1929 Gibson Granada SN# 9470-1 (The Very First Production One Piece Flange Granada) at JDMC

[@bushwacker3292]

I'm still enjoying it awesome playing to 👍

[@sirtango1]

If you listen closely you can hear his voice reverberate through the head of that banjo! Absolutely beautiful!

[@iridge1]

The best sounding banjo that I've ever heard, Bar none

[@Knappist]

Thats a dream banjo, lucky man

[@JayDouglas01]

Wow! What a treat - I know, six years ago, but I'm just seeing it now!

[@jameswilkey941]

Yes nit. Sound. Great. James said that to you. Love. It

[@Bascomblodge]

Aw Robbie, I love to keep coming back to this video to hear you and this banjo. What a treat again and again.

[@maxwellfan55]

That instrument has such a sweet, sweet tone. Yes enjoyed it twice as much.

[@daveduncan8004]

Hey Robbie you do a great job talking about those banjos I enjoy your KZbin channel keep up the good work merry Christmas sir

[@JimTordoff]

I’ve owned and played a 1927 PB Granada converted to a 5 string in 1973 with a Randy Wood neck, making that banjo/neck pair up 50 years old. Since I bought it in 1973 it has been played regularly and I use vintage Roger’s hide heads and it has tone and depth and the 40 hole ring and the rest of the pot is unmolested and pristine. The banjo Robbie is showcasing sounds like mine. Best tone. Period. Thanks

[@kdixon1989]

You ought to do a video on how to set up an arch top correctly to maximize tone and clarity and minimize twangyness. As an arch top owner who didn't know the difference when I bought mine, I'd be very interested. What a GREAT sounding banjo !

[@MrTalentwasted]

Great point on the misconceptions regarding archtops. Even a tin ear can hear that that open 4th string sounds better than most flatheads.

[@Knappist]

That is so sweet sounding, lucky lucky man 👍

[@Bascomblodge]

WOW. Some serious tones!!!!!!!!

[@brianlappin5403]

Great sounding old 40-hole arch-top first generation opf Granada! 9470's are the bomb! So is Robbie!

[@geofo60]

Wonderful Robbie, I feel privileged. Thanks for sharing a real piece of banjo history with us. Regards ........... Geof Harris (UK)

[@KennyHaney-iy3ob]

damn what a great banjo

[@randallvillines7250]

Loved that! Made my heart feel good just to get to listen to that. Fantastic banjo and awesome playing.

[@vincef329]

Fireball mail, sweet syncopation with the forward roll, 5th string 5th fret. Subtle, really nice!

[@rickwebb3172]

Awesome, Rob. I finally started clicking the like button. ive really enjoyed this series of videos. keep up the good work.

[@GusMcCrae01]

Dang ! That's one hell of a great sounding banjo!

[@bluegrasstooth4026]

Dang. Thats a banger.

[@lizboyer3246]

Thanks for that! Great video Robby!

[@ermagerd101]

Wow. Awesome sounding instrument with huge clarity & sustain! Closest modern instrument I've heard to this is a Prucha. Nicely played too - thanks for the treat!

[@geraldwest3428]

Thank you mister, I certainly enjoyed it!

[@lill_bro_drew953]

What song plays at 5:27? I’m so curious because I really like it but I’ve never heard it

[@LukeLBluegrass]

That's John Henry in they key of D.

[@benperea8483]

Thank you again for sharing! Incredible Banjo and an incredible Banjo Picker!

[@burtvillefarms]

What a great sounding old banjo. Might be the best sounding archtop I've ever heard. Great, clean picking too.

[@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music]

Sounds pretty good nice banjo.

[@daveduncan8004]

Great, Pickens sounds good

[@microdrone]

I have a '29 Mastertone archtop with a Robin Smith ( Bela Fleck , Noam Pikelny builder/fitter ) neck, so I know it started out pretty decent, my first 'serious banjo ' I really love it,. It spent some time touring so it has an electric pickup type of head, which I was going to swap out for purity reasons, but decided to keep it because of the growing number of songs I've written on it, companioning my Les Paul. Now I'm dying of curiosity concerning setting it up more like a flat top!

[@JimmyDeLocke]

Well that was fun

[@bobdenver-xz2zl]

Great video and great banjo. You're correct that archtop has a real nice tone.

[@maverickdallas1004]

It sounds incredibly rich and full in all registers along with excellent clarity and note separation. This banjo has it all!

[@charleshenderson4566]

Great job! Awesome!

[@johnnewsome1136]

I got the (possum grin) as well. Thank you for sharing, what I call the (doink) DOY-INK SOUND that every good banjo should have. The rest of us will keep experimenting and wish we could get close to that pre-war tone.

[@sufenta67]

Great points about the arch top. The tone and sustain are amazing. This banjo has few if any peers.

[@jerrybrooks8281]

Great pickin' and a great old fat sounding banjo there Robby! I have a Gibson bow-tie with a 40 hole ring in it, set up like a flat head and it sounds a whole lot like the 29 Granada in your video....very close. You can get a rich sound out of a good archtop if you set it up right.

