Banjolin: The Darker Side Of Auction Sites
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Patrick Ogle warns against buying strange instruments off of auction sites in this video featuring a dud Banjolin. Sometimes you luck out, but in this case, things went completely awry.
Why? Well, for one, Patrick's Banjolin has leprosy.
That's a stromberg voisinet banjolin, shame it was mistreated. New head, new tuners/strings, reset dowel stick and it'll be fine.
Strings obviously are a thing that you should expect to replace in any case. I think I would prefer the instrument with 4 instead of 8 strings... you can still tune it the same way, GDAE, and there will be half the tension warping the instrument and causing other problems. And once you commit to 4 strings, it is better to get rid of the extra tuning machines, as they would just be rattling loose on there. A lot of these complaints seem silly to me. If you wanted 8 strings, I see the 4-on-a-strip tuning machines for about $15 or $20 for a full set, depending on the spacing you require. How much cheaper than that, were you expecting?
Complaints about the head and the strings? really? Theres a reason they still make strings... because your supposed to replace them! The head is the same way. Of the problems you mentioned, those simply don't fit. Its normal instrument maintenance. Dislike.
Actually banjolins are supposed to have only 4 strings, the banjo-mandolin is the one with 8, but with all 8 strings it puts too much pressure on the head and makes tuning the instrument very difficult. So most people removed 4 of the strings. True there are banjo-mandolins with 8 strings, but after years of manufacturing the people making them realized the problem with the string tension on the skin head and the banjolin (banjo-violin) was made to compensate for that issue. I'm a collector of pre-war instruments.
Only the bridge needs to be high. The fretboard could be high to compensate which will allow low action. These banjolins tend to warp under their own tension which is probably why the action is so high. I have never seen one of these instruments that was playable,
its actually a Melody banjo, also called Tango banjo. google it.