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Tech: Swap my long neck for standard
| CRANKYYANKEE | 19 Dec 02 - 02:20 AM | |
| GUEST,longarm | 19 Dec 02 - 03:00 AM | |
| CRANKYYANKEE | 19 Dec 02 - 12:31 PM | |
| chip a | 19 Dec 02 - 12:35 PM | |
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Subject: Tech: Swap my long neck for standard From: CRANKYYANKEE Date: 19 Dec 02 - 02:20 AM Want to swap my long neck for standard neck (not the whole banjo) Mine fits Bacon. Neck was made to fit Bacon original in 1925, by master craftsman Todd Farnham of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Now deceased. It is beautifully inlid in Abalone and Mother of Pearl. Has old style "Grover" geared pegs. I won't swap the Bacon pot, so don't ask. My only requirement is that the standard neck is well made and serviceable. Playing in E on the long neck is at the end of my reach and it wears out my 73 year old arms. |
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Subject: RE: Tech: Swap my long neck for standard From: GUEST,longarm Date: 19 Dec 02 - 03:00 AM O.K. Crankyyankee, As you can see by my thread name I've got one to! Save yourself a load of time,trouble and money and buy yourself a Capo!!! Hope I am not stating the bleeding obvious! Pete Proctor |
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Subject: RE: Tech: Swap my long neck for standard From: CRANKYYANKEE Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:31 PM I know, Pete. But, I've got Scruggs Pegs on it and can't really use them effectively so I carry around an old Gibson Mastertone just for that and it's a lot of bother. It's no trouble mounting a neck on a Bacon. And this banjo pot was made by FJ Bacon himself in 1925. I like it's sound ( and weight)a lot better than my Gibson, and, that's saying some. Lately I've been playing banjo with Rock bands. It seems that we're slowly fiding a whole new use for the 5 string and a new way of going about it. I didn't go looking for a new picking method, it just sort of hppened. It doesn't resemble any of the accepted picking styles, it's just--- random, whatever is needed is what comes next/. Thanks for your interest. Regards Jody |
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Subject: RE: Tech: Swap my long neck for standard From: chip a Date: 19 Dec 02 - 12:35 PM C. Y., That's what you call "pragmatic picking"! Chip |
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