Our friend Hilary Hawke @hilarybanjo stopped by the shop to play "Crossing the River" on our George C. Dobson Victor Superior Banjo. This banjo means business right down to every one of its 40 brackets!
One of several banjo-centric brothers active in the last half of the 19th century, George C. Dobson was a prominent banjo player and especially teacher in the 1880s and '90s. "George C. Dobson's New School for the Banjo" was originally published in 1877 and was one of the most popular methods of the day, based on tablature instead of note reading. This "Superior" model was the next to the top of the line and priced at $60 in Dodson's literature, quite a sum for the time. It is a very high quality banjo for the time with a solid spunover rim mounting a plethora of hooks, an engraved hoop, a real ebony fingerboard with intricately cut pearl inlay and a lovely pearl-and-wire ornamented peghead.
Learn more about our Dobson banjos here: www.retrofret....
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Негізгі бет Hilary Hawke Plays Our George C. Dobson Victor Superior Banjo (c. 1888) // SOUND CHECK
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