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Old 08-20-2017, 02:45 PM
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It's a nice looking reproduction - the neck looks just like the originals - and I especially like that it has the bracket band like that on the originals. That, and the 28 hooks would likely add a lot of sustain. It might suffer in resale because a lot of banjo players these days are looking for a darker plunkier tone. ...hairy goatskin heads...stuff like that

Another thing going against its resale might be the plate on the dowel that reads 'Made in Beijing, China' Old Time banjo players often tend to be pretty traditional types, in my experience ...and that might turn off a lot of clawhammer players who tend to dislike anything that smacks of "modern" including banjos with coordinator rods instead of dowel sticks.
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