Wildwood banjos

Timothy Maguire

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Jun 2, 2003, 7:16:12 PM6/2/03

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Anyone have any experience with Wildwood banjos? I am thinking of an
Heirloom but I have never played one...

Tim

Bruce Duncan

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Jun 2, 2003, 10:10:26 PM6/2/03

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Where are you Tim? The 12th Fret in Toronto now carries Wildwood and had a
couple in stock when I was last there a month or so ago.

BD

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Timothy Maguire

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Jun 2, 2003, 10:31:56 PM6/2/03

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I'm in the Hamilton area Bruce - didn't know the 12th carried Wildwood!!! I
was thinking of heading to Eldely this weekend, but I'll fire off an email
to Grant at the 12th first!!! Thanks Bruce!

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Stephen Poe

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Jun 9, 2003, 7:30:17 PM6/9/03

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I have one in my flock of banjos - an open-back Troubador model and it is
just great. Not exactly the Tubaphone sound, but even better in some ways.
Lots of ring and resonance, great tone, excellent playability, and very
pretty. I would not part with it. My son has a long neck Minstrel model
which was as close as he could come to a Vega Pete Seeger on his budget -
and it was a nice suprise, has a great tone, and again plays nicely - the
need for the Seeger seems to have faded now. One observation - I have
played several of the more expensive Wildwoods with the bracket band, and
actually do not think they sound as good as either of ours - I think the way
the neck is mounted against the bracket band looses something in tone - nice
inlays though. And on my Troubador I really like the inlays - little birds
dancing on the fingerboard. I have not heard a bad word about the open
backs - don't know about the resonator models.

Stephen

Timothy Maguire

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Jun 10, 2003, 8:41:45 PM6/10/03

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Thanks Stephen,
Have got to play 2 since I posted that - both were really, really nice
banjos - great sound and playability.

I found the opposite with the bracket band. I played a Balladeer and a
Minstrel. The Balladeer had, IMHO, a slightly "fuller" sound. Which
(depending on what you like) could be a good or bad thing! Point is though,
they were both fine sounding banjos!!! I was pretty surprised...ordered a
Heirloom, should be in around the middle of July...the wait is killing me
already!!!!

Tim

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Jun 10, 2003, 9:26:08 PM6/10/03

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Stephen, you have some nice banjos.

Received my first Wildwood on Monday.....bought the Heirloom.

I am a three finger player and it took some time to set it up for that.

But, it is wonderful for Scruggs style.

Mike, you were correct. It took a bit of getting used to....wide neck and
all, but after the first night, I adjusted.

I went with a 5/8 snuffy smith, compensated and crowe spaced bridge over the
stock one. All the difference in the world for what I want to do.

I am now a tubaphone convert.

Roger

(seemingly the only damn banjo teacher in central illinois)\

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