1903 Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.
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The three most exciting things to come to Elkins, WV in the past decade:
1) The Randy Travis concert in 2011 where he made the college basketball gym bleachers rattle with the low notes on "Diggin' Up Bones."
2) Sheetz opened a location next to the Goodwill in 2015, allowing for one to buy a burrito filled with tater totz, deep fried Mac and Cheetos, and multiple copies of "Twister" on VHS in a matter of minutes.
3) A gentleman in Australia sold Smakula Fretted Instruments this truly incredible pre-fire A.C. Fairbanks Whyte Laydie.
This is possibly the best banjo we have in the shop. The tone is full and rich, with astonishing clarity. The high end is crisp and clear, and the low end flat out rumbles. It's one of those instruments that inspires and pushes the player to create. Yeah, I know the Sheetz Mac and Cheetos were hyped like this too, but unlike those greasy little cholesterol bombs, this banjo will make you feel uplifted and not strung out on regret. It has a 10 3/4" maple rim with a renaissance head. All rim hardware is original except eight hook and nut sets and the reproduction wire armrest. The maple neck has a chunky soft V-shaped profile and a 1 5/16" nut width. The original fingerboard, headstock overlay, and heel cap were all made of crumbling pressure died maple when we received the banjo, so we replaced the fretboard with ebony and the peghead overlay and heel cap with our proprietary colored wood that replicates the colors of the original, but with out the crumbly part. While the Icilio Consalvi engraved peghead inlays are original, the inlays on the 25 7/8" fingerboard are reproductions engraved by the incredible inlay artist and banjo builder Kevin Enoch. The tuners are ABM planets with a Schaller geared 5th, but the grained ivoroid buttons are original to the banjo. It plays effortlessly, and is somehow more satisfying than a one AM Sheetz run. We love it. You will too. $5,000 With Hardshell case.
1) The Randy Travis concert in 2011 where he made the college basketball gym bleachers rattle with the low notes on "Diggin' Up Bones."
2) Sheetz opened a location next to the Goodwill in 2015, allowing for one to buy a burrito filled with tater totz, deep fried Mac and Cheetos, and multiple copies of "Twister" on VHS in a matter of minutes.
3) A gentleman in Australia sold Smakula Fretted Instruments this truly incredible pre-fire A.C. Fairbanks Whyte Laydie.
This is possibly the best banjo we have in the shop. The tone is full and rich, with astonishing clarity. The high end is crisp and clear, and the low end flat out rumbles. It's one of those instruments that inspires and pushes the player to create. Yeah, I know the Sheetz Mac and Cheetos were hyped like this too, but unlike those greasy little cholesterol bombs, this banjo will make you feel uplifted and not strung out on regret. It has a 10 3/4" maple rim with a renaissance head. All rim hardware is original except eight hook and nut sets and the reproduction wire armrest. The maple neck has a chunky soft V-shaped profile and a 1 5/16" nut width. The original fingerboard, headstock overlay, and heel cap were all made of crumbling pressure died maple when we received the banjo, so we replaced the fretboard with ebony and the peghead overlay and heel cap with our proprietary colored wood that replicates the colors of the original, but with out the crumbly part. While the Icilio Consalvi engraved peghead inlays are original, the inlays on the 25 7/8" fingerboard are reproductions engraved by the incredible inlay artist and banjo builder Kevin Enoch. The tuners are ABM planets with a Schaller geared 5th, but the grained ivoroid buttons are original to the banjo. It plays effortlessly, and is somehow more satisfying than a one AM Sheetz run. We love it. You will too. $5,000 With Hardshell case.
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