Solid bodied electric 5 string !

Subject: Solid bodied electric 5 string banjo !
From: Fingerbuster
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 09:08 AM

Just when you think you've seen it all!
I was previously under the impression that the "resonator" 5 string banjo (on display in Frailers, Cheshire, not for sale unfortunately),
was just about as avant garde as banjos got. obviously i was mistaken!

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 09:47 AM

You mean like this one?

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Fingerbuster
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:01 AM

I'm astonished Bee-Dub. Are they stratotones or Vegacasters? Does Earl know about this?

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:01 AM

Or maybe this one.

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:07 AM

The Banjoblaster is obviously designed for the muso who wants to sneak a banjo into a session!
RtS (difficult to disguise a washboard)

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Fingerbuster
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:10 AM

Trouble is Rog, you wouldn't be able to hear one in a session! o.k i'm ready for the joke.

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:12 AM

But the best one is the Deering Crossfire like Bela Fleck uses. This link Deering Crossfire
will take you to Deering's main page. You'll have to click on the Crossfire link on the page. I guess it doesn't have a separate URL.

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Fingerbuster
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:34 AM

Is this the one that he had a cambered neck specially made for?

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Fingerbuster
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:40 AM

I like it best because it still has the "pot"
I dread to think how much one of those beauties would cost over here!

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:54 AM

Fingerbuster - If you're talking about the neck John Monteleone made, it's on Bela's pre-war Mastertone. But, I'm sure Greg Deering built the neck for Bela's Crossfire exactly to his specs. It's probably not the same neck you would find on a stock Crossfire.

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: rangeroger
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 04:47 PM

Here are more pictures of the Deering Crossfire at Elderly Instruments.

rr

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 05:08 PM

Somthing wrong with Rangeroger's link. Try this one.

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: rangeroger
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 05:15 PM

Thanks BWL. Can't figure out why mine didn't work.

rr

Subject: RE: Solid bodied electric 5 string !
From: Noreen
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 08:15 PM

you had a slash at the end where you shouldn't have, rr...