pastorharry - Posted - 05/06/2026:  15:03:31

New Starr open back banjo coming via FedEx....any time, moment ,minute, hour, ...website says "out for delivery". Anyone else feel my pain?? Stress-the final frontier .

dbrooks - Posted - 05/06/2026:  17:45:45

Congratulations, Harry, on the new jo.  It's good to see you back on the Hangout.

David

Edited by - dbrooks on 05/06/2026 17:45:59

Alvin Conder - Posted - 05/06/2026:  19:17:14

The wait is part of it…and as already mentioned, welcome back! Long time no see….

pastorharry - Posted - 05/07/2026:  01:12:08

Thanks guys, well delivery went till the last minute before I had to leave tonight, but then it came...whew!! What a gorgeous instrument! Chuck Ogsbury is still active even after selling Ome to Gold Tone, and turning out some beauty! I'm stoked to have a great sounding, looking, and feeling banjo again,,,and, it's light! PTL ! Aloha

Emiel - Posted - 05/07/2026:  09:43:46

Pastor Harry, post some pictures, a sound clip or video would be nice too…

pastorharry - Posted - 05/11/2026:  10:22:39

Sorry guys but I don't have the setup for sharing anymore, plenty of stuff on the internet google Starr banjos. Aloha

Nopix - Posted - 05/11/2026:  11:05:25

Here, I thought someone was requesting tab for the Tom Petty song.

Emiel - Posted - 05/11/2026:  12:34:53

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Originally posted by pastorharry

Sorry guys but I don't have the setup for sharing anymore, plenty of stuff on the internet google Starr banjos. Aloha

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Of course, I looked at the different Starr banjos, did that before too. Quite a variety of banjos. Which model did you acquire, Pastor Harry?

pastorharry - Posted - 05/11/2026:  13:08:13

Just the simple 11 inch openback curly maple. Would love to get one of his tubaphones as well....maybe down the road.

B0bIII - Posted - 06/23/2026:  07:30:06

Oh buddy, The USPS website lets you track the truck now. So you can watch them drive all around your house then clear across the county to another town before driving back to drop off your package. I discovered this once while waiting for an old Slingerland to be delivered. Watched the truck drive straight past my house. Thought they were going to turn around and come back... waited, waited, waited... Got online to see what the heck was going on. The truck was in one town over that is semi-famous locally for having a bunch of antique shops. I guess they told him it wasn't worth too much, because after bouncing from shop to shop for a couple hours he brought it back and dropped it off.

rmspncr - Posted - 06/27/2026:  09:05:46

I got a Starr 12” with maple. I really like it. I ended up getting a lower bridge. Stock was 9/16 and I went to 1/2”, made the action a lot nicer for me. I also replaced the 5th string pip for a little higher one.
I couldn’t get used to the side scoop so I had a full scoop put in. Only removed about 1/2 the fingerboard thickness and filled the remains fret slots with maple. Looks stock from a distance.
And finally I replaced the no knit tailpiece with a pisgah hawk tail. It really brought it to life!