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From Collector to Player

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

I have had this old banjo kicking around int my closet for years. It has always been collecting dust around my family's house when I was growing up. I just thought I'd carry it along with me. I figured, because it was so old, It might not be playable. I brought it out to show guests my nice antique. I thought, sometimes at night, just how much it could be worth to a collector.

Now one day, not too long ago, I brought it out to use my super Internet skills to find out what this darn thing was. after many post to BHO, visits to Mugwumps and other sites, I found out that the banjo ain't too special. Sure, its pre-war and and has stayed in tune since the day I strung it up, but no one wanted to collect my little Slingerland Banjo.

One day, one of the folks at BHO say the tail piece and figured it was a Grover Presto - Prewar. It was. I sent away for the cover for this little tail piece in hopes that I can sell it or trade it fro a proper banjo...

This is where things got sticky. I played it once... then again. then every day for about two hours a day. I was loving the instrument and found that I really could pick it up easily. Just today, I had My first jam as a banjo player and I wasn't horrible! Of course I realize that I have only been playing for about 20 hours, but It was the two or three hour jam that taught me the most!

Now I don't want to have the strings off of it for more than a couple of days. I don't know if it is worth selling the tailpiece!

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