nibert26 - Posted - 08/22/2012:  12:16:58

I was at Huber's shop today, and I was blessed to play the Famous Wade Mainer grenada. That banjo is one of the greatest banjos that anyone could ever ask for. Steve was very nice to me and my wife and made us feel right at home. He treated me great and he done some tweeking on my style-11 today.

The banjo is set up right and plays like a dream.

Steve explained to me the points of the banjo. As he has stated, it is not the all original parts that came on it from Kalamazoo. It has all prewar parts on it now, including an original flathead gold plated ring. Steve would never try to mislead anyone and is a very straight shooter.

If anyone had any questions about the banjo, you could have called steve and got the facts from the man himself. People always jump to conclusions. Steve treats everyone with respect and i am sure he would be happy to clear up any misconceptions that have been made about this banjo.

Thanks again to Steve, Benny, and all the guys at Huber Banjos for making today awesome!!!!

impickin5 - Posted - 08/22/2012:  15:28:08

Thanks everyone for the videos..... I really enjoyed all of them.....Didn't know until watching them that Wade was a "two-finger" picker (thumb and index finger)......None-the-less though, great picking.

Aradobanjo - Posted - 08/22/2012:  15:58:09

Hello,

I can see why Wade may have wanted to change his banjo to be an RB-800. Isn't this the same reason we buy a different one? Could it be we become too familiar with our instruments that we under value them to the point of forever altering them? Over $10,000 banjos seem too rich for many people. The bling of an RB-800. The talk of new tech drives many of us to see our old banjos as distasteful. For over these prices who would want to take it out of the case in public? Isn't this another example of a prized "horse" being put out to pasture.

With the violin community, the elite violins are loaned to some inspired student. Does anyone on this site recall banjos of this price being loaned to some one like Noam Pikelny? Most are shown in someone's basement in a armored glass case. So long Wade Mainer's banjo. Enjoy the stay in climate controlled tomb. This was a good banjo. We have recordings of Wade playing it. Purchased for $60 in his day and played for 70 years. The voice of it will forever be forgotten until the next owner tires of it. Then back into its new crypt. Funny how we still hear the elite violins played by a new artist, but do not hear the banjos at these prices.

I am glad for what I have. The insurance is cheap. I am not afraid to take it out in public. In my lifetime I purchased it from my hard earned money. I can still pay for college for my children, tithe and pay taxes. I do not have to worry about dropping it or altering because of misuse. I did not have to wish for the lottery. When I hear recordings of my banjo, it does sound just like a banjo and pretty close to Wade's. So, do many banjos.

Finally, two plectrums bit the dust to "rebuild" Wade's. Are we 5 string players that arrogant to place more value on our instrument of choice that another player's 4 string? Just so we can command a better price? The work by Mr. Huber to satisfy his customer is super well done. What can be done has been done.

But I am drawn to many other players with their instruments. To hear their craft on their instruments is a treat. Alas, we say good by to Wade's banjo. He never profited from it. The dead know nothing. One thing is for certain. Wade's banjo was valued enough to spend sufficient to warrant nearly another $100000 of value to it. Just to sit in a glass tomb. So long Wade's banjo. So, long.

John
Aradobanjo

banjodr - Posted - 08/22/2012:  16:27:17

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Originally posted by Aradobanjo



Hello,



I can see why Wade may have wanted to change his banjo to be an RB-800. Isn't this the same reason we buy a different one? Could it be we become too familiar with our instruments that we under value them to the point of forever altering them? Over $10,000 banjos seem too rich for many people. The bling of an RB-800. The talk of new tech drives many of us to see our old banjos as distasteful. For over these prices who would want to take it out of the case in public? Isn't this another example of a prized "horse" being put out to pasture.



With the violin community, the elite violins are loaned to some inspired student. Does anyone on this site recall banjos of this price being loaned to some one like Noam Pikelny? Most are shown in someone's basement in a armored glass case. So long Wade Mainer's banjo. Enjoy the stay in climate controlled tomb. This was a good banjo. We have recordings of Wade playing it. Purchased for $60 in his day and played for 70 years. The voice of it will forever be forgotten until the next owner tires of it. Then back into its new crypt. Funny how we still hear the elite violins played by a new artist, but do not hear the banjos at these prices.



