Old Banjos: Where to Buy & How Much to Spend?
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Oldtime banjo close ups and demonstrations of overhand, clawhammer, two finger, thumb lead, 2 finger, frailing and stroke styles plus traditional southern Appalachian mountain hoedown and early minstrel show techniques. History, anthropology, folklore, research and musicology including breakdowns, blues, waltz pieces, tin pan alley, some Afro-Caribbean and West African history, occasional Cajun and zydeco references, also Métis, Creole, Melungeon and indigenous North American music traditions. Mountain music, southern culture. George Gibson, Ernie Williams, Cousin Emmy, Dock Boggs, Rufus Crisp, Virgil Anderson, Lily May Ledford, Roscoe Holcomb, Tab Ward, Frank Proffitt, Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Lee Sexton, Morgan Sexton, Lead Belly, Pete Steele, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, JD Crowe, Clarence Ashley, Fred Cockerham, Dwight Diller, Gaither Carlton, John Snipes, Dink Roberts, Clifford Essex, Joe Sweeney, Archibald Ferguson, Dan Emmett, John Hartford, Picayune Butler, Gus Cannon, Art Rosenbaum, Grandpa Jones, Snuffy Jenkins, Buell Kazee, Bascam Lamar Lunsford, Uncle Dave Macon, Tommy Makem, Luke Kelly, Charlie Poole, Ola Belle Reed, BF Shelton, Hobart Smith, Samantha Bumgarner, Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Ralph Stanley, Odell Thompson, Wade Ward, Hedy West, Fred McDowell, Uncle Homer Walker, Mississippi John Hurt old time, folk, trad roots pickers songsters. #banjo #oldtimemusic #history Riley Baugus, Dirk Powell, Gillian Welch, Maybelle Carter Family. Morgan Sexton, Black Banjo Songsters, Lee Sexton, Clyde Troxell, Blanche Coldiron, Banjo Bill Cornett.
Pawn shops are a joke. Most have rip off artists running them these days. I'd hate to recommend a newbie to go there. Better off getting a new deering open back to learn on until you get seasoned enough to know how not to get ripped off paying a big price for something that needs more money to fix up just to get back in playing condition. In fact a deering open back goodtime banjo is actually played by very good players all the time as their main ax. They just don't have the cool old look. Keep strumming on them and the head and neck will get that worn look. Another very good banjo is the gold tone AC-1. It has a great sound for old time. It's my tote around festival, camping banjo. It's so light. I also liked the saga wood pot open back banjos too but don't know if their still made. Main thing is to learn the most common songs played in your area at jams and have a great time doing it. Mr. hicks here is really providing great info here. Watch his videos and learn in a big way. He is spot on in his lessons. Very very valuable info on his site.
Estate Auctions are another great place to find antique instruments. I just picked up a "beater" 1910 Vega N model tubaphone converted to a 5 string neck for ~$200 at an estate auction. After a new head and some fret work. it will be a real good player.
Beware, the older the banjo you get, the harder they are to get apart and put back together sometimes! Because they almost all have dried and busted skin head, you get into finding older pots out of round and so forth, when doing new head. It really is amazing one makes it 100 years with skin head intact. It’s rare.
Pawn shops were already bad before internet, though I could sometimes find something. With internet, you might still luck up but I doubt it. While true most old timers might not have identification marks, I just find pawn owners generally have a knack for wanting far more than what something’s worth, no matter what it is. Good info, enjoy your videos and playing, thanks for sharing. The boards in your home might be knotty pine under the paint. Love me some old homes, used to have one.
A lot of the Pawn Shops here where I live (Albuquerque) are shady! Most of the Banjos I’ve seen there are modern inexpensive banjos that honestly are probably overpriced. The only interesting banjo I’ve found at one was a vintage Gretsch tenor (needed some work on it though). Pawn shops are probably more interested in selling Electric Guitars.
Another great, informative video and discussion! I find other collectors are sometimes willing to part with something they no longer want. And then, of course there is always ebay.
I got a old 4 string harmony banjo it sounds good
How I picked up a 62kay in Salem Oregon I don't recommend musicians to come here. I even got all my gear stolen out of the storage shed even this one. So I purchased a 1924 Wayann and son Irish tenor. I'm still trying to get it set up the way I like it.
I've been collecting guitar equipment and stuff for a long time. I just was introduced to a banjo I bought off of a tweaker who found it broken on the railroad tracks how cool is that paid $50 in a little bit of marijuana for it a 62 kay it had diamonds and clovers around the metal rim. I loved it it had two stick on bark as berries in just a quarter inch female Jack it was bitching especially when I plugged it into a little Street amp.
Would a 1960s Kay open back banjo be a good investment? They claim it’s redwood. Asking price is $250
1950s-1960s Kay is usually pretty good. A nice one usually runs at least $450 so that's potentially a good buy. They aren't the best banjos by any means, but they were popular among working-class traditional banjoists of the post-WW2 era.
For the complete Novice who is looking at just getting into it, is there a reason to get an antique over a new one (other than preference to antiques?) Sorry for the ignorance.
I got a 1970s Korean Kay banjo for $150 at a music shop in my town. Plays pretty well except the action is a bit high.
Too high of an action is better than an action that is too low!
Have you heard of a "Key Bell" banjo ?
Don't think I have. Is it possibly a _Kay_ Bell?
I don’t play Banjo but I have a Pete Seeger long neck. I see these can be valuable but where can I sell it for fiar market value?
Yes they can go for a good bit of money. It's a niche banjo, so you're looking at a smaller pool of potential buyers, but many of us would like to own one. Perhaps I might buy it from, (or sell it for) you. Feel free to write me at clifhicks@gmail.com
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Any certain open back brands that are 5 string without the neck scoop and have a double cot prghead?
The "frailing scoop" has only been a thing since the 1960s. Older banjos were not "scooped."
@@CliftonHicksbanjo Thanks for the tip. Tried looking up the Banjo museum in Oklahoma and google wasn't a help or they have no website. It may be easier to just have a neck made. In your photo of three old banjos the one on the left iis close. Trying to find one with a double cut prghead style like a Gibson bluegrass.
What are the bricks on the stove for
On cold nights a hot brick wrapped up in a towel is very nice under the feet &c.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo Standard practice in cold water flats during the Great Depression. My mother talked about doing that as a child of the time. Put them in the bed near their feet.
@@stephenpohl in the north of England, we still did that in the 1980's. The houses were freezing with just one coal fire.🥶