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My new Bell Banjo's special Stichter... :)

brand spankin' new....! yipppeeee

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Comment by Tim Twiss on April 12, 2013 at 10:50pm: That makes a nice shot. I like the picture.

Comment by Strumelia on April 12, 2013 at 11:21pm: thanks Tim. :)

...and not a fret in sight!

Comment by Vince Abadie on April 13, 2013 at 3:32am: WOW! That's a beautiful banjo!

Comment by Jeff on April 13, 2013 at 6:28am: Yep.... There He/She is setting in Strunelia... The long wait and hair raises scar is over with... I hope you enjoy the banjo as much as I enjoy my " Lisa" she sings like a bird...

Comment by Strumelia on April 13, 2013 at 6:46am: Yeah hair raising scare is right.... FedEx actually delivered my beautiful banjo to the wrong house and then drove away... =8-0 The driver stuck it inside some unknown person's garage, closed the garage door...and it was marked online as 'delivered'. Almost 2 hours later, the company had to call the driver back to my town to go get it back, since he was the only human who knew where it was! Aaaaggggghhhhh!!!! Terry and I both almost had a cow yesterday, hollering at Fedex on the phone from NY and Michigan both. O M G.

Comment by Tim Twiss on April 13, 2013 at 7:09am: I'm glad to know Fedex cares as much about all their customers as they do here in Mich. I've had similar experiences as a business owner. Until a driver is singled out and totally reamed ( by their boss ), they continue that behavior.

Comment by Al Smitley on April 13, 2013 at 9:19am: I guess that explains why I never received two CDs that I ordered via Amazon. I spoke with Fedex and their records show it was delivered. I can't imagine any of my neighbors enjoying the genre of CDs I ordered!

Comment by Ron on April 13, 2013 at 9:49am: it's great , like it a lot. I wouldn't mind hearing about the banjo behind you

in that pic. The one with the slotted peghead.

It looks like a short scale and it looks good too

Comment by Strumelia on April 13, 2013 at 10:10am: Ron, that white formica banjo is a normal-ish 25" scale. I have a video on this site where I'm playing it while waiting for my 'real' minstrel banjo to be made. You can read more about that white banjo here. It really does best and is intended to have steel strings though, it's a Cockerham repro.

Comment by Ron on April 13, 2013 at 11:14am: Thanks for responding. Your article is well written and very informative.

I have a couple of ugly duckling banjos that I've built but nobody has

asked to be informed if they go up for sale...lol

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