I am glad for what I have. The insurance is cheap. I am not afraid to take it out in public. In my lifetime I purchased it from my hard earned money. I can still pay for college for my children, tithe and pay taxes. I do not have to worry about dropping it or altering because of misuse. I did not have to wish for the lottery. When I hear recordings of my banjo, it does sound just like a banjo and pretty close to Wade's. So, do many banjos.



Finally, two plectrums bit the dust to "rebuild" Wade's. Are we 5 string players that arrogant to place more value on our instrument of choice that another player's 4 string? Just so we can command a better price? The work by Mr. Huber to satisfy his customer is super well done. What can be done has been done.



But I am drawn to many other players with their instruments. To hear their craft on their instruments is a treat. Alas, we say good by to Wade's banjo. He never profited from it. The dead know nothing. One thing is for certain. Wade's banjo was valued enough to spend sufficient to warrant nearly another $100000 of value to it. Just to sit in a glass tomb. So long Wade's banjo. So, long.



John

Aradobanjo

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I'm lost on your response. Wade wanted "shiny". There are no "other player's" plectrum banjos. The owner of Wade's banjo owned the donor banjos they are his to do with what he chooses. They are both playable right now. And Wade did profit from the sale of the banjo quite a bit very close to the asking price at Elderly. He paid 60 bucks got tens of thousands? c'mon and the few potential buyers that are already considering purchasing the banjo are all every day players that will use the banjo both in recording and performing. So no goodbye's to the banjo, on the contrare it's alive and well.

BANJOBOB549 - Posted - 08/22/2012:  19:18:15

I had a person call me today.  He,s considering trying to purchase this piece of history. Wanted my thoughts.  My reply,  You only pass thru this world one time,,,,

f5loar - Posted - 08/22/2012:  20:03:45

Exactly and I'm pretty sure you can't take it with you so if you got it best go for it and enjoy while you can.  I'm really surprised Steve Martin hasn't already got it and recording his next album with it.

Aradobanjo - Posted - 08/22/2012:  20:38:19

Hello Banjodr,

I hope to hear some banjo players play if that were true. Somehow the prices being discussed do not suggest this. The amount of disposable capital to purchase such an instrument would not make this a road instrument. Recording would be a more controlled environment. Then back to its crypt to prevent decay or loss. Mr Wade Mainer's rebuilt does sound like a banjo.

The contrast between the video of he and his wife is marketly different with the rebuilt. That is what the current owner wanted to do at a good expense.

From the pieces used to rebuild this instrument, two instruments lost something to make a 5 string "whole". Now plectum players will have either a skeletal remains or inferior parts. Maybe the surragates were discarded. They were not restored to their original state. They were made inferiour. I wonder who would buy it just to return the value back to the plectrums.

John
Aradobanjo

larry p - Posted - 08/22/2012:  22:24:21

"I hope to hear some banjo players play if that were true. Somehow the prices being discussed do not suggest this. The amount of disposable capital to purchase such an instrument would not make this a road instrument. Recording would be a more controlled environment. Then back to its crypt to prevent decay or loss."

The value of an instrument or 'the amount of disposable capital to purchase such an instrument' never kept Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, J.D. Crowe, Allison Brown, Aaron McDarris, Rob McCoury, Jim Mills, Charlie Cushman, Steve Huber, or Dave Talbot (to name just a few off the top of my head) from using instruments like this 'as a road instrument', and several of these players have (or did have) banjos that are easily worth as much as the asking price for this one-some are worth twice as much or more. I'd bet that if a player winds up with 'Wade Mainer's Granada'-you'll see it on the road.

"From the pieces used to rebuild this instrument, two instruments lost something to make a 5 string "whole". Now plectum players will have either a skeletal remains or inferior parts. Maybe the surragates were discarded. They were not restored to their original state. They were made inferiour. I wonder who would buy it just to return the value back to the plectrums."

