Visit TrueFire.com

Blog

Music

Photos

View banjosam's Homepage

Reviews

Classifieds


View banjosam's Homepage

Read banjosam's Bio

Contact banjosam

You must sign into your myHangout account in order to contact banjosam.
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, .....

Classified Rating: 0
Rate this Member

Profile Info:
Visible to: Public
Created 10/17/2006
Last Visit 5/19/2013


MyFeed

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

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

Click for Details

 banjosam posted forum topic 'Butternut (white walnut) for banjo neck?' 4/13/2013 7:44:46 AM

< Previous Photo      Next Photo >
Click for Large Version

 

Posted 2/14/2011 5:53:17 PM

View All Photos In This Album


Be the first to comment on “Untitled Photo”

You must sign into your myHangout account before you can post comments.


View All Photos In This Album



Copyright Notice:
The Banjo Hangout myHangout photo albums were created to allow members to post photos which 1) they own the copyrights to, or 2) which are non-copyrighted. Please respect others by not posting their copyrighted images. Photos posted in violation of this notice may be removed by the webmaster without prior notice, and may result in a locking of your myHangout account. Read complete copyright policy.

You are not logged in.
Log In


Not a member? Create an Account (FREE!)



1847 BANJO LOVERS ONLINE

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