- Hedningen
- May 4, 2013
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Enough sideburns to last a lifetime.
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Working on fixing up my dad's old banjo: it's a Seeger longneck built by Framus in the 60s. It definitely needs some work, but the neck is straight and the frets are in good shape. Seeing as my sole banjo experience is with Irish tenor, I have a few questions:
- Planetary/orbital tuners vs regular machine heads: is it a huge difference? It currently has garbage open-back guitar style machine heads that are hell to turn, so they're getting replaced. Not sure if it's worth it to drill out and resize things, unless there's a reason to go with pegs or something that I just don't see.
- Head replacement and tensioning - any recommended guides and/or sources for banjo heads and bridges? The current head is collapsing and the bridge is a delightfully curved shape.
- Any good starting places for basic banjo rolls for old-time/Appalachian stuff? Not as much of a bluegrass guy, but I'm looking to do some basic folk/union/protest stuff because it's fun as hell to play with my local.
- Any other poo poo I should know before 5-string banjo prep? Already play a number of other instruments of comparable arrangement, but I'd hate to apply weird, bad technique to this.
Thanks for any help with this. I'm sure I'll end up spending more than this instrument is worth, but it feels appropriate to restore it.
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