
LOOK FOR ON-LINE STRING CHANGING TUTORIALS. I haven't changed the strings yet on the Recording King I just bought. IF OTHERS ARE TOO ENTRENCHED IN FIXED IDEAS TO NOTICE QUALITY, THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM, NOT YOURS. I'm not sure where I got the impression that it was sort of ok. Thanks for the warning about old timers and bluegrass musicians not really crazy about zither banjo's.
#1973 ome banjo grubstake professional
I know many professional bluegrass musicians today who are terrific old time musicians.

Which bluegrass musicians? All the first generation bluegrass musicians were excellent old time musicians as well.
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Whether "bluegrass musicians" don't "really" know how to play "old time tunes" is a matter of opinion. 008 steel for your fifth string, it has plenty of leeway to go up another step. You also don't need a "railroad spike" to tune your fifth string up to A. Lessee what else? OH: you don't need a capo to play in A or D. This new thread was started to discuss the origins of the term Classic Banjo. But please start a new thread for the banjo photo (s) as we are getting off topic again. Click "OK" and your photo will appear in the message window. Click on Image and select your computer as a source and select the photo. Put it on your computer desktop or any other place where you can retrieve it easily. Take your photo and get it on your computer. If you hover your cursor over it the word "image" appears. Immediately to the right of "LINK" is a blue and white box. Photos: when you make a post to this forum there is a line of symbols in a row above the window where you type. Do violinists or trombone players use straps? Do uke players? Who ever heard of a piano strap? Nobody needs a strap to play any kind of banjo sitting down. Sit down when you play the camm and it won't be heavy. You can get it from or other outlets.Ġ22, 028, 034, 030 (silver plated wound), 022 The following gauges work well for clawhammer on SS Stewart and Bart Reiter banjos and should work fine on the Madison: Or make your own set by studying the gauges on the many websites selling strings. Try any set of nylon banjo strings for your Madison. Where did you read about this? As far as I know, outside of zither-banjo and classic banjo circles, all zither banjos are reviled by self-described old time and bluegrass musicians. LAY-AWAY purchase plan with 50% down with 90 days to pay off balance through Reverb.Ginny, As far as I know I am the only banjo player who thinks a Camm is a good clawhammer banjo when properly set up. Thank you for your interest, message me with questions. This neat old banjo will be well padded and professionally packaged.

Everything has been properly adjusted and this good sounding, fun to play banjo is hard to put down, you won't be disappointed!ĭue to high UPS & FEDEX rate increases, I now prefer to ship USPS.

Instrument shows various minor to moderate handling and finish wear but little to no actual playing wear. The tuning machines function precisely making tuning easy, head is a modern Remo replacement head, string action is low and fast 2mm at the 12th fret. This is a very high quality entry level professional banjo and has a tall bridge combined with Kershner style tailpiece for strong string break angles. Comes with high quality non-original hardcase. This quality American built vintage banjo was constructed by the Ome Banjo company of Boulder, Colorado and features a proprietary cast alloy arched tonepot, high quality nickel plated hardware, high quality brass rim, high quality laminated mahogany neck with brazilian rosewood fretboard, and high quality nickel plated planetary geared tuning machines with Keith knobs. This professional quality instrument is mostly factory original, stays in tune, plays and sounds good (and loud). Vintage 1970's (early to mid) Ome Grubstake 5 String Banjo + Hardcase in fully functional condition.
