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Warren Yates - Posted - 01/22/2012: 18:25:26
I'm trying to post the next picture but its not working. Maybe tomorrow.
Edited by - Warren Yates on 01/22/2012 18:27:29
robbyboone - Posted - 01/22/2012: 19:24:07
quote:
Originally posted by Darrick
I'm just going to sit here and wait.
Me too!
Bribak - Posted - 01/22/2012: 20:11:14
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
quote:
Originally posted by Darrick
I'm just going to sit here and wait
Me too!
Robby,
Just sit back and really enjoy that part. It's like being a kid on Christmas eve. Savor the anticipation...it seems like it doesn't happen all that much as we get older.
rferg - Posted - 01/23/2012: 06:29:58
Mr. Yates, what a work of art! Thank you for sharing this process with us. The pictures and comments are great. I have a great deal of appreciation for the heart and effort you put into building banjos. I have grown to be a big fan and both you and Ron have my respect. Skillet Head looks great and I can't wait to hear Robby play it.
Robby....you lucky dog! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and anticipation with us - we can't wait for you to be proudly playing this thing.
Bow-tie75 - Posted - 01/23/2012: 07:30:58
Great looking machine. That sunburst is awesome and I'm a huge fan of the no filler in the Mahogany. Can't wait to hear it either!
banjo5don - Posted - 01/23/2012: 12:26:41
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
Not to get ahead of Warren and his posts, but.......he just sent me pics of Son Of Skillethead, and it's DONE!!!!! it looks incredible and according to Warren is already "a monster". Soon it will be in Ronnie's hands for final set up, play in and hopefully some sound samples. I'm hoping that some of his talent, timing and tone rub off and STAY on it! Delivery is getting closer and anticipation is at an all time high!
Robby
Robby,
Congrats on your "new baby"! It looks great. Maybe RS will upload some samples with it. Then when you get it I hope you'll do the same. It'd be cool to hear the contrast. And as far as talent, timing and tone goes, you, my friend take a backseat to no one!
Don
goes,
drifty - Posted - 01/23/2012: 16:09:12
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I'll second that. Robby's got it all.
On a different note, I'm curious about that '50s steel tailpiece. If my memory serves, I tried to use those and couldn't make them work at all. In fact, I apparently threw them away because I can't find them. Now it appears they're part of the Skillet Head mojo. Who'da thunk it?
jfb - Posted - 01/23/2012: 16:44:46
If that proves to be so then we know how to back up and produce it. It will likely be in a 75 style model or something.
pPP
Perhaps a DA-75...
drifty - Posted - 01/23/2012: 17:04:02
I remember now, the ones I tried wouldn't pull the strings down enough. They were apparently flexed out at the corner bend from metal fatigue. The adjustment thumbscrew wouldn't do anything once the string pressure began to apply. I'd turn the adjustment screw in all the way and the TP height would remain the same -- almost straight from the string hooks to the bridge, like a no-knot.
robbyboone - Posted - 01/23/2012: 17:04:28
quote:
Originally posted by banjo5don
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
Not to get ahead of Warren and his posts, but.......he just sent me pics of Son Of Skillethead, and it's DONE!!!!! it looks incredible and according to Warren is already "a monster". Soon it will be in Ronnie's hands for final set up, play in and hopefully some sound samples. I'm hoping that some of his talent, timing and tone rub off and STAY on it! Delivery is getting closer and anticipation is at an all time high!
Robby
Robby,
Congrats on your "new baby"! It looks great. Maybe RS will upload some samples with it. Then when you get it I hope you'll do the same. It'd be cool to hear the contrast. And as far as talent, timing and tone goes, you, my friend take a backseat to no one!
Don
goes,
Don, you are WAY too kind, almost to the point of stretching it! ;) But I know you mean it and I really, really appreciate the kind words.
Robby
hidehead - Posted - 01/23/2012: 17:49:54
Robby,
When you get custody of SOS, your Missouri buddies want to see it in person! It looks great!
larry
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/24/2012: 04:37:48
I'll second the comment on Robby's tone, taste and timing, he takes a backseat to NO ONE! And folks, it's been that way since I met him in 1978.....made me mad then.....still does!!!! But I sure love to hear him pick!!
