Posted 10 months ago
Synqmazta
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it's been in the attic at my uncles home for 35 years.....Is it an antique? can any one give me more history about this banjo. it has no markings or any name on it.
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I've made 2 banjo's & can't play one. I thought they were all 5 string until I started looking for somebody who knew how to play my latest. I live in French & dutch territory & soon learned that europeans don't play the 5 string but the 4 string and they strum more than pick. After 2 yrs, I'm still trying to find somebody to play mine & tell me if it has good tone.
Yours appears to be a 4 string so probably european. I don't see a 5th string key. By the way, they are tuned entirely differently. I'm not a musician but just like to make things. Bon chance.
eye4, what the hell does that have to do with ID'ing banjo's. You r mixing apples & oranges. U r my sworn antagonist obviously. I'm just trying to help some bloke ID a blud'clot banjo.
eye4, the site wasn't high-lited so no I didn't. Sorry if you meant well but U have harrassed me before U know.
I'll search for the site now.
Sorry eye4 but I saw nothing there that had anything to do with banjo's. Everything seemed electronic. I'm a traditionalist & nothing I make as a hobby has a plug on it. Guitars & banjo's is like learning a foreign language to change.
Sorry if I reacted wrongly as I was judging by past encounters.
I'll take some pics of my banjo (which I can't play) & post them.
Sorry Syn--, didn't mean to disrupt your post with what is an obvious personality conflict.