102 year old Gibson, but is it a Guitar?

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Thomm Jutz shows us a 102 year old instrument and shares some history.
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@otisgibbs 6 месяцев назад

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@caseysmith544 6 месяцев назад

I know a person who has a modern Acoustic electric take on this instrument from modern National, and he found all steel acoustic/electric strings where winding on outside is steel work best, electric guitar strings work okay but need to be bigger like 10.5 gage on up for a more banjo sound. Is in Hidden timber Band from Okobojo South Dakota. His he did lower the bridge so it plays like a Banjo though not to this degree low as instrument below, more like a modern banjo height. My Dad's trombone is from late 1920's he got in 1965 before same brand was making same model for a while in 1970's and has a very brassy tone to it like Marching/Jazz had in era.

@stephenhenion8304 6 месяцев назад

You can adjust those "Overtones" by rolling up a sock or piece of cloth snd wedging it below neck joint... i do it with my Fairbanks Senator from 1902. Great Vid Otis.

@WansbeckBikecam 6 месяцев назад

Was going to say the same. All my open back banjos sound better with a cloth or cork in between the vellum and perch pole.

@stephenhenion8304 6 месяцев назад

I've been to Washington Square Park with The Original Icon of Bluegrass, Roger Sprung.... he