BanjoSampler - Posted - 05/24/2019:  19:21:27

Here some more scans. Enjoy!

1975 Ode Banjo Catalog page 1

1975 Ode Banjo Catalog page 2

1975 Ode Banjo Catalog page 3

1975 Ode Banjo Catalog page 4

1973 Ode Banjo Catalog page 1

1973 Ode Banjo Catalog page 2

1970s Ode Banjo one-sheet

1973 Ode Banjo Dealer Price List

sold1ode - Posted - 05/24/2019:  22:58:34

A bit upscale from the catalogue I used when I purchased my first banjo, an Ode longneck (with coffin-shaped case), direct from Colorado, in 1960 or 61, for (if I recall correctly) $ 98.00!

35planar - Posted - 05/25/2019:  01:07:24

Wow! Thanks for posting these. I just got a Baldwin 2SR ('66-'69) and until you posted these there was nothing about them online--very cool. There are many videos online of Cathy Barton Para, R.I.P., playing a 2SR from 1970 through last year.

I also play a '63 Model 33 Style 1 sand cast 52 hole rim long neck and a '64 Model 33F Style 2 resonator long neck. And, it's interesting that the longnecks had vanished by '75 in the Gretsch years. Also, can these be included in the ODE group as well? Thanks again!

Edited by - 35planar on 05/25/2019 01:22:36

Texican65 - Posted - 05/25/2019:  02:06:13

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Originally posted by sold1ode

A bit upscale from the catalogue I used when I purchased my first banjo, an Ode longneck (with coffin-shaped case), direct from Colorado, in 1960 or 61, for (if I recall correctly) $ 98.00!

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That was a lot of $$$ back then, a whole months salary or more for lots of folks. 

 Very neat ads! 

Brian Murphy - Posted - 05/25/2019:  05:28:49

The D was selling in 1975 for the equivalent of $4,500. In 1975 when money was extremely tight (about 10% inflation and interest rates were pretty high also) that was a heckuva commitment. But you saw them on Hee Haw and so they probably sold a fair number.

rbfour5 - Posted - 05/26/2019:  09:55:32

Very cool! I have an original of this same catalog.

The Old Timer - Posted - 05/26/2019:  11:52:31

Brian Murphy, Ode Ds were also seen on stage. John Hartford, Jack Hicks (Blue Grass Boy), Bashful Brother Oswald and maybe Larry McNeely, and a few other bluegrass band banjo pickers. For some reason I want to say Garland Shuping too.

Edited by - The Old Timer on 05/26/2019 11:53:50