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Where Purchased: Frettted Instr. B'ham AL
Year Purchased: 2001
Price Paid: 280 ($US)
Great little learner banjo. Sound is good for a banjo of this price level.
likes-plays good. Rosewood fretboard, good fretwork and intonation.
dislikes-guitar tuners work good, but prefer look of planets. tension hoop and hooks pretty low quality. Dual cord. rods for easy fine tuning of set up.
Sound Rating: 7
Set up was acceptable stock. Easy playing action, no buzzes.. Replaced 1/2 stock bridge with 5/8 Cotton Mill. Tightened head to max. tension and added med. strings. Added resonator pruchase direct from goldtone. This acheived max. volume and tone for bluegrass.
Setup Rating: 9
Maple, rosewood board. Neck and rim glued up from multiple pieces, but to be expected in this price range.
Appearance Rating: 7
would prefer a little higher quality hooks and tension hoop, but ok for price.
Reliability Rating: 7
Great shop specilizing in bluegrass and old time music.
Customer Service: 10
wish I had got planet tuners(for the looks only)
see reliability for comments.
edit: Changed this to a 9.
After actually owning a banjo with good planets. I've changed my mine.
Guitar tuners are not nearly as fussy, they are much easier to deal with than planets.To heck with the looks. Save your money.
My next banjo, prob a Nechville of Stealth, will have guitar tuners on a radiused tunneled neck!
Components Rating: 9
Yes. Good banjo foir the price.
Having upgraded my bluegrass banjo to a ibson, plan to keep as a frailer, knock around banjo.
Overall Rating: 8
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