Not to be argumentative, Aradobanjo - but the way I understand it, all of the instruments involved in this restoration belong to the same person - that means, at least in my mind - that the owner can do with as he pleases with his banjos. It's no different than you deciding one day that you want to put your couch in front of the TV, and the next day deciding you'd rather have your recliner in front of the TV-it's your furniture to do with as you please. There are no pitiful 'plectrum players' left holding the skelatal remains of a discarded surrogate banjo involved in this equation - just one man and his banjos. If he (or she) wants to use the neck out of Wade's banjo for a ball bat it's his to do that with. I imagine that the owner of these banjos must be so pleased with this restoration that 'who would buy it just to return the value back to the plectrums' is probably the furthest thing from his (or her) mind.

In reference to your hypotheses that the 'donor banjos were made inferior' as a result of this process - I disagree. Knowing Steve Huber and his employees as I do I'd say that the 'donor banjos' are likely in the best shape for performing right now that they've been in for years-maybe ever, and new 'Huber' tone rings and hardware are not 'inferior parts' by any stretch of the imagination. Newer, different - but certainly not inferior.

RB3WREATH - Posted - 08/23/2012:  02:57:32

quote:

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Originally posted by Aradobanjo



Hello,



I can see why Wade may have wanted to change his banjo to be an RB-800. Isn't this the same reason we buy a different one? Could it be we become too familiar with our instruments that we under value them to the point of forever altering them? Over $10,000 banjos seem too rich for many people. The bling of an RB-800. The talk of new tech drives many of us to see our old banjos as distasteful. For over these prices who would want to take it out of the case in public? Isn't this another example of a prized "horse" being put out to pasture.



With the violin community, the elite violins are loaned to some inspired student. Does anyone on this site recall banjos of this price being loaned to some one like Noam Pikelny? Most are shown in someone's basement in a armored glass case. So long Wade Mainer's banjo. Enjoy the stay in climate controlled tomb. This was a good banjo. We have recordings of Wade playing it. Purchased for $60 in his day and played for 70 years. The voice of it will forever be forgotten until the next owner tires of it. Then back into its new crypt. Funny how we still hear the elite violins played by a new artist, but do not hear the banjos at these prices.



I am glad for what I have. The insurance is cheap. I am not afraid to take it out in public. In my lifetime I purchased it from my hard earned money. I can still pay for college for my children, tithe and pay taxes. I do not have to worry about dropping it or altering because of misuse. I did not have to wish for the lottery. When I hear recordings of my banjo, it does sound just like a banjo and pretty close to Wade's. So, do many banjos.



Finally, two plectrums bit the dust to "rebuild" Wade's. Are we 5 string players that arrogant to place more value on our instrument of choice that another player's 4 string? Just so we can command a better price? The work by Mr. Huber to satisfy his customer is super well done. What can be done has been done.



But I am drawn to many other players with their instruments. To hear their craft on their instruments is a treat. Alas, we say good by to Wade's banjo. He never profited from it. The dead know nothing. One thing is for certain. Wade's banjo was valued enough to spend sufficient to warrant nearly another $100000 of value to it. Just to sit in a glass tomb. So long Wade's banjo. So, long.



John

Aradobanjo

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John

Here you go again I don't think he wanted an 800 but just  wanted it looking new again and I do not think it is going away to live in some vault,This banjo's value will be more as a players instrument than pure collectable. I do see some real jealousy here reading between the lines. The price is well under what it would be if it were still factory original. What an opportunity for a player to acquire and be the shepherd of this instrument for their lifetime.  I play both of my RB flatheads out all of the time and don't think about "what if" I play them every day and will never regret having them. I do like your idea of investors loaning these great instruments to up and coming great players.

Joe

banjodr - Posted - 08/23/2012:  05:59:25

Well anyway whatever, don't really feel the need to fall off a cliff so beam me up Perko! How's it going? get by and see this banjo before it is gone and locked away it is killer. The neat thing is all the different players coming by and some being able to be video recorded playing the banjo. As many different styles of playing as there are, the banjo holds up to all of them...lots of fun and that's what it is about

DIV - Posted - 08/23/2012:  09:45:27

This is a VERY interesting situation.  I usually prefer and put a higher value on modifications made at the factory under the supervision and approval of the original makers of a given instrument.  But in this case, I have to say that the Mainer Granada has more value in it's present state than it's prior "factory modified" state...at least to someone who is a potential buyer, because of course when it was returned to the factory they "downgraded" the instrument...but then again, that's by our opinion and perhaps not Wade's....he got what he wanted--new shiny parts....

