Darryl Hattenhauer
Venerated Member
Let's hear from the banjo and mando players out there. C'mon, Dred. I know you're one.
I couldn't afford a Pete Seeger, so I got a 1960's Boulder ODE (before they were bought by Baldwin) and liked it, so now I have five of them: 3 longneck 5-strings, a 6-string, and a 12-string. And then when I went looking for a good mando, I couldn't afford an F5, so I bought one of the first F5 copies. It was made by Givens when he worked for ODE (after Baldwin bought ODE).
Hans says that Guild studied ODE banjos in designing their prototype (which never went into production). And Jay Pilzer said he heard that the Guild banjo wasn't very good. I'd guess using an ODE as a guide would be a mistake because they are weird and most people don't like them. Anybody know whatever became of Guild's banjo and mando prototypes? Now that would be some rare instrumentation.
And speaking of rare old instruments, Coastie.... Oh, never mind.
I couldn't afford a Pete Seeger, so I got a 1960's Boulder ODE (before they were bought by Baldwin) and liked it, so now I have five of them: 3 longneck 5-strings, a 6-string, and a 12-string. And then when I went looking for a good mando, I couldn't afford an F5, so I bought one of the first F5 copies. It was made by Givens when he worked for ODE (after Baldwin bought ODE).
Hans says that Guild studied ODE banjos in designing their prototype (which never went into production). And Jay Pilzer said he heard that the Guild banjo wasn't very good. I'd guess using an ODE as a guide would be a mistake because they are weird and most people don't like them. Anybody know whatever became of Guild's banjo and mando prototypes? Now that would be some rare instrumentation.
And speaking of rare old instruments, Coastie.... Oh, never mind.