Posting some pictures of the action at this year's NAMM Show in Anaheim. One of our first stops was at the Deering booth which is always a hub of action. Caught the Kruger Brothers playing a mind blowing set, ran into Mark Johnson and really enjoyed our time with him. Both Jens and Mark are real world class folks. Don't ever pass up a chance to meet them!
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Stops at the Rayco and Gold Tone booths. The former, their resonator banjo which was plugged in and and had an interesting low, gnarly tone, out of the ordinary for sure. Dug the sound of the Gold Tone bass banjo.
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The always impressive work from OME.
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More random Deering images including a picture of Deering Clawgrass banjo #2 priced at approximately $15K. Nice little jam session with Jens and Mark drew a good crowd. We want one of those Deering stools!
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During the Mark Johnson and Emory Lester set:
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Crossrock cases are a China based product we weren't familiar with. Their cases look quite well made. Their web site for anyone interested. Will be interested to see if any retailers are picking these up for availability.
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This is the Eastman openback banjo that has a MSRP of $1,700. Only banjo in their booth.
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Lots of action in the Gold Tone area. Sorry about the banjo head in your nose, Bela!
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Recording King. Be very afraid of the man in the goofy clothing (Greg Rich).
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Last edited by Banjo Cafe; Apr-12-2016 at 12:59pm.
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Ome makes beautiful banjos. My favorite is the Silver Magician (as far as the Ome banjos I can afford!)Originally Posted by Banjo Cafe
Thanks for posting the NAMM photos.
Hey... What's that Eastman doing with those RK pictures?
I guess we bought Eastman at the NAMM show !
Funny they never told me .....
Make the mean men stop mommy! OK, fat finger error removed. Sheesh.
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I'm thinking a few cartoons might be in order very soon around here !
We've rigged your account so that if it sees you uploading a cartoon it will be replaced by those pictures of you on that farm in Missouri back in 1998 with... ahem... those poor chickens! You know the one.
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I played that Ome Plectrum at the show a few times. It played beautifully.
Oh you don't have to threaten me with those photos those were published in boys with chickens magazine way back when
Triggs has the negatives and they are SOMETHING!
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