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5-star SPECIAL Select calf hide - for a very special new build.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

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off-white goat

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2 comments

Goat hide on my Reiter Grand Concert

Monday, March 14, 2016 2 comments

I like this one too

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Nice stained goat hide

Sunday, March 13, 2016 Add Comment

Three on the workbench today.

Sunday, March 13, 2016 2 comments

Nice one from the archives

Friday, March 11, 2016 1 comment

Dan Knowles' walnut stain - 4-star goat hide

Sunday, March 6, 2016 Add Comment

JDBalch pre-mounted head featuring JEFF MENZIES goat hide available in the classifieds:

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Add Comment

Spectacular Jeff Menzies goat hide

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3 comments

Natural goat hide supplied by Jeff Menzies

Monday, February 29, 2016 Add Comment

This is the definition of SPECIAL Select

Sunday, February 28, 2016 1 comment

West African Goat Hide - natural - unstained

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Add Comment

Stained goat hide

Sunday, February 14, 2016 3 comments

Sunlight on 2012 Bart Reiter bacophone-plus

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2 comments

Nice dark stained goat hide

Sunday, October 11, 2015 Add Comment

My banjo teacher - passed away today.

Friday, October 9, 2015 4 comments

UNCLE DAVE MACON's original Gibson banjo - with new JDBalch hide head

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11 comments

Mounted five today ... check the classifieds

Saturday, August 29, 2015 Add Comment

BRUNO - stunning!

Saturday, August 8, 2015 Add Comment

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Gender: Male
Age: 69

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In no partiular order: Tim Obrien, Dirk Powell, Bruce Molsky, Dan Gellert, Joe Newberry, Bob Carlin, Riley Baugus, Mark Johnson, Mark Schatz, Stuart Duncan, John Hartford, Jim Wood, Daniel Carwile, Arnie Naiman, Reed Martin, Adam Hurt...Bobby Thompson, Charlie Cushman, Noam Pikelny, Jim Mills, Ron Block, Alan O'bryant, Rob McCoury, Allison Brown, Tony Furtado, Bela Fleck,The Jack Pearson Band.

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I'm mostly a clawhammer banjo player.I’ve released two cd’s (Carry On John /2002 and ~HOT~ Biscuit Jam /2004).  I played as part of “Pa’s fiddle band” on the CD: Happy Land Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder  (Pa’s Fiddle recordings 2005). My original banjo music was published on a CD which accompanied the book: The Voice of The Heart by Chip Dodd (Providence House Publishing 2001).  Many years ago, I played clawhammer  and bluegrass style banjo on an old vinyl LP with the Pure Mountain Water Band (First Jug /1979).  I currently have other recording projects in the works…so please “stay tuned.”I’ve been very fortunate to have served nearly 30 years years with the Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival organization. .

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