Wow, this is so weird it's COOL

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:06 pm

I thought I'd seen everything. This is simply so unusual you gotta love it. I want it!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1938-left-handed-4-string-gibson-electric-banjo_W0QQitemZ7381887215QQcategoryZ10177QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:44 pm

Wow , that is cool. I wondering if the case is original. It looks too nice to be that old.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:46 pm

That is ultra-cool! It's just so different from what banjos are supposed to look, with that pale, creepy calfskin covering.

It's really neat to see the late '30s archtop guitar thing carried into a new milieu...Charlie Christian pickup and all.

danbind · Post by **danbind** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:56 pm

Ever seen the gold top banjer at Southworth?

http://www.gbase.com/Powered/GearDetails.aspx?Dealer=990fe33b-e425-460d-b2f6-7d381769706a&Item=798999

It's worth taking a look at the store policies, too:
http://www.southworthguitars.com/bio.asp

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:26 pm

Re: store policies. HUH?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:48 pm

I like the slim neck ... I bet I could mod it to take a 5th string ...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:00 pm

I wonder how a bass banjo would sound, though, Jeff?

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:58 am

Looks like the bottom one's a fiver, for part of the neck at least.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:53 am

Bass banjo: http://www.goldtone.com/products/details.asp?subarea=bass&subarea2=BB-400

soundclip: http://www.goldtone.com/audio/scott/banjobass.ram

rob · Post by **rob** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:19 am

I believe I saw a picture once of Victor Wooten with a similar banjo-type bass. I forget where I saw it.....Bass Player Magazine, maybe?

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:27 pm

Yes, it was on the cover a while ago.