Roll Player - Posted - 01/24/2012: 18:37:24
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
quote:
Originally posted by banjo5don
Robby,
Congrats on your "new baby"! It looks great. Maybe RS will upload some samples with it. Then when you get it I hope you'll do the same. It'd be cool to hear the contrast. And as far as talent, timing and tone goes, you, my friend take a backseat to no one!
Don
goes,
Don, you are WAY too kind, almost to the point of stretching it! ;) But I know you mean it and I really, really appreciate the kind words.
Robby
Your videos say otherwise... no stretch involved! I'm looking forward to hearing what you do with your Skillethead.
drifty - Posted - 01/24/2012: 18:42:58
Warren, that banjo looks absolutely fantastic. I swear, it LOOKS like it sounds great.
Robby, I'm thinking you're in for a wild ride.
Warren Yates - Posted - 01/24/2012: 18:46:38
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Joel Marley sure can opperate a camera. Dang!
Edited by - Warren Yates on 01/24/2012 18:48:09
Jeff Markham - Posted - 01/24/2012: 19:29:34
Warren, you do the best finish job that I've seen. That's one cool banjo.
Darrick - Posted - 01/24/2012: 21:14:34
It's like looking at one of those "crotch rocket" motorcycles...it looks like it's going a hundred just sitting there!! Nice...
jrmorrow - Posted - 01/25/2012: 06:02:03
Banjo of the year! Very desirable looking.
Edited by - jrmorrow on 01/25/2012 06:03:53
rferg - Posted - 01/25/2012: 09:54:01
quote:
Originally posted by jrmorrow
Banjo of the year! Very desirable looking.
I second that.... Motion on the floor stands..Yates Skillethead for banjo of the year. All in favor, say "I".
prewartb3 - Posted - 01/25/2012: 13:48:52
The skillett tailpiece is way cool. Are you making them? In what way does the TP contribute to the sound? It looks like a 50's TP. 
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 15:21:38
Oh Robby,
There's a box in the living room......what might it be? Ron Stewart DVD's from Acutab......
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 15:23:09
Oh, I forgot......there seems to be a big box with some sort of instrument in it.....from Yates banjos.....Hell, I didn't order a banjo....
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 16:31:27
quote:
Originally posted by Ron Stewart
Oh, I forgot......there seems to be a big box with some sort of instrument in it.....from Yates banjos.....Hell, I didn't order a banjo....
A banjo??? What do you need with another banjo???
Jeff Markham - Posted - 01/25/2012: 16:40:23
quote:
Originally posted by Ron Stewart
Oh, I forgot......there seems to be a big box with some sort of instrument in it.....from Yates banjos.....Hell, I didn't order a banjo....
Ron doesn't have to order banjos. He just stares them down and they give in.
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 16:40:35
I got to thinkin' Ronnie......SINCE it's there, you might as well go ahead and open the box and take a look at it. It MIGHT be something interesting.......just sayin' :)
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 17:00:33
Well, after I broke the neck heel, re-glued it with super glue, then busted a piece out of the flange, then cracked the resonator, and subsequently busted the rim and tone ring, you have a sound sample of the first notes played on it coming your way. I'll cut something to post on here shortly! Enjoy my friend, the fourth string sounds like a cannon concussion. It sounds like SkilletHead, what else?
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 17:47:11
All I can say is WOW!!! When you have time to post something here, I believe the folks that have been waiting for sound samples will say the same thing. Absolutely outstanding and although it's a little older, it's still only a few hours old just as yours was on the initial sound samples that got this started.
I might have a flathead Style 3 for sale soon.......
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 18:09:44
I posted a sound sample is in my music. Yates Son of Skillet Head is the title.
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 18:15:26
Sorry folks, got wrong sample up there, had to take it down, the one to look for is Robby Boone's Son of Skillet Head under my music.
Warren Yates - Posted - 01/25/2012: 18:48:04
This was the last time I saw it. At that time only a few things were broken.
Edited by - Warren Yates on 01/25/2012 18:48:26
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 18:52:48
Don't worry Warren, I glued it all back up, put a cedar rim in it, 12 ply, and a solid white oak resonator. I soldered the flange back together, and it's all good now. Epoxy on the string ends keeps them from popping out of the eyelet holes in the tuners.
eMike - Posted - 01/25/2012: 18:57:28
If that's the one you played on your latest sound file, I'll take it if Warren doesn't want it back.
That is definitely one fine-sounding banjo.
Edited by - eMike on 01/25/2012 18:59:40
Ron Stewart - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:02:03
Thank you emike! The sound file is in my music on my homepage, and it is titled Robby Boone's son of Skillet Head. You might have to fight Robby for it, but then again, the three first ones would be hard to tell apart. I've played all three, and they are spot on, and each of them will take names.
Edited by - Ron Stewart on 01/25/2012 19:02:38
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:06:43
quote:
Originally posted by eMike
If that's the one you played on your latest sound file, I'll take it if Warren doesn't want it back.
That is definitely one fine-sounding banjo.
Sorry man.....that one's mine........tryin' to get this from me would be like fightin' a badger!
Warren Yates - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:07:47
Ron I was worried that the Bondo might have broken out but if you didn't notice it, then never mind.
Here is the sound sample that you sent me. I LIKE IT!
yatesbanjos.com/Robby%20Boone&...0Head.mp3
Edited by - Warren Yates on 01/25/2012 19:08:40
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:13:18
quote:
Originally posted by Ron Stewart
the three first ones would be hard to tell apart. I've played all three, and they are spot on, and each of them will take names.
Ronnie......You are correct.....I played the sound sample of yours and mine back to back.......scarily similar. I mean I know it's the same track and it's YOU so it's gonna sound very similar on any GOOD banjo but with some slight tonal differences, but these things sound almost exactly the same.....amazing!
Warren, you out did yourself......this thing rocks!
drifty - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:15:12
That sounds fantastic, bondo or no bondo. Robby, you could be in Nashville by daylight if you left now.
robbyboone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:19:55
quote:
Originally posted by drifty
That sounds fantastic, bondo or no bondo. Robby, you could be in Nashville by daylight if you left now.
Yea, but that ain't where the banjo is! The banjo is still another 3 1/2 or 4 hours from Nashvegas!! But I would be a LOT closer to it than I am now. It needs to stay with Mr Stewart for a spell.......it'll be worth the wait.
From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:27:02
Wow! Sounds really sweet. You had to get that cleared with the government cause in most places cloning is illegal. It is one beautiful banjo in appearance and sound.
Ken
drifty - Posted - 01/25/2012: 19:27:14
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
quote:
Originally posted by drifty
That sounds fantastic, bondo or no bondo. Robby, you could be in Nashville by daylight if you left now.
Yea, but that ain't where the banjo is! The banjo is still another 3 1/2 or 4 hours from Nashvegas!! But I would be a LOT closer to it than I am now. It needs to stay with Mr Stewart for a spell.......it'll be worth the wait.
Roger that, Robby. And it's true, the similarity in sound between the two SOS "brothers" is uncanny. Amazing.
Edited by - drifty on 01/25/2012 19:30:59
prewartone - Posted - 01/25/2012: 20:15:44
I got to enjoy the experience of playing the original skillet head here in Salyersville Kentucky. It was after the Boxcars set. The banjo is a HOSS thats for sure.
BANJOBOB549 - Posted - 01/26/2012: 05:04:53
quote: If your delivering the banjo to Arkansas, Run it by my place, It needs to be checked,,,,,before delivery,,,,,
Originally posted by Ron Stewart
Thank you emike! The sound file is in my music on my homepage, and it is titled Robby Boone's son of Skillet Head. You might have to fight Robby for it, but then again, the three first ones would be hard to tell apart. I've played all three, and they are spot on, and each of them will take names.
BANJOBOB549 - Posted - 01/26/2012: 05:26:18
Ron,,Sick of this banjo already, I made a bad mistake the day I looked at the original, Had I put my brain in gear, Before my mouth, I would have told you it was a Fake, I was never good at lying,,How much for a new one,,,
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