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www.johnbalchmusic.com
Playing Since: 1973

Experience Level: Purty Good

jbalch has made 282 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.

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Created 11/28/2003
Last Visit 5/20/2013

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	jbalch replied to topic 'Ramsey, Reiter, Wildwood or ????' 5/20/2013 11:39:02 AM
	jbalch commented on a photo 'Two bookends' 5/20/2013 8:27:25 AM
	jbalch replied to topic 'Do the majority of you also play guitar?' 5/19/2013 7:26:35 PM
	jbalch replied to topic 'New videos by the Foggy Hogtown Boys-featuring Chris Coole and Chris Quinn' 5/19/2013 7:16:43 PM
	jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/19/2013 4:42:02 PM
	jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/19/2013 5:02:42 AM
	jbalch commented on a photo '(untitled)' 5/18/2013 7:30:02 PM
	jbalch commented on a photo '(untitled)' 5/18/2013 2:43:29 PM
	jbalch replied to topic 'New Brass Spunover Dobson Banjo-Uke' 5/18/2013 12:03:38 PM
	jbalch replied to topic 'A LUTHIERS LIFE' 5/18/2013 5:40:52 AM

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Hairy Goatskin on Galax 4 1 comment	Hairy Goatskin on Galax 3	Hairy Goatskin on Galax 2	Hairy Goatskin on Galax 1
Hairy goatskin head 1 comment	Goatskin head -rear photo	Hairy Goatskin Head	Menzies Calfskin head on banjo Uke 1 comment
1 comment			Bleached goatskin on a 1923 Gibson TB-junior 2 comments
Bill Miller vellum precessed skin head 2 comments	Bill Miller bleached Goat Skin	Bleached Calf Skin
	calfskin hide from Stern tanning 3 comments	calfskin hide from Stern tanning	1932 style 5 Mastertone w/ Stern tanning calfskin head
bleached calfskin from Menzies Instruments	bleached calfskin from Menzies Instruments w/my logo	Menzies non-bleached calfskin on Sagmoen banjo 2 comments	Compare skin heads
Calfskin on Reiter Galax-plus	Stern Tanning hide on 1929 Gibson TB-1 conversion		2 comments
2 comments	Bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies - patch 1 comment	Bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies bottom	Bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies top
in process			head tapping tool 1 comment
1 comment	Wade Mainer 2 comments	calfskin on a Buckbee	calfskin on another Buckbee
translucent calf on a Lange-made banjo	calfskin on an unmarked tenor	calfskin on a tenor	calf skin on a Bogen 5-string
calfskin on an Exclesior tenor conversion	Bill Miller vellum processed calfskin 1	Bill Miller vellum processed calfskin 2	Bill Miller vellum processed calfskin 3
	Dyed calfskin from Bill Miller	SS Stewart with head tucked inside rim	SS Stewart with head tucked inside rim closeup
			Pastor Harry;s flesh hoop spacer 2 comments

	Montgomery Wards skin head instructions	AMRAWCO 1955 ad	vellum processed calfskin on the ebony banjo
		3 comments
2 comments

			BANJO
BANJO HEAD ONLY	4 comments	bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies	bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies
bleached calfskin from Jeff Menzies			Guaranteed for Six Months
Milton G. Wolf brand		un-bleached goat hide	goat hide on banjo uke
goat hide on banjo uke	Goat hide on David Emery's tubaphone -rear of head	Goat hide on David Emery's tubaphone -drying	Goat hide on David Emery's tubaphone -finished 2 comments
	Goat hide on David Emery's tubaphone -top of head	Goat hide on David Emery's tubaphone -initial trim
Kleertone professional logo	Old Ludwig logo	natural goat skin from Jeff Menzies

	Jeff Menzies Goat hide on a Reiter Bacophone-Plus	Jeff Menzies unbleached goat hide mounted Feb 12 2012 2	Jeff Menzies unbleached goat hide mounted Feb 12 2012 3 2 comments
Jeff Menzies unbleached goat hide mounted Feb 12 2012 1	AMRAWCO head with double hoops	double hoops 2 comments	AMRAWCO head
Miller vellum-processed hide		watchmakers' pliers 6 comments
		2 comments	Natural Goat hide from Jeff Menzies
Mottled goat hide 5 comments	Natural Goat hide on a 1880s H. C. Dobson	Natural calfskin on a Dobson	Dobson rim and ring
Calfskin on an vintage H.C. Dobson - final trim		JDB head on an original H C Dobson	goatskin on an early H. C. Dobson 1
goatskin on an early H. C. Dobson 2	New goat hide on a very early Dobson 2 comments	sufficient room for the flesh hoop?	#143 11" stained goat
Stern Tanning Co head on Gibson tenor banjo	Stern Tanning Co head on Gibson tenor banjo	#162 for David Emery	#162 4-star Logo
3-star Natural Goat Hide	4-star Mottled \ Natual goat hide		#164 for David Emery's new Knowles banjo - back side
#164 for David Emery's new Knowles banjo	Stern Tanning calfskin March 12 2013	Mottled Goad hide March 16 2013	Coffee stained Goat Hide 4-star
12" natural goat hide (unstained)	Three star stained goat hide

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