In fact it doesn't even have a serial number. It has all the specs of a pre-Baldwin/ODE banjo but already with the Baldwin banner in the headstock. Find great deals on eBay for ode banjo and gibson banjo. Baldwin Ode 6570 Archtop 5 String Banjo with case 1975. Number of bids and bid amounts may be.

Posted -: 23:23:30 quote: Originally posted by BoneDigger I have a line on an old Baldwin Ode banjo at a local dealer and I no nothing of these banjos. It played really well and seemed to be in good shape. It was extremely LOUD.

Anyway, I know nothing much about it. It had pretty good inlays and the peghead had a 'Baldwin' banner and said Ode below it. Are these generally pretty good? Todd Good grief - - - A Baldwin ODE?

If you don't want it, send me a private message where it can be bought. Baldwins have been the 'go-to-banjo' for quite a few professional pickers back in the 70's/ 80's/ etc. Posted -: 04:22:09 quote: Originally posted by BoneDigger I have a line on an old Baldwin Ode banjo at a local dealer and I no nothing of these banjos.

It played really well and seemed to be in good shape. It was extremely LOUD. Anyway, I know nothing much about it. It had pretty good inlays and the peghead had a 'Baldwin' banner and said Ode below it. Are these generally pretty good? Todd I have owned a Baldwin ODE Style C since 1981 when I purchased it from Shade Tree Music in Southern California and still play it.

I started on that banjo and have debated selling it before but always back out after taking it out of the case. Posted -: 04:44:14 As you're learning, Baldwins/Odes are highy respected and very well-built banjos. They're also approaching a modest degree of collectability. Try to get a little more information about it - year (or serial number) and model number. Some photos would help. Mike Stanger here on the Hangout (Stanger is his handle) is one of our resident Ode experts and can give you a lot of information.

My first banjo was an Ode 2SR - their entry level instrument, archtop with an aluminum rim. It's quite good for that, and plays beautifully. With your description of 'nice inlays' I'm guessing you're looking at a model C or D, which had a wood rim and a cast tone ring.

Posted -: 07:11:12 Bluegrass pickers liked the Baldwin/Ode Models C and D. Good flat head tone rings, nice walnut wood. Model C is nickel (maybe chrome?) plated with modest inlay pattern. Model D is gold plated, engraved, with big flashy floral inlays. These models are indeed heavy and loud.

You can see Bobby Thompson playing the Model D on the old Hee Haw shows. Fine bluegrass banjos, just be careful that you don't overpay. Shop around here on BHO, EBay, the on-line inventories of vintage dealers, and get a feel for the market pricing. Posted -: 11:12:04 I have a buddy that has had one for years. It id a cannon but has a slightly longer scale and the fingerboard is much thinner below the 5th fret than I am used to. Nothing wrong with them at all they are just different, and the are heavy and loud! I think as well that they were probably better than most 70's Gibsons being made around then.

Sdx Keygen. The style c was the first professional banjo I ever had in my hands and that was the beginning of my long journey as a banjo player! Posted -: 01:45:17 Hi, Bonedigger.

I think Baldwin/Odes are pretty good- I have a few of them. You can see some pics on my home page.

One big thing about the brand is it's consistency- all of them, from first to last, sound just as you described. There is no period when there were quality problems. Before Baldwin bought the Ode company, there were a lot of models, and Baldwin pared the line down to just 4. The Odes went through a lot of evolution very fast, so there are a lot of variations, especially in the metal-rimmed banjo series. The wood-rimmed banjos changed very little, and almost all the changes were small cosmetic differences- the peghead shape, inlay size, etc. One thing about them is very few parts are interchangeable with Gibson or other brands.

This is especially true with the lags in the neck that connect to the Ode co-ordinator rods. If any of these parts are broken in the banjo you're looking at, it will be next to impossible to find replacements. Everything on them was designed and almost completely built in-house.

$1200 is about average for a Style C in good shape. The C has the same wood, and all parts that the D has. Only the inlays and peghead shape, and plating differ. Ie Passview Downloads.

They do feel different from a Gibson, and they have a tone quality all their own. A lot of folks liked them when they were new, and still like them now.

I've played them since 1964. Regards, stanger.

Posted -: 15:10:35 Well, I went by today and looked at the Ode again. I had my own finger picks this time and had a chance to really look over it and see what it was made of. It's a nice looking banjo and played well. There were some fixable issues with it (the head was way loose, it had a cheap Grover bridge that was sagging) but it was generally good shape. Unfortunately, the owner had decided he now wants $1300 instead of $1200. No negotiating. It is definitely a Baldwin Ode C model.