very interesting dilemma (if you make it so)!!!

definitely pop corn time!

f5loar - Posted - 08/23/2012:  10:52:40

Rest assure that if Wade were alive today and he was 30 years younger as he was in that oldest video and he was given his banjo back after Huber did his magic on it , it would sound exactly the same in Wade's hands.  That's just Wade.  250, 800, prewar,postwar Granada it's going to sound like Wade Mainer.  But put that banjo in the hands of heavy duty pickers like Jim Mills or Steve Huber and it will knock your socks off.   I'm confident those left over donor parts will someday find themselves made into some pretty nice prewar "parts" banjos and sold off at $5000 each making 2 new owners very happy   All it takes is guys like Mills and Huber to turn those parts into more great banjos.  This is the kind of banjo you could play out in public and likely 99% of the people hearing it and looking at it will not know what you got. 

larry p - Posted - 08/23/2012:  11:10:05

Yes sir Doc, I'd Love to see the old banjo again! I knew Wade very well and saw his banjo in its second configuration and third configuration often down through the years-I'd Love to see it as it is now, as in my estimation the banjo is currently assembled with the components and care that meets or exceeds the original factory specifications. True, Wade was like quite a few other owners of prewar gold plated banjos-he wanted his banjo to look like a gold plated banjo. The folks at Gibson gave him what he wanted back in the '60s, and Greg and Nick and the team at Gibson certainly did their best to accommodate him in the '90s, but now the current owner wants it returned to its original condition, which is a wise a prudent move on their part I think. I think the price is incredibly reasonable for an original 5-string flathead Gibson Granada and it will prove to be a great investment..

If it were mine, I'd invest another $10-$15K and produce an album featuring the banjo with the most talented banjo players I could find and write a complete history of the banjo in the liner notes - and watch the value of the banjo climb to $250K or more within months

southerndrifter - Posted - 08/23/2012:  12:36:06

Where did the 5th string friction tuner come from?

Fishrrman - Posted - 08/23/2012:  15:36:21

Good reading.

Hmmm.......

I'd like to have the parts that Steve Huber TOOK OFF OF Wade's banjo. Tone ring, flange, etc.

I wonder if they're for sale "as a package"? :)

davepicks5 - Posted - 08/23/2012:  17:29:41

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Originally posted by southerndrifter

Where did the 5th string friction tuner come from?

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 Lynwood.....   pretty sure it is the original, looks just like a few other originals I have seen and works with "difficulty".......

David

southerndrifter - Posted - 08/23/2012:  17:50:54

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Originally posted by davepicks5

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Originally posted by southerndrifter

Where did the 5th string friction tuner come from?

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 Lynwood.....   pretty sure it is the original, looks just like a few other originals I have seen and works with "difficulty".......

David

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 It may be, but the photos of the banjo on Greg Earnest's site, clearly shows it with a geared 5th string tuner. It's hard to imagine the original being hung on to for all these years!

banjodr - Posted - 08/23/2012:  17:54:19

Lynwood...Hey there is a geared 5th that fits the neck but an original gold friction peg was part of the restoration and used for photos. For tuning ease and sound clips the geared is on the neck for the time being. How you been?

southerndrifter - Posted - 08/23/2012:  18:17:25

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Originally posted by banjodr

Lynwood...Hey there is a geared 5th that fits the neck but an original gold friction peg was part of the restoration and used for photos. For tuning ease and sound clips the geared is on the neck for the time being. How you been?

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 Hey David! I'm doing good! That's interesting info. From my experience, the geared peg has a little larger shaft than the original friction peg. Once you exchange the geared for the friction, the hole for the tuner gets enlarged and it's more difficult to make the friction stay in place. I've even known of situations where wood had to be glued into the hole. So was the gold friction peg the original, or one from another banjo?

Arthur Hatfield - Posted - 08/23/2012:  18:32:58

It was nice to visit Huber Banjos and see Steve,   Dave Foster, Dave Hedrick ,Brian Lappin and Banjo Ben. Really was nice to pick a little on the Granada its a really great banjo. Probably the 4th. original 5 string I have played. Had a really good feeling neck. I think what Steve has done with this banjo is wonderful.  Much more original than it was with 60's  parts on it. I have not played all that many pre war flatheads but have a lot from the 60's and I have not seen any from the 60's  that sounds even close to this Granada.  

