banjopa Says:
Saturday, August 27, 2011 @6:12:42 PM

The banjo I first learned to play on was a Gibson Trapdoor tenor, but the first banjo I played in public was this one!

RUBY2 Says:
Saturday, August 27, 2011 @11:56:28 PM

Hi Steve
Oh, did you own the Epiphone or just borrow it?

BANJOKAZ Says:
Friday, October 28, 2011 @11:48:18 PM

Hi Richard, you look like the cat who got the cream !!! When are you putting up a video so we can hear it ?

RUBY2 Says:
Saturday, October 29, 2011 @2:55:16 AM

Hi John
Yes, I am a lucky boy :-))
Let you know when I have something up to speed to post.
So your getting the Vega M off Alan then ? Cool!
Ta
Richard

BANJOKAZ Says:
Saturday, October 29, 2011 @9:32:42 AM

Hi Richard, yeah the transaction has been completed and should arrive Tuesday. Cant wait to get my hands on it !
Thanks for your help,
John

RUBY2 Says:
Saturday, October 29, 2011 @11:03:17 AM

Hi John
Great stuff!
Glad you are giddy to get it. It does look very nice.
Alan is a smashing chap, he has been ever so helpful. When the courier dropped my Vega on delivery it broke the resonator.
Alan had the resonator sent for repair and it came back looking like new. The tortoise binding had been replaced and the split wood. The luthier he uses is a magician.
I am sure you will be very happy with it.
Let us know how you get on with your new lady.
Ta
Richard

RUBY2 Says:
Saturday, October 29, 2011 @1:22:58 PM

Just taken another look at the M, changing my view from that's 'nice' to 'beautiful' ;-)

banjopa Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @11:20:28 AM

Richard,
It was my Dad's, I used it until we were in too much competition to use just the one in the house! He bought me a brand new Baldwin for my birthday in 1966. I had just turned 16.

BANJOKAZ Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:05:50 PM

Yeah, the M does look beautiful ! A friend of mine bought one in the 70`s for 40 quid !!! Bit of a price hike nowadays !!

BANJOKAZ Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:07:20 PM

Yeah, the M does look beautiful ! A friend of mine bought one in the 70`s for 40 quid !!! Bit of a price hike nowadays !!

BANJOKAZ Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:09:58 PM

Woops,sent that again. Any thoughts on the best gauge string set up for the M ?

RUBY2 Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:11:07 PM

Hi Steve.
Lol. That's funny :-)
I can just imagine the 'it's my go, no its my go' and so on.
Don't you still have your Baldwin?

RUBY2 Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:16:38 PM

Hi John
Blimey 40! Still I was only born in 74 so doubt I could have purchased one then. Lol.

RUBY2 Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:23:33 PM

Hi John.
When I had my 17 Fret Goodtime, I used the same gauge on that as I do on My pro and these are the same gauges as Steve and I use on our Vega Pro's.
To be fair to Alan. I am not sure of what gauges he puts on for a Jazz set up but I didn't change the Pro strings straight away and also still have the same strings on the Epi that Alan supplied it with.
The gauges I buy are :- 30,24,13,10
I get them directly from Newtone as they will sell you them in these gauges.
I think 6 sets are about 36.
Ta
Richard

banjopa Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @12:31:04 PM

Yes! I still have the Baldwin and use it on all my outdoor gigs. I even used it this weekend at the banjofest. I keep her in good shape. We had a bad snow storm last night. Leaves are not off the trees yet, so there were a lot of power outages here. Lots of limbs came down and took wires with them.

BANJOKAZ Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @1:15:00 PM

Hi Richard, yeah I`ll just have to experiment with the 17 fret set up. So you still have the open back Pro ? Beautiful looking banjo.
Cheers,John

RUBY2 Says:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @1:33:03 PM

Hi John
I have a 16 fret Vega Little Wonder
19 fret vega Pro (with resonator)
19 fret Epiphone Recording A
Hmmmm, what next. Lol. I wish!
New Camera for Julie ;-)

Dogface Says:
Saturday, February 4, 2012 @8:45:31 AM

I truly lust for a Recording A. Don't care at all for the other models though...

RUBY2 Says:
Saturday, February 4, 2012 @8:51:56 AM

I've just got a renaissance head and a Dan Goodrich tailpiece for it Mark so I can take a little of the brightness off and lessen the sustain a bit. Once I get the action with the new head how I like it I will also get a Kat Eyz bridge with a little more weight than the one I have on the Vega Pro. At the moment the banjo rings for so long you could go make a cup of tea and come back and it would be still ringing lol