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Wildwood Banjos

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For owners and enthusiasts of Wildwood banjos - great sounding & beautiful banjos that were made in CA & OR by Mark Platin.

91 Members, Created 7/27/2012 -

Administrators: Wrags (owner)

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From stevepicker on 1/3/2017 9:52:22 AM

I had a troubador back in the early 80's when I was learning to play. couldn't get the hang of clawhammer, tried 2 finger, went to 3 fingers, so swapped my Troubador at Elderly Instruments. I lined up a dozen banjos of all makes, and the best sound to my ear was a walnut Wildwood Paragon, which I swapped my Troubador and 4 additional instruments to get. I continue to play my Paragon,bluegrass style, but have revisited clawhammer, found I can do it just fine, and play melodic style. recently I got a used blonde maple tubaphone Troubador which sounds wonderful. So I am a 2 Wildwood player. I cannot understand why these fine sounding , beautiful banjos are not more mainstream popular. Great to find a like minded group!

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	tucsonsean says: 1/4/2017 3:06:35 PM My first 'good' banjo was a Wildwood Minstrel. I soon got side-tracked into vintage banjo collecting, then modern luthiers--and, sadly, got rid of the Wildwood. About 1991, I was at Mars Hill with a Cedar Mountain woody I got from Lo Gordon. Travis Stuart saw it, and offered to trade a '70s Wildwood (built in the California, pre-tubaphone days) for it. In those days, Lo wanted to put his banjos in the hands of professionals, and I still really missed my old Wildwood. I made the swap, and I still have that banjo. It's got a brass tone hoop and a non-adjustable carbon-fiber tension rod (so no ugly bell-shaped access cover in the peghead). There's pics on my BHO home site. It's been my main player for 25 years now, and I'll never get rid of it. BTW, welcome to the group!
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	Wildwood Troubadour Linked by tonygo 7 months ago
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	WILDWOOD BALLADEER Linked by Wrags 9 years ago: Here is a real beauty available directly from Mark at Wildwood Banjos. My wife has a Balladeer - these are awesome banjos!
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	The Unclouded Day Linked by rdbabnick 13 years ago: Live performance of The Unclouded Day using a Wildwood Paragon banjo.
	Great Speckled Bird Linked by rdbabnick 13 years ago: The Great Speckled Bird as played on my Wildwood Paragon banjo.