This one is serial number of ; several nice photos are in the ad. The Antiques Roadshow banjo mentioned above appears in a You Tube Video which should be easy to find. As I recall, the fellow that brought it in for appraisal had absolutely no idea of what he had- it was inherited from his father I believe who was not a banjo player.
I seem to recall Zepp also had a 7 in one of his You Tube videos. My data base of early Fairbanks banjos lists 60 pre-fire NO. Hank Hi Hank- Is your database online? I'm curious about where my WL7 fits in the sequence Thanks, Dave P. I'm more of the fiddling persuasion, and my real home page on the hangout is www. Dave, serial number was built in , three years before the fire. The only notation I have on this Whyte Laydie No.
Yours is the first No. Odd that they had gold tuners, but the rim metal was nickel plated. I learned from two vintage instrument shops that there are "levels" of desirability even in fine WL 7s based on head diameter and particularly scale length.
Thick rim vs. In addition to PreFire and Fairbanks plate. I thought the Antiques Roadshow guy pegged the price pretty well, at least in economy dollars. Are the listings being mentioned here all 5 strings or did they also come in 4 string PreFire? The Old Timer, still learning!
Here is my present list of pre-fire NO. They are ALL 5-string banjos. The Vega tenors didn't appear until around Hank, I find it odd that the list includes mention of Tub-ba-phone in your listing, as this model tone ring did not come into existence until , six years later.
I assume these marked parts are from later builds. It's likely that the owners of those original NO. I have no idea when the switch actually occurred. The first one in my list is actually stamped both NO. Welcome to the dark side Many thanks to Hank for graciously sharing his info with us.
Thats as good as it gets! Glad you're on! Bruce ''Ya gotta get all them tunes in you head''. Can I jump in here with a query about the Fairbanks Imperial Electric I have recently acquired. Presumably , pre-fire. It is a very nice looking banjo. The sound, however is disappointing. One problem is the unique tailpiece, which is a heavy chunk of crafted aluminum bolted onto the tail of the rim in place of probably a No-Knot.
It is unlike anything in Jim Bollman's collection. I have a very nice Kerchner and a couple others to install. I realize this is an historic banjo, and want to do it right. The original friction tuners pose the usual problem: utility or authenticity?
I am looking for a set of those narrow shaft tuners from Germany so I don't have to enlarge the holes. I bring this to you folks because you constitute a Blue Ribbon advisory committee. Thanks Paul G Owen Hickman.
Hank When I worked for George Gruhn in the early 70's, he had an exquisite WL 7 with a Tubaphone ring that had both stamps on the dowelstick. Hi Old timer.. What exactly do you mean by levels of desirabillty?..
The bigger pot,shorter scale ones are the less sort after.. I was born when meat was cheap! Regarding levels of desirability other than pre-fire, I don't know the details. Once I offered to trade my WL7 to a well known vintage instrument shop on a guitar I wanted, and the questions were about "is it thin rim or thick rim" I didn't know, I measured and told him how thick it was , and especially after he found out it was a "long scale" he said he didn't really care to have it!
The head was A great and powerful banjo, and very gorgeous, but he simply didn't want to trade on it at all, saying that scale length would be hard to sell. I have no idea how true any of this was. Hi Cottonmouth-- is my "Princess-Phone". It's a standard prefire WL7 red stripes, small peghead, etc. Pre-fire No7s. The rim's patent stamp also. Or shortly afterward I bought it from Walter Lipton, back in So how does that fit into the equation?
So the "big" ones are really not any longer or harder to play. I had an A Fairbanks by Vega. Theoretically, or otherwise, might you say more about the reasons that particular configuration is considered the "most desirable? The smaller rim sizes have shorter scale lengths that are easier on the player's left hand, important to clawhammer players who seldom work above the seventh fret.
The 28" scale has the greatest distances between frets, and requires the left hand to stretch more. This is most noticeable in the first five or so frets clawhammer player's comfort zone. The fret distances plus thicker neck of the WL professional models make the left hand work a little harder, and can actually cause fatigue or pain at first, which scares a a lot of people off.
But the longer scale is OK to some who find that with regular practice, the left hand gets used to it, allowing them to add the power of a big rim to their playing. I have decided to pass on No. Unfortunately, the seller does not have email, but if anyone is interested you can PM me for more details. I agree. As I said before,be very careful. There is a post somewhere on BJHO about this particular scam. For that price wouldn't anyone in their right-mind spend a few extra bucks, get on a plane, and do the transaction in person?
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