Elderly Instruments Latest - Old-Time Banjo http://elderly.com/list/oldtime_banjos/new.rss en-us copyright 2008 Elderly Instruments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:56:06 -0400 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:56:06 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/LL-CD0408.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/LL-CD0408.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/LL-CD2297.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/LL-CD2297.htm Book/CD pack. Designed as a 'banjo camp in a book!' this indespensable resource includes tours of several leading banjo camps (with lots of great color photos), beginner's classes in bluegrass and old-time banjo, the history of the banjo and banjo camps and a resource guide to banjo camps. Of course the real treat is the interviews, workshops, and campfire conversations with great banjo players like Pete Seeger, Pete Wernick, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Janet Davis, Wayne Erbsen, Steve Kaufman, Ken Perlman, Bob Carlin, John Herrmann, Bobby Anderson, Bob Altschuler, Rich Stillman, Alan Munde, Brad Leftwich, David Holt, and others. CD contains instruction and songs from the book, plus play-along jam tracks. 152 pp. ($21.95) ]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/01-910595.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/01-910595.htm EC+, 12" Renaissance head, gloss natural finished maple neck and rim, black-bound 18-fret rosewood fingerboard (fretless and scooped above the 18th fret), pearl dot and star inlays, 1-7/16" nut width, 26-1/2" scale, brass hoop tone ring, rosewood rim and heel caps, rosewood headstock overlay with pearl star inlay, five geared tuners, designed by respected musician and teacher Bob Carlin, with flat-lid HSC (SN:2807533) ($650.00) ]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2234.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2234.htm EC, 12" Renaissance head, walnut neck with octagonal dowel stick, fretless rosewood fingerboard, 1-5/16" nut width, ~24-3/4" scale length, grooved tension hoop, No Knot tailpiece, Five Star Planet tuners with black plastic buttons, geared 5th string peg, script "Enoch" burned in back of headstock, handmade in the USA ($700.00) ]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2238.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2238.htm VG-EC, ~10-3/4" skin head, 9/32" metal clad wood rim, 30 brackets, cherry(?) neck with dark stain finish, wood-bound 17-fret fingerboard, pearl block inlay covers entire fingerboard with various fancy inset abalone inlays, 1-5/16" nut width, ~25-15/16" scale length, Elite tailpiece, white plastic violin friction pegs, fancy pearl and abalone peghead inlay, set-up with nylon strings, made for Sears, Roebuck and Co., very cool, with newer oversize SSC (red interior) ($1,095.00) ]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2225.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2225.htm EC-, natural finish curly maple neck, 1-5/16" nut width, maple 3-ply 11" rim with black cap, brass bracket band, tubaphone tone ring, dual coordinator rods, 26-3/8" scale, ivoroid-bound ebony fretboard with dot and star inlays, ebony peghead overlay with fancy inlay and Vega logo, Renaissance head, 4 planetary geared pegs, geared 5th string peg, we are told the tailpiece, armrest and bridge were replaced by Nechville, nickel hardware, made by Deering in California, with OHSC (blue lining), (SN:0319902 A723) ($2,100.00) ]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2222.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2222.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/VINTMARBLEFALLS12.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/VINTMARBLEFALLS12.htm Stained maple neck and 11" rim (thick and deep) with rosewood rim cap, bubinga tone ring (similar to rosewood), ebony fretboard with a shallow frailing scoop at rim, engraved inlays - leaf & acorn designs at the 1st, 5th, & 12th frets and dots in the other positions, pearl oak tree inlaid in peghead, No Knot tailpiece, Renaissance head, 5 geared tuners. ($1500.00) ]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CH711-MPL.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CH711-MPL.htm Round Peak style, open-back banjo player, shares a love of old-time music with guests Kirk Sutphin on fiddle, Benton Flippen on fiddle, Eddie Bond on vocals, David Holt on guitar, others. 19 cuts including "Head Over Heels," "Sally Ann," "Train 45," "Cripple Creek," more. ($12.95) ]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/HER-CD147.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/HER-CD147.htm 2008 -- "19th Century Banjo Tunes" from the voice and banjo of J. Patton Shehan, "The Busker of Natchez!" Songs from Daniel Emmit, Stephen Foster, the old-time tradition, some originals and more. ($14.95) ]]> Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/TPFA-CD08.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/TPFA-CD08.htm 11" rim with brass hoop tone ring and Fiberskyn head, dark-stained maple neck with bound rosewood fretboard (standard 26-3/16" scale, 1-3/16" nut width), dot & star position inlays, railroad spike 5th string capo at 7th fret, fretboard scooped above 17th fret. Gold Tone decal and star on peghead. No Knot tailpiece, Vega style armrest. We include the optional planetary (banjo-style) tuning pegs. Included accessories are a light duty gigbag, strap and the Bob Carlin "Pick Up Your Banjo & Play" instructional video. ($299.00) ]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTCCOTGG.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTCCOTGG.htm EC-, extra long neck (Seeger style) banjo, ~19/32" black rim, mahogany neck with volute, "dove-wing" shaped headstock, 25-fret Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays, 1-3/16" nut width, ~32-1/8" scale, ~1/4" brass tone hoop, 24 brackets, single coordinator rod, armrest, 4 geared tuners with cream plastic buttons, Grover mechanical friction 5th string peg with metal button, railroad spike hole filled at 11th fret, plating worn off middle of armrest, dent in back neck behind 7th fret, on consignment, beautiful banjo, with OHSC (green lining) (SN:183511) ($1,150.00) ]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2230.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2230.htm 11" maple pot with tubaphone tone ring, bracket band with 24 brackets, Renaissance head. Maple neck with bound ebony fretboard, engraved pearl inlays, fretboard is scooped above 17th fret, engraved star in peghead, geared tuners, no-knot tailpiece vega style armrest. Mahogany stain, gloss finish. Great value in a fine-sounding banjo! ($895.00) ]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTOT800.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTOT800.htm Not a guitar banjo, this has a short 6th string! The low fifth string adds range. 14" pot for great low tone. 1920's style peghead shape and inlays. ($896.00) ]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTCEB6.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTCEB6.htm 2008 -- Banjo trio just like the good old days! Longtime musical partners Curly Miller and Carol Anne Rose hook up with former Skirtlifter Clarke Buehling; they all play banjo and Curly steps up on fiddle and bowed bass - and featuring the Goldtone 5-string cello banjo and the Goldtone 6-string "5-string style" banjos, too! Musical delights from the turn of the 20th century: "Russian Rag," "Indian War Whoop," "Plowboy Hop," "Thunder and Blazes March," "Egyptian Princess," lots more. ($14.95) ]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/OZARK-CD08.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/OZARK-CD08.htm 2008 -- More 19th-century banjo music, reproduced from printed sources 1855-86, from the banjified Twiss in the period "stroke" style! "Fireman's Jig," "Whole Hog or None," "Rail Road Polka," "Narraganset Jig" and more, performed on a banjo modelled after an instrument built by William Boucher of Baltimore in the 1840s. ($12.95) ]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/MILFORD-CD08.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/MILFORD-CD08.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/TRM100FLFF-CHNYL.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/TRM100FLFF-CHNYL.htm EC ~11-5/8" skin head, metal clad wood rim, 30 cobra-type hooks and nuts (at least one replacement), one piece mahogany neck with nicely carved heel, 18 fret ebony fingerboard, ebony peghead overlay and heelcap with pearl inlay, intricate pearl fretboard inlay, "WES" engraved on heart inlay at 16th fret, ~26-3/4" scale, ~1-9/32" nut width, "PAT. MAY 8, 88" Patent Pegs with ivoroid buttons, reproduction No Knot tailpiece, metal plate on dowel stick reads "LUSCOMB'S - PATENT-1893-BANJO - PAT. SEPT. 12, 1893 - BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A.", a really nice late 1890's banjo, made by Thompson & Odell in Boston, on consignment (SN:132) ($1,700.00) ]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2213.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2213.htm EC+ 5 string banjo neck on a Celtic style mandola/octave mandolin body, solid spruce top, dark-stained maple rims and back, ivoroid binding with b-i-b-i-b top purfling, two ring soundhole rosette, standard Gold Tone banjo peghead shape with fancy inlay, bound ebony fretboard with hearts and flowers inlay pattern, Gold Tone logo at 21st fret, gold geared pegs, ebony bridge with bone saddle, gold tailpiece, adjustable truss rod, ~26" scale, 1 3/16" nut, made in asia, gold hardware except for nickel Shubb 5th string capo installed, with HSC (grey lining) (SN:2804095) ($635.00) ]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2229.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2229.htm EC except could use minor work (file fret ends, heat press neck to straighten, set up, etc. - sold AS-IS), replacement 11" Fiberskyn head, satin natural finished maple neck and 9/16" rim, 17-frets with black dot markers (fretboard scooped after 17th fret), 1-1/4" nut width, ~26-1/8" scale, nickel hardware, chrome Deering tailpiece, open-gear tuners with white-plastic buttons, geared 5th string peg, railroad spikes at frets 7, 9 and 10, built in the USA ($235.00) ]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2228.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/60U-2228.htm 11" thin maple rim with rosewood cap, rolled brass tone hoop, maple neck with ebony fretboard, shooting star at 5th fret, fretboard scooped above 17th fret for easy play over the neck, ebony peghead overlay with abalone & pearl Saturn inlay, No Knot tailpiece, Renaissance head, 5 geared tuners with ivoroid buttons, adjustable truss rod. Handcrafted in USA ($1300.00) ]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CH311SP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CH311SP.htm 2008 - 16 banjo ballads and string band tunes from Kentucky. Brett is accompanied by members of the Clack Mountain String Band: Jesse Wells on fiddle, Karly Higgins on guitar and vocals, and J.T. Cure on bass. With guests Adrian Powell on fiddle and Julie Shepherd. Including "The War Is A Raging In Johnny," "Darling Don't You Know That's Wrong," "Last Payday At Coal Creek," more. ($13.25) ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/recordings/items/JUN-CD084.htm http://elderly.com/recordings/items/JUN-CD084.htm Gold plated hardware, fancy inlay, bound ebony headstock and fretboard, and a dark brown mahogany stain set this apart from the standard Bob Carlin BC-350. - Maple neck, 12" laminated maple rim, brass hoop tone ring, 26 brackets Remo Renaissance head, no-knot tailpiece, hotdog armrest, neck attaches with rim rod (inside dowel stick for traditional look), planetary-geared pegs, truss rod adjusts from peghead, ebony fretboard (~ 26 1/4" scale) is slightly wider at nut for left hand comfort (1 3/8") and scooped above the rim for easy playing over the neck. Fancy pearl inlay design on peghead & fretboard, pearl inlays on back of peghead and heel cap also. ($1046.00) ]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBC350PLUS.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBC350PLUS.htm