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Ramsey Banjo Owners

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A group for those who own one of Mike Ramsey's wonderful banjos!

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From BDCA on 7/18/2018 7:30:40 PM

Is there a listing of serials / years anywhere? I checked the website and he didn't have any thing related to dating his banjos.

Bob

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	Oplunk says: 7/18/2018 8:09:29 PM He was at banjo 2400 in 2011. He made about 120 banjos per year until that point, so you could do the math to get an approximation.
	BDCA says: 7/18/2018 8:42:11 PM I have a banjo Zepp gave away at Hoppin Johns 2009 which, knowing Mike, was probably completed the day before the festival. I just purchased a banjo which is 12 digits higher so I assume mid September 2009 but not sure if it was one of Mikes reserved numbers. 2130. My other Ramsey is close to 3000, 2990 +-. It was a custom Mike made for me in 3 weeks. That was a couple of years ago and he mentioned that when he hits 3000, he's going to slow down and maybe retire. However the next time I visited he had passed 3000 and was working on at least a dozen banjos, a VW microbus, wine and a new car lift. Bob
	ZEPP says: 11/23/2018 7:38:11 PM Wile it's hardly complete, I do still have inventory records of ca. 100 of Mike's banjos that were shipped to me, that include their serial numbers and dates of arrival. I also have inventory records of some used instruments for which I recorded the model years. My records begin in 1998 and end in 2015, but I received enough of his banjos--new an used--that I can often bracket them to suggest a year of manufacture. Just PM me... Cheers, ZEPP
	guywolff says: 4/17/2019 8:38:12 AM Mine is 1311 and I think I got it in 2002 but it may have been late 2001 ...
	Bum Ditty Brendan says: 5/30/2020 8:13:49 AM Mine is 190, made in lebanon Ohio. Two coordinator rod, aluminum Stelling tone ring
	TinyTim2 says: 7/10/2023 12:19:05 AM OK mine is 1556 name plate says MIKE RAMSEY maker Appomattox Virginia. Its a Electric 11in head
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