@@CliftonHicksbanjo i like it! That one didn't even really feel like the heel was pretty non existent. Some i've seen look just like broom sticks and i can't fathom playing one like that but very cool to see that people were just making things from their minds just going with what felt right and it worked too! It's the kind of approach i really enjoy seeing and doing myself. The imperfections make it meaningful in my mind. Though i very much appreciate modern makers and the "right way" of doing things.
Grant, I'm just not sure yet. I'd like to sell it as-is as a piece of folk art for someone to hang on the wall. If I can't find a private collector to buy it, I'll try to donate it to a museum. Failing that, I may restore it, but I'd like to keep this one as-is.
I can definitely understand the sentiment of just leaving it as is, but I look at that banjo and I want to hear what it sounds like. How the age and love it received rings out. How the hands that shaped the instrument affected it's sound. That was an instrument made to be played, and I would personally think it would be a shame to leave it in such a shape. That could just be my personal sentiments over shadowing the logistics of actually restoring the instrument.
Hello Clifton: Would you be willing sometime to either show or explain how you tie nylon strings to a tail piece? Is there a specific knot used? As I may have mentioned I have ordered a Mountain banjo from John Peterson. I have only worked with metal banjo strings with loops for my Goodtime.
Need to film that. Trouble is I always forget until I've already changed the strings! A simple square knot is all I do, although there is an actual tailpiece knot that classical violinists use.
Shame about the epoxy. Any good woodworker knows you should carve out a channel and inlay a new piece of wood, preferably some hardwood if it's an instrument that was made of pine. An acquaintance of mine plays a nice minstrel-style banjo with a walnut neck. I've been wanting to make one of my own for some time, but I'm not very confident with wood bending. But I do have a dead oak tree that needs to come down, and would be a good source of material.
I'm glad I got to handle this one before it headed up your way. Super cool piece of folk history. My favorite is the back of the headstock carve.
Yeah that shape is pretty old timey, also the lack of a heel. Most banjos made before c. 1860 lacked a heel.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo i like it! That one didn't even really feel like the heel was pretty non existent. Some i've seen look just like broom sticks and i can't fathom playing one like that but very cool to see that people were just making things from their minds just going with what felt right and it worked too! It's the kind of approach i really enjoy seeing and doing myself. The imperfections make it meaningful in my mind. Though i very much appreciate modern makers and the "right way" of doing things.
Thank you for everything you do. I saw on reddit people were giving you a hard time and it made me upset.
People who haunt holes like Reddit, Facebook, etc. are generally having a hard time at life...
One of my favorites you have shown
Wow if only Banjo’s could speak. I would love to know the story behind this guy.💚💚💚
Would love to know and heard all the songs that's been played on that beautiful old Tack-head. Could only imagine, thanks Clifton for showing this
Great video...THANKS for showing this rare find! Wow!
That thing is so cool. I’m building one now and was considering the same metal ring over the head
It works!
Clif that one there can be made playable again with some work , I would buy it off You but My wife said I have more banjo's that I do socks lol
Interesting old instrument ,well played in its day !...
You should make a replica of it. I wanna hear what it'd sound like
Awesome hand-carved tuning pegs. Poor restoration makes me sad.
Will you be repairing this peice?
Grant, I'm just not sure yet. I'd like to sell it as-is as a piece of folk art for someone to hang on the wall. If I can't find a private collector to buy it, I'll try to donate it to a museum. Failing that, I may restore it, but I'd like to keep this one as-is.
I can definitely understand the sentiment of just leaving it as is, but I look at that banjo and I want to hear what it sounds like. How the age and love it received rings out. How the hands that shaped the instrument affected it's sound. That was an instrument made to be played, and I would personally think it would be a shame to leave it in such a shape. That could just be my personal sentiments over shadowing the logistics of actually restoring the instrument.
Hi Clifton....interesting piece.
It reminded me to ask, do you have any of your mountain banjos for sale?
Thanks. Not at the moment.
Hello Clifton: Would you be willing sometime to either show or explain how you tie nylon strings to a tail piece? Is there a specific knot used? As I may have mentioned I have ordered a Mountain banjo from John Peterson. I have only worked with metal banjo strings with loops for my Goodtime.
This video should show you the knots ua-cam.com/video/ftW3PTx24vE/v-deo.html
@@granthobson2646 Thank you Grant.
Need to film that. Trouble is I always forget until I've already changed the strings! A simple square knot is all I do, although there is an actual tailpiece knot that classical violinists use.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo Thanks so much. I'm on my way!
Has this been sold yet? If so how much did it go for?
Never did sell it. I wound up mailing it back to the collector. It's a fairly rare piece of folk art, I'd say it's worth at _least_ $200.
Shame about the epoxy. Any good woodworker knows you should carve out a channel and inlay a new piece of wood, preferably some hardwood if it's an instrument that was made of pine. An acquaintance of mine plays a nice minstrel-style banjo with a walnut neck. I've been wanting to make one of my own for some time, but I'm not very confident with wood bending. But I do have a dead oak tree that needs to come down, and would be a good source of material.