted Hide Heads - Examples


Premounted Hide Heads for sale


Recording King Archtop Guitar c:1930s


Regal Wendell Hall Teeviola UKE


Sheepskin banjo head stuffer


Slingerland May Bell


Stewart & Bauer Monogram


Sunray Tenor banjo


Tailpieces


The Bobby Thompson /Rual Yarbrough Buckbee


Tommy George Banjo Uke


U King banjo ukulele


Uncle Dave Macon barn wood bench


Uncle Dave Macon Days


Uncle Dave Macon Days 2011


Vega Little Wonder tenor


Vega Style R tenor banjo 11 13/16" rim


Wayne Sagmoen #53


Weymann


Williams Kenny Ingram model #5


Wunder Banjo Co #162

   

Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
5 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Be Thou My Vision TAB
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Bart Reiter Grand Concert 1987
3 comments
Click to Enlarge
MayBell 3
Click to Enlarge
MayBell 2
Click to Enlarge
MayBell 1
Click to Enlarge
Chuck Lee Heel
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Gibson Pyramid tone ring
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Melody Banjo Neck
Click to Enlarge
Tubaphone banjolin
5 comments
Click to Enlarge
Wayne Sagmoen banjo neck detail
Click to Enlarge
Wayne Sagmoen Banjo
Click to Enlarge
Fairbanks Imperial Electric
Click to Enlarge
Chuck Lee Rose Hill headstock
Click to Enlarge
Chuck lee Rose Hill rim
Click to Enlarge
Maple Special Headstock
Click to Enlarge
Maple Special Rim
Click to Enlarge
Ramsey maple Special
Click to Enlarge
1915 Vega Tubaphone (Knowles neck)
Click to Enlarge
Menzies Tackhead Grainmeasure
Click to Enlarge
3 comments
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
3 comments
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Fairbanks Patent tone ring
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Washburn Melody Banjo
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
little wonder heel
Click to Enlarge
tubaphone heel
Click to Enlarge
Vega style K
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Lavalier Mic mount for dowelstick openback
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
5 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Rare mahogany Internal Resonator by Bart Reiter
5 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Gibson TB2 pyramid ring
Click to Enlarge
Gibson TB2 Pyramid TR
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Luscomb dowel stick
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
monogram on banjo by W E Stratton
Click to Enlarge
Slingerland MayBell
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
ring roller repair
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
ring roller
3 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
BASSO road bike
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Dixie Dewdrop Classic
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
homemade strap attachment
Click to Enlarge
homemade strap
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Rare mahogany Internal resonator by Bart Reiter
6 comments
Click to Enlarge
Old Style dowel stick tag
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Pastor Harry's Gibson
Click to Enlarge
Pastor Harry's instruments
Click to Enlarge
Slingerland rim
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Bacon rim w/ neck installed & finished by DKnowles
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Snuffy Jenkins - Carolina Bluegrass
Click to Enlarge
Suzuki tuners on Washburn melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
George Washburn Lyon & Healy Melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
George Washburn Lyon & Healy Melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
George Washburn Lyon & Healy Melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
George Washburn Lyon & Healy Melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
ACRI and Blue Chip
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Blaylock Tone Ring mark
Click to Enlarge
3 comments
Click to Enlarge
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Vega style K melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
Vega style K melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
Vega style K melody banjo
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Thomas Balch stained glass
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
1960s Yamaha Dynamic Guitar S-70
Click to Enlarge
1960s Yamaha Dynamic Guitar S-70
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Pitt Brand by B&D
5 comments
Click to Enlarge
Pitt Brand by B&D
2 comments
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
David's Romero
Click to Enlarge
David's Romero 0671
Click to Enlarge
Stern Head on SSS Throughbred
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
New Stern Head on SSS Throughbred
Click to Enlarge
SSS
1 comment
Click to Enlarge
Cole Rim
Click to Enlarge
12" GOAT~ coffee stained & mottled
Click to Enlarge
11" GOAT~ coffee stained & mottled
Click to Enlarge
11" GOAT ~ coffee stained & mottled
Click to Enlarge
11" GOAT ~ natural - off-white
Click to Enlarge
11" CALF ~ semi-translucent & mottled
Click to Enlarge
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Click to Enlarge
Mt. Carmel Sign
Click to Enlarge
Thomas McElhiney's clock

You are not logged in.
Log In


Not a member? Create an Account (FREE!)



2174 BANJO LOVERS ONLINE

HOME | FORUMS | MEMBERS | MEDIA ARCHIVE | TABS & LESSONS | CLASSIFIEDS | REVIEWS | LINKS | CALENDAR | STORE | TERMS OF USE