BANJOBOB549 - Posted - 08/23/2012:  19:28:00

quote: You hit the nail on the head about the 99% not knowing what they were looking at.  That same thing happened to Ron Stewart a couple of weeks ago in Texas. Some fellow thought he was picking  a re issue Granada. Ron was dumfounded,,,

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Originally posted by f5loar

Rest assure that if Wade were alive today and he was 30 years younger as he was in that oldest video and he was given his banjo back after Huber did his magic on it , it would sound exactly the same in Wade's hands.  That's just Wade.  250, 800, prewar,postwar Granada it's going to sound like Wade Mainer.  But put that banjo in the hands of heavy duty pickers like Jim Mills or Steve Huber and it will knock your socks off.   I'm confident those left over donor parts will someday find themselves made into some pretty nice prewar "parts" banjos and sold off at $5000 each making 2 new owners very happy   All it takes is guys like Mills and Huber to turn those parts into more great banjos.  This is the kind of banjo you could play out in public and likely 99% of the people hearing it and looking at it will not know what you got. 

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banjodr - Posted - 08/23/2012:  19:57:51

I think Steve turned a maple sleeve to slide over the shaft of the friction tuner to hold it in place. I'll ask for sure don't hold me to it.

country frank - Posted - 08/24/2012:  02:59:21

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Originally posted by larry p

If it were mine, I'd invest another $10-$15K and produce an album featuring the banjo with the most talented banjo players I could find and write a complete history of the banjo in the liner notes - and watch the value of the banjo climb to $250K or more within months

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Larry, what an interesting and totally credible idea. Is this something that's happened before?

I know Jim sort of did it with Hide Head Blues, but that's a collection of magnificent banjos and one incredible player, rather than a collection of magnificent players and one incredible banjo.

I would buy the record for sure especially as i'd never be able to afford, or do credit to, the banjo.

Edited by - country frank on 08/24/2012 03:02:45

larry p - Posted - 08/24/2012:  03:48:31

Not that I know of, Country Frank! If somebody needs a production assistant-I'd LOVE to come help out..I'll pour the coffee and change strings-whatever!

Seems to me that we'd need to get the best audio engineer we could find and a great room, and identify the best place in the room for the banjo and the best mics and mic placement, and leave it EXACTLY that way for the 10, 12, or 15 great banjo players we could get who play a variety of styles to come in and record the song of their choice with their choice of 2 or 3 musicians to accompany them-that way we'd come as close to getting an accurate representation of what the banjo REALLY sounds like in the hands of each of these players as possible. Seems to me that it would be a fun project, an informative one, and if produced properly I believe the CD would sell enough to cover the cost of production. It would be good for the banjo community to finally hear this banjo in as close to original condition as it will ever be in now, good for the players who participate, good for the owner of the banjo and help his or her investment, and do Wade proud.

It would take some time to get it done right, as I'd imagine that most players would want to spend at least a few hours getting acquainted with the banjo-but recording the banjo in a 'controlled setting' (in as much as one can control the setting a banjo player is involved in) like this would yield some interesting results..All we'd need is a good writer/researcher to come up with all the pictures and history of the banjo for the liner notes and a photographer to snap some pictures or video of each session, and that would be a done deal, and a great record..

country frank - Posted - 08/24/2012:  04:32:59

Larry i love it and i would wager that there would be no shortage of top pickers interested in such a project.

