A.C. Fairbanks "Companion Style C" Banjo (1890s)
Added 2020-09-21 14:28:46 +0000 UTCHere's a fine, lightweight intermediate banjo made sometime after Fairbanks & Cole dissolved their partnership in 1890. This "Companion Style C" banjo still has the original head, celluloid tuners, and tailpiece. We've set it up with nylon strings and an antique, European maple bridge. The fingerboard looks like true ebony, but the peghead overlay and heel cap are clearly a faux ebony.
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love hand me down my old suitcase! I know you have the tab coming....
josh waller
2020-09-26 21:33:21 +0000 UTC2 finger if ya would, thanks boss
william egan
2020-09-24 14:06:26 +0000 UTCHey Clifton, any chance you could do a lesson on your rendition of southern Texas? I love your sound mate, thanks!
william egan
2020-09-24 13:46:13 +0000 UTCSold it! Don't despair, I will soon have more in this price range.
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-23 00:11:43 +0000 UTCIs this banjo for sale?
vincent dille
2020-09-22 23:53:07 +0000 UTCgCGCD relative.
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-22 12:56:05 +0000 UTCWhat tuning was that for “Jesus on the mainline”?
Jim Ramser
2020-09-22 02:07:21 +0000 UTCHonestly, David, there's so much variety--not only in the structure and manufacturing techniques, but in the repairs and aftermarket mods--that it's difficult to say. I think everyone would agree that SS Stewart emerged in the 1880s as the premiere maker, but at the same time you had makers like JB Schall and Fairbanks & Cole, who some would say offered a superior product. Then when Cole split from Fairbanks in 1890, both companies began producing banjos that many would agree were superior to Stewart's. Then in '98 Stewart died, and a "Stewart" banjo really ceased to be a real Stewart, etc. etc. etc... It's a very complicated subject.
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-21 16:48:13 +0000 UTCThat’s a fine looking banjo. I’m glad it’s already sold—I was afraid I might break down and try to buy it.
Richard Hunt
2020-09-21 16:33:24 +0000 UTCVery Nice Clif! Keep those beautiful old instruments coming!
William Riley
2020-09-21 16:20:04 +0000 UTCWhat fundament tonality changes are there with different models / manufacturers Clifton? Do you find depth / treble / midrange difference (for example?
David Clapp
2020-09-21 16:00:54 +0000 UTCWow! nice banjo! I'm searching some informations or original catalogs about A.C. Fairbanks and Fairbanks & Cole banjos, .... Im searching so, 24 antique hooks and nuts for mine, a 1898's A.C. Fairbanks Senator, a short scale quite similar of the S.C. Thompson (Cole) that you show in a video.
Steph Quagliata
2020-09-21 15:22:40 +0000 UTCIt's a good little banjo. We sold it cheap to one of our patrons out in Oregon.
Clifton Hicks
2020-09-21 15:01:48 +0000 UTCIt looks and sounds like the perfect companion to my Baby. Lightweight and nic sounding
Dean Schober
2020-09-21 14:42:20 +0000 UTC
