Folks who own enjoy 1970's 1980's Goldstar banjos
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From impickin5 on 4/21/2013 3:47:35 PM
Yep! Picked it up at UPS just this morning. S/N 810075 (with the double label). It's in excellent + condition and the tone is awesome. Just checked the coordinator rods (they were neutral-just as they should be) and tried out a couple bridges and settled on a great bridge that I had on a prewar Gibson, a Tim Purcell Old Piano bridge. Head might be a little tighter than I prefer, but I'm afraid to mess with it for fear it won't sound as good.
Lucky me.
Update: After playing it for about a week, I finally decided the tone was just a little too bright for my taste, so I got up the nerve and disassembled it (and while apart, checked the ring to rim fit and found it a perfect slip-fit). Anyway, put it back together with a used AMB head I had here and after tweaking the head tightness back and forth somewhat, it finally settled on a head tightness of G# where it sounds great.
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