I'd love to hear Bill Evans play 'Dakota' or 'Midnight in Rosine' on it for instance.....

plunka5 - Posted - 08/24/2012:  18:14:27

Seems like a phenomenal idea Larry!  If the owner would do this, the pickers could come to a "central" location to record, and there could a "house" band to accompany Wade's banjo.  Now, who would you pick to pick?  That's the tough one!  

larry p - Posted - 08/24/2012:  21:37:49

I don't have a doubt in my mind that we wouldn't have a bit of trouble finding the players to do that record, or the engineer, or studio, and the equipment.. I'm not really in that line of work right now-but I'd sure get back into it if the owner of the banjo wants to do it! That's a project I could get excited about for sure

Milliesjig - Posted - 08/25/2012:  07:12:30

I was Huber's this past week and had the honor of playing Mr. Mainers Granada.  The sound on the YouTube videos, not the players, does not do this banjo justice.  It has a clarity and depth with incredible note separation not to mention the history.  I applaud everyone one involved in getting this instrument as close as it is to the original condition.  Steve's set up work on the banjo  is absolutely spot on.  Whoever ends up with this banjo will have volume, tone and total ease in playability. 

Melvin

iluvearl - Posted - 08/25/2012:  09:09:20

I love the recording "project" idea; I volunteer my services as the official photographer!  When do I start?

davepicks5 - Posted - 08/25/2012:  09:37:43

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Originally posted by Milliesjig

I was Huber's this past week and had the honor of playing Mr. Mainers Granada.  The sound on the YouTube videos, not the players, does not do this banjo justice.  It has a clarity and depth with incredible note separation not to mention the history.  I applaud everyone one involved in getting this instrument as close as it is to the original condition.  Steve's set up work on the banjo  is absolutely spot on.  Whoever ends up with this banjo will have volume, tone and total ease in playability. 

 

 

Melvin

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 Melvin

I shot the video and could not agree more.......can't feel nor hear everything that is going on......better than not seeing nor hearing....

David

Rick Polston - Posted - 08/25/2012:  09:58:41

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Originally posted by larry p

I don't have a doubt in my mind that we wouldn't have a bit of trouble finding the players to do that record, or the engineer, or studio, and the equipment.. I'm not really in that line of work right now-but I'd sure get back into it if the owner of the banjo wants to do it! That's a project I could get excited about for sure

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Oh man, I would love to hear recordings of Cushman, Mills, Perkins, Stewart and several others playing that old Flathead !!!

impickin5 - Posted - 08/25/2012:  15:40:22

How's come we haven't seen a video Dave Hedrick playing the banjo? (Or did I miss it somewhere)?

RB3WREATH - Posted - 08/25/2012:  17:55:32

Yea Dave Play Play Play

Joe

banjodr - Posted - 08/25/2012:  20:13:44

OH he played! he played!

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 08/25/2012:  20:27:27

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Originally posted by banjodr

OH he played! he played!

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Sorry, but where is the proof?

ken

rupickin5 - Posted - 08/25/2012:  22:06:57

I was there...he played...quite nicely & enjoyed the Wade Mainer just as much as the rest of us fortunate enough to be in the Huber banjo-lounge that day!

He never offered to give us instruction on how to work his equipment & "shoot" him!

davepicks5 - Posted - 08/26/2012:  04:20:51

I let the great players......fingers do the talking, now back to the subject......

.We are working on some technical improvments from the sound side to plug into the video tracking.......not studio quality but improved.

The recording project would be great.... what other banjos would all of you suggest on other recording projects.......let's dream ...

There are so many great banjos that most pickers have never heard..... I have seen so many at Banjothon.....

David

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 08/26/2012:  04:25:24

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Originally posted by rupickin5

I was there...he played...quite nicely & enjoyed the Wade Mainer just as much as the rest of us fortunate enough to be in the Huber banjo-lounge that day!

He never offered to give us instruction on how to work his equipment & "shoot" him!

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Sorry Brian, but for future reference, just point the camera and push the button with the red dot on it.

Dave can't be left off the hook.

Ken

RB3WREATH - Posted - 08/26/2012:  04:35:14

I would volunteer for the project but I am not sure my playing is up to snuff

Joe

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 08/26/2012:  07:36:02

Dave,
As a suggestion, why don't you do a Banjo-thon 2013 cd or dvd. Most of the banjos and players are there. Larry Perkins has done a lot of studio work and would know the most efficient and least expensive way to set up recording equipment that could get the quality sound you wish to save. Proceeds from the CD or DVD could go to the folks who sponsor Banjo-thon. I would imagine they would have some expenses that are not covered. This could be done annually.
If it is done as a DVD there could also be some close up videos of each banjo and talk of its history and work done on it.

Ken

fatdaddyo6 - Posted - 08/28/2012:  09:38:47

Perhaps I'll bring some mics and pres and we shall see......

f5loar - Posted - 08/28/2012:  09:51:50

A nice comparsion would be the Scottland Granada.  Both banjos would be top of the heap to record with.

larry p - Posted - 08/28/2012:  20:21:56

Now we're talking about at least a couple of projects and LOTS of fun..

My initial suggestion was aimed at documenting the 'Wade Mainer Granada' by way of a recording with the best of the best players who play a variety of styles in a controlled recording environment with the best engineer, studio, and equipment we could get find and get a gifted writer to write a detailed history of the banjo and Wade's career and the particulars regarding the recording sessions to: commemorate Wade and his banjo, celebrate it being put back together with period-correct parts after all these years, and increase the notoriety/value of the banjo for the current owner..

The sessions at 'Banjothon' would be lots of fun, and interesting..with Steve and his equipment and all those banjos-all we'd need is an isolated room and some  willing pickers..It would be  neat to record 'Wade's Granada', the 'Scotland Granada', 'Charlotte', and Sonny's Granada, as well as other 'Masterones' in lots  according to neck/resonator woods, plating, and design (top-tension, standard construction,etc)

davepicks5 - Posted - 08/29/2012:  05:32:03

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Originally posted by larry p

Now we're talking about at least a couple of projects and LOTS of fun..

My initial suggestion was aimed at documenting the 'Wade Mainer Granada' by way of a recording with the best of the best players who play a variety of styles in a controlled recording environment with the best engineer, studio, and equipment we could get find and get a gifted writer to write a detailed history of the banjo and Wade's career and the particulars regarding the recording sessions to: commemorate Wade and his banjo, celebrate it being put back together with period-correct parts after all these years, and increase the notoriety/value of the banjo for the current owner..

The sessions at 'Banjothon' would be lots of fun, and interesting..with Steve and his equipment and all those banjos-all we'd need is an isolated room and some  willing pickers..It would be  neat to record 'Wade's Granada', the 'Scotland Granada', 'Charlotte', and Sonny's Granada, as well as other 'Masterones' in lots  according to neck/resonator woods, plating, and design (top-tension, standard construction,etc)

 

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 Larry

Did not know Steve had any video or recording equipment, has he been holding out ?

David

bhrb75 - Posted - 08/29/2012:  05:59:09

So are Charlotte, and Scotland going to be there? Might be pretty cool if 'thon 2013 is "The Year of the Granadas!" As far as opf, non-top tension mastertones go, a Granada is such a totaly different animal than a 75 or a 3. Completely different tone color and response than their nickel plated cousins.

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johnbodle - Posted - 08/29/2012:  08:17:49

The sessions at 'Banjothon' would be lots of fun, and interesting..with Steve and his equipment and all those banjos-all we'd need is an isolated room and some  willing pickers..It would be  neat to record 'Wade's Granada', the 'Scotland Granada', 'Charlotte', and Sonny's Granada, as well as other 'Masterones' in lots  according to neck/resonator woods, plating, and design (top-tension, standard construction,etc

What a great idea to do something along those lines! I, for one one would certainly support this. Wonder what the chances are of getting Earls banjo involved in this. You could call it  "Tales of the Holy Grails"........

southerndrifter - Posted - 08/29/2012:  08:44:16

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Originally posted by bhrb75

So are Charlotte, and Scotland going to be there? Might be pretty cool if 'thon 2013 is "The Year of the Granadas!" As far as opf, non-top tension mastertones go, a Granada is such a totaly different animal than a 75 or a 3. Completely different tone color and response than their nickel plated cousins.



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 Depending on the dates and my luck, I MIGHT be able to bring RB-Granada 9584-5 to Banjothon next year.....

larry p - Posted - 08/29/2012:  15:25:59

I was referencing 'Fatdaddyo6''s post:

"Perhaps I'll bring some mics and pres and we shall see......"

1935tb-11 - Posted - 08/29/2012:  19:34:09

hey lynwood,, maybe we can talk a certain fellow between me and you to bring 9584-1 to the banjothon next year.. he needs to let that thing get some fresh air anyway.   probably have to knock the dust off of it first.  LOL

terry m