Awesome tag sale find

[nyvdub89]

Yesterday was national tag sale day apparently and my ma asked me to go along tagging with her. We went to a few houses with nothing that really interested me there. Old vases and paintings aren't particularly my thing. I went to this one house where I've been before. The older gentleman who owns it has a whole bunch of 80's VW Rabbits in his yard so I'm already hooked. Well I walked up and saw a gem of an old irish tenor banjo on a table. I payed a few bucks for it, but the backstory that I was given was wonderful. Apparently it's from the 1880's. It's a beautiful instrument and a wonderful addition to my collection of old instruments. I don't know how to play the banjo yet, but I've figured out a few chords already and I've played guitar for the past decade. Here is some pictures. Enjoy CR!

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/00DDA15C-1A10-4F16-BD6B-C5AA7200C86B-5258-00000126140E0184_zps7221a44d.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/BE645633-0554-4DD7-8611-77C928AED9B9-5258-000001261B0CEB7E_zpse5edd54d.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/6DDE37AF-A8D2-4B08-A51B-2C9E6418D0C3-5258-00000126209A5163_zps2520622a.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/9200FA02-A0AC-4F2F-A58A-D5506BF1FBFC-5258-000001262E2D0983_zpsa2d8a78f.jpg

[SpudRider]

I love banjo music! That was a very nice find, VDub. :tup:

[nyvdub89]

Thanks Spud. I can play a few songs that I know on guitar, but it is a whole new beast. It's like going from a 200cc Zong on to a 1300 shovel head v twin Harley. The principals are all the same but one takes a different technique than the other. :lmao: :)

[SpudRider]

I'm sure you will catch on quickly. :) I like your new avatar! :tup:

Here's one of my favorite banjo compositions, Big Country, performed by the composer, the incomparable Bela Fleck. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qawODbsq0TI

[nyvdub89]

Thanks Spud! That's a really nice song. As for the avatar, I figured either a picture of my gti or myself. That's my 1966 Guild F20 I'm playing in that picture. Sweet little folk guitar.

[SpudRider]

I'm sure your GTI is nice, but I'm glad you posted a photograph of yourself. :) Here's some more great music, with Bela Fleck on banjo, Jerry Douglas on dobro, and Sam Bush on mandolin. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miQBLwMtuGg

[SpudRider]

Here's another Bela Fleck composition, Felani. Bela Fleck is accompanied by Mike McGoldrick on flute, Jerry Douglas on dobro, and Sam Bush on mandolin. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6OrpO30Uc

I really do love banjo music. ;)

[zingshoen]

great find, and worth every dollar you paid (unless you find sth wrong with it). congratulations.

[bogieboy]

thats an absolutely gorgeous tenor!!!!! lets see some more pics of your instruments! i will throw some of mine up later today....i gotta get to church right now...LOL

[nyvdub89]

These are a few of my 66 F20
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/FCF153EF-8152-4EFB-80E9-E35D7AED7A6D-6075-0000016519F8E4D2_zpsfb5e8449.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/3682F3DF-0765-4DD9-9672-85CD7F6E96DE-6075-00000165295CA2E6_zps53d0bbb9.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/B5E32669-3D2C-41D3-B6E4-020F18EADA82-6075-000001655F5847E2_zps2d9473d0.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/17021BBE-AA02-425A-9450-422ADB648275-6096-00000166CBE588D3_zps5a17c61a.jpg

This is a really nice Washburn d10s/12 that a friend if mine bought off me last month for a good price.
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/FF2A4986-E4DA-4AA2-83AD-8BA097EE939F-6075-000001656FB1D9BF_zps8aea35c7.jpg

This is my mid 80's Washburn Woodstock. My grandfather gave it to me and it's by far my favorite instrument.
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/334B7FAE-9F41-4575-8636-60F47AD26DF2-6075-00000165AFEACC6E_zpsb63f1f36.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/tbanksphotography/41765D8A-D4C8-49A5-976B-C9CB7686DB7C-6075-00000165DA5F4778_zpsc91cae5b.jpg

Those are the only ones I've got on my phone right now. I have a few more electric guitars and digital drums but nothing worth showing off.;)


Thanks for all the compliments fellas! I know we all have other loves next to our Chinese machines.

[Weldangrind]

Amazing find! Son of Weldangrind has been toying with a banjo as well. He has played guitar for about six years now, and he was playing Will the Circle be Unbroken in preparation for my Grandmother's funeral, but he and my cousin decided to play it on acoustic guitars instead. They did a nice job.

[SpudRider]

Those are beautiful instruments. :tup:

[bogieboy]

:hehe:This pair is my pride and joy, i built the acoustic from a kit from Martin, its a D28, rosewood back and sides, sitka spruce top, mahagonay neck....the electric is an ibanez that i completely redid, changed pup configurations, and took it from boring blue to a walnut bookmatched veneer...
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20121105_085812.jpg

Then theres all the other instruments i have worked on, most all have either been given to me broken, or i purchase them broken, and restore them...

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20121105_085800.jpg

i have since fixed the one with no bridge, tryimg to find the pins and saddle for it...LOL i have them somewhere but not sure where right now...

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20130415_205950_zps58cecc2d.jpg

I also play around with restoring brass instruments...the silver one just needed a bit of dent removal and a good buffing...the other one....well.....LOL


http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20120331_205152.jpg

Before
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/_KGrHqRHJDcE63Z_lQ40BO3kSRjPOw_60_12.jpg
After
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20111231_182452.jpg

After a bit of research it turns out that the brass coronet (i paid $30 for off ebay) is from the 1890s, and the silver one (paid much more because it wasnt in too bad of shape) is a 1935.... If those horns could talk...the places they have been, the people that have played them....would be very interesting...

[nyvdub89]

That is amazing. Wow. I'm genuinely impressed. :O

[bogieboy]

That is amazing. Wow. I'm genuinely impressed. :O

Thanks! I forgot about the other electric i am building from sctatch....LOL its quartersawn oak on the face and african mahogany on the back...
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/Screenshot_2013-06-16-20-24-09_zps461d709d.png


http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20121016_211612.jpg

And a better shot of the quartersawn grain

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/bogieboy01/20121016_204739.jpg

Will end up being a LP style stop tail/ tune-a-matic bridge setup, and covered PAF style pickups...nice vintage tone for my fender front man or my Bugera all tube V5....

[nyvdub89]

I just fell in love! I personally like active pickups but I like that extra crunch they give. Amazing work Bogie.

[bogieboy]

I just fell in love! I personally like active pickups but I like that extra crunch they give. Amazing work Bogie.

Thanks, its currently just a hobby, but i wouldnt mind doing custom work like this someday as (somewhat) gainful employment....LOL i have loved working with wood (get your mind out of the gutter...LOL) since i was about 10...as for the pickups, most all of my musical tastes arent "crunchy"....LOL im a big fan of the 60s-70s, bands like chicago, the beatles, boston, and early stuff from journey...crunch doeent fit that stuff...LOL i just love the way a p90 or a PAF bucker sings with my tube amp....

And i realized watching myself play i do some wierd stuff with my head when i get playing that i never noticed before....LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghTTBMqR208

[bogieboy]

Oh and yes.....most all of my guitars hang on the wall of my bedroom....LOL useable art i think....

[SpudRider]

You do beautiful work, and you play very well, Bogie! :)

Here's a beautiful lady, with a beautiful voice, to accompany the beautiful instruments displayed in this thread. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrEoWE3sHM

[bogieboy]

Thanks spud! And i agree....she would compliment the instruments quite well....LOL especially my martin, just something about that thing that records awesomly.... Its probably the multi pickup system i installed last yr, so i can directly record it to my computer.... Heres the guitar part to a song i am currently working on...

http://soundcloud.com/bogieboy/hey-pretty-girl-teaser

[bogieboy]

Ok last threadjack post for now....LOL this is my churches praise team, comprised of junior high-college age instrumentalists and vocalists, and our pianist is in her late 70s...definately a different than average group, but it fits our worship style...i am playing the martin guitar in this one as well...
http://soundcloud.com/bogieboy/it-is-well

[SpudRider]

Here's some more banjo music. ;) Dirk Powell sings his composition, Boats Up the River, with Mike McGoldrick accompanying beautifully on the bagpipes. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSRzEbb2qVU

[SpudRider]

Ron Block plays the banjo with Alison Krauss and Union Station for this rendition of Man of Constant Sorrow. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcdFAAojt4

[zingshoen]

let s jam together...speedgrass...hello from china :hi:

https://lh3.ggpht.com/-owyAxY2M1Mg/TqAqQhNTUCI/AAAAAAAABfU/xeMlBUs1JD8/s1600/IMGP4618_1.JPG

[bogieboy]

let s jam together...speedgrass...hello from china :hi:

https://lh3.ggpht.com/-owyAxY2M1Mg/TqAqQhNTUCI/AAAAAAAABfU/xeMlBUs1JD8/s1600/IMGP4618_1.JPG

Is that a steel mandolin?! SWEET!!!!

[FastDoc]

Sorry I just caught this thread now.

I respect and appreciate the excellent work you do. I know nothing about instruments or music but I recognize artistic talent and dedication when I see it.

Cool avatar pic also, BTW. Looks like an album cover!

[nyvdub89]

Amazing playing Bogie, thanks for the great music Spud, and thanks for the kind words Doc. Everyone else thank you as well!

[bogieboy]

Amazing playing Bogie, thanks for the great music Spud, and thanks for the kind words Doc. Everyone else thank you as well!

thanks! im not that great....LOL i just practice stuff that i record for like a month straight....

[nyvdub89]

Practice makes perfect. I don't record videos cause I'm lame. :P

[Weldangrind]

Practice makes perfect. I don't record videos cause I'm lame. :P

I'm betting that you don't record because the music is personal to you.

[bogieboy]

I'm betting that you don't record because the music is personal to you.

interesting... thats precisely why i DO record mine... its...ME....LOL the john denver, the praise songs, thats who i am, and thats the music i love...:)

[SpudRider]

Speaking of worship music, here is Alison Krauss performing I Believe in You, composed by Bob Dylan, and first recorded in his Christian album, Slow Train Coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pOzwNYFIgo

[SpudRider]

In this video the Blind Boys of Alabama perform Jesus Built a Bridge to Heaven, Live in Studio C, at Nashville Public Radio. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxOuHTcoEbI

[SpudRider]

Here is Eric Bibb's beautiful rendition of, I Want Jesus to Walk with Me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCCRr_Kyx0

[nyvdub89]

I'm betting that you don't record because the music is personal to you.

I do write a lot of personal things. I don't mind going out and playing for people, I am just a perfectionist with music and I can never record something and find it flawless. I find when performing without the pressures of being recorded there are less mistakes. :shrug:

[SpudRider]

Here's more of the great Eric Bibb, accompanied by Dirk Powell on the banjo. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbPwud6ssTw

[SpudRider]

Eric Bibb plays again, accompanied by Dirk Powell on cajun accordion, and Sam Bush on mandolin. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds1faZB4QSc

[SpudRider]

Dirk Powell performs Waterbound, which he composed after Hurricane Katrina. :tup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MAMu3LHIYA

[bogieboy]

I think this has turned into Spuds music thread...... LOL

[nyvdub89]

That's fine by me. :tup:

[bogieboy]

That's fine by me. :tup:

if you have anything recorded of your stuff, i would love to hear it...it doesnt have to be perfect either...LOL :hehe: a lot of my recorded stuff is work in progress.....then theres a few things i did with a group that got professionally recorded when i am playing my trumpet....

these songs were performed with the Men Of AChord male chorus, as well as 2 other groups in Jenison MI.

https://soundcloud.com/bogieboy/sets/trumpet-stuff-1

[SpudRider]

I think this has turned into Spuds music thread...... LOL
:lol:

I make it my policy not to abuse my position, and hijack threads. ;) However, after the original poster's topic (an awesome tag sale find) has been thoroughly discussed, and the thread is ready to die its natural death, I will occasionally prolong its life with some closely related subject matter. I didn't want this nice thread to die an untimely death. :)

I hope both of you gentlemen will start new threads regarding your individual instruments and your recordings. :tup: I promise I won't hijack those threads, and the moderator team will help ensure others won't hijack them either. ;)

[SpudRider]

Bump to the top with Alison Krauss, and her beautiful rendition of You're Just a Country Boy. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22SdM2OZ3X8