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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 611176, member: 55"]Useful resource, though there are many others; it doesn't list a Joseph Mann however: <a href="http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/#/about/4594323592" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/#/about/4594323592" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/#/about/4594323592</a> This is certainly a cool instrument, and there are a number of modern players who like fretless banjos; mostly not playing bluegrass, of course. One nice thing about banjos is that it is rather easy to adjust the action (height of strings above fretboard). On a guitar, you'd be talking an expensive visit to a luthier; take the neck off, make some tricky changes; hundreds of dollars, don't try this at home.....on a banjo, try a higher or lower bridge, or some shims where the neck is attached, and Bob's your uncle.</p><p>I'll never forget, years ago my college roommate bought an expensive Wasburn banjo, circa 1894; when I got home, he'd taken it entirely apart, and the floor was littered with hardware; nuts and bolts and brackets; neck and hoop and skin head. An hour later, it was back together, action perfect. On a guitar, you could only achieve that degree of disassembly through unfortunate accident, or by jumping up and down on the instrument.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 611176, member: 55"]Useful resource, though there are many others; it doesn't list a Joseph Mann however: [URL]http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/#/about/4594323592[/URL] This is certainly a cool instrument, and there are a number of modern players who like fretless banjos; mostly not playing bluegrass, of course. One nice thing about banjos is that it is rather easy to adjust the action (height of strings above fretboard). On a guitar, you'd be talking an expensive visit to a luthier; take the neck off, make some tricky changes; hundreds of dollars, don't try this at home.....on a banjo, try a higher or lower bridge, or some shims where the neck is attached, and Bob's your uncle. I'll never forget, years ago my college roommate bought an expensive Wasburn banjo, circa 1894; when I got home, he'd taken it entirely apart, and the floor was littered with hardware; nuts and bolts and brackets; neck and hoop and skin head. An hour later, it was back together, action perfect. On a guitar, you could only achieve that degree of disassembly through unfortunate accident, or by jumping up and down on the instrument.[/QUOTE]
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