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? Trke mobilya izim program indiretas e. 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.

When ODE started, the banjo business was remarkably simple. You had Gibson turning out high-end bluegrass banjos on one end, and lower-grade producers like Kay and Harmony producing entry-level instruments at the other end.

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.

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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. 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.