[@chickenpickintim]

That 3rd string is killer!!

[@denniskopp3281]

It sounds like a banjo should sound WOW !

[@blackbirdpie217]

I think a lot of people don't realize that Dr. Ralph picked his banjo way way down on the bridge, making it sound even more percussive and tight than the banjo normally would have.

[@palmvideo]

I know of one that has an lower serial number 9356-25. It also has a one piece flange.

[@simonbaker9909]

That sound is just amazing - and your playing does justice to it. I also want to congratulate you on excellent recording/miking - you seem to capture the tone in a way that I don't hear often in videos. I'm interested in how you recorded this, the mic, recorder, distance, etc. Regards, SB

[@stevenwhite4281]

boy if I had just one hour to play that wonderful banjo machine!!!

[@sandrasouter1981]

Sweet

[@earFront]

The banjo is acting like a reverb device on the voice. Very coooool.

[@banjerstring]

I noticed that, too...sure rings a long time after it's been picked. Just what I like.

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@paulburleson80]

'scruggs' style on an arch top banjo is different but good. i love mr ralph stanleys style he made an arch top sound amazing.

[@Slowbanjo]

Lovely!

[@drm2364]

Outstanding, Robby! Not sure which is better, the banjo or the player. Thanks for posting. : ^ )

[@Tarsan97]

the sound of old America

[@johnkervin9503]

What tuner is on the back of the headstock?

[@DixieHomestead]

That tone is incredible. They just dont make them like that anymore.

[@Banjobailey98]

Yes yes they do

[@akiraoshima3992]

I fell in love with your tone. What is the name of the first song you played?

[@jackvalentine566]

First song is Fireball Mail by Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt and the Foggy Mountain Boys.

[@akiraoshima3992]

@@jackvalentine566 Thank you for your reply. "Firball Mail" knows me too. It's not that song, it's the song that plays at the beginning of the video.

[@zacharynibert3175]

Will you be satisfied Played in open C chord position

[@jimbennett5891]

What's the name of the tune played just before Fire on the Mountain? I'd like to find tabs on it. Are tabs available on the other tunes you played? JimB1231 in Virginia

[@davidbishop2913]

In case any of you guys are curious the younger people that might not know but this banjo is definitely north of $300,000 just in case you're wondering

[@zacharynibert3175]

This is a tenor archtop Granada These banjos are a collector instrument But it is not an original Flathead or an original five string This banjo is $25-$30,0000

[@jorghalstad]

Where in hell do you guys find these things??!

[@kjvtruth9831]

Hey.. can you tell me how to reach the owner? I live in North Central Arkansas (Mammoth Spring) and have a 28 Granada... would love to meet this fellow and talk banjos!! Thank you...

[@uetake4541]

What's the name of this first title song?

[@the9lbhammer]

What was the intro song Robby played? "C" tuning

[@dukeofearlbanjo]

Steven Shelhamer "Will you be satisfied that way" I believe

[@jimbennett5891]

Sorry, wrong tune. I meant the one just before Fireball Mail.

[@thelifeandtimesoflesleyrob2407]

Good picker

[@Tarsan97]

HUBer banjos does projects to clone this with old machine and the whole everything

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@JoeBanjo88]

Great stuff, Robbie! Great talking banjos with you today! 9556-26

[@gutbucket260]

Ding Ding Ding ! Fireball Mail !!! What did I win?

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@Bascomblodge]

Robbie, A beginners question for you. Why did you chose to play some of the songs with a capo in light of the fact that there was no singer whose vocal range you had to match? Thanks.

[@robcrawford9657]

some banjos loose volume and tone once you throw a capo on, the demonstration here showed that's not the case with this one haha lovely ain't it! and i'm a flat head junkie.

[@Bascomblodge]

@@robcrawford9657 Thank you belatedly sir.

[@erlethepearl]

I hear audio samples of these old Gibson banjos a lot. They are examples of good banjo sound. The current day upperline Deering banjos are as good or better. The cost of a Deering is less than these great old Gibsons, too.

[@pmac771]

The four thumbs downs must be people who mortgaged their houses for a prewar flathead.

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@seanmoyses]

I just get a little sad when I think of that original banjo being amputated from an original tenor to having a modern neck on it. Nonetheless It sounds very sweet.

[@maverickdallas1004]

As long as the original tenor neck is still around, they can still be swapped freely at will.

[@charlesvonhabsburg3107]

banjo necks are interchangeable.

[@dukeofearlbanjo]

seanmoyses it's better than sitting in someone's closet as tenor. There are so few tenor players anymore.

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@Life-of-Bluegrass_Music]

I have something jd music doesn't have. Worth as much or more then that. Sonny Osborne vega. A TB conversion . I know my Vega is worth more.

[@jasonk876]

Wrong

[@banjozach]

Absolutely wrong