Andy Banjo
submitted 3/14/2011
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Submitter |
Hawgfiddle65 |
Overall Comments
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Have used Andy a few times for banjos and parts. Supplied me with tuners to restore my late mum's old banjolin and parts for converting other banjos .Sold me my lovely Goldtone BC350 (see the review on my page) .Great unbiased,objective advice. |
Overall Rating |
10 |
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Gold Tone Bob Carlin BC-350
submitted 9/24/2010
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Submitter |
Hawgfiddle65 |
Where Purchased |
Andy Perkins traditional Instruments (Andybanjo) |
Year Purchased |
2010 |
Price Paid |
695 (GBP)
historic exchange rates / currency converter
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Sound
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Rich full warm sound .Plenty of volume ,middle and bass tones,
Wide fingerboard is great and easy to get around
Smooth and easy to play no effort at all |
Sound Rating |
9 |
Setup
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well written set up instructions came with the instrument.Tape with crosses to mark bridge postion . Position was spot on. Great action .Have made no changes
Free capo spike installation |
Setup Rating |
10 |
Appearance
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Vey simple and tasteful, this was one of the reasons I bought this model,just reflects my taste.
A couple of very minor finish flaws , casting flash, glue marks, but you REALLY have to search for them!
I would change tuner buttons to ebony or matt black to match the lovely ebony fingerboard. But not in a great hurry! |
Appearance Rating |
9 |
Reliability
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Early days, looks pretty robust. Will let you know! |
Reliability Rating |
9 |
Customer Service
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Andy banjo 's servce was exemplary. Lots of pre-purchase questions answered prompmtly online. I live a long way from his work shop (600miles or so!). He even played a range of banjos to me over the speaker phone!
delivery was by FedEx who were to be frank ,very poor .They could not deliver the item in the time they promised .They should not offer their customers a service they cannot guarantee .Not a difficult thing todo .Arrived safely .
Update: A crack appeared on one of my tuner buttons and eventually prpagated and I needed to replace the button.Andy Perkins sent me a full set of buttons free of charge! Thanks Andy.
Andy Banjo 10 Fedex 2 |
Customer Service |
10 |
Components
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For the price I am very happy . The only thing I'd change is to matt black buttons . But that is a matter of taste
Update: Apparently the tuners have an unusual shaft size and alternatives are not available . Will have to be happy with what I have .I have no intentions of swapping tuners as they work to my satisfaction. |
Components Rating |
9 |
Overall Comments
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A good choice for that more ancient old timey sound. Not too punchy.This is my first decent banjo and hope we'll travel many miles together before one of use has to retire! |
Overall Rating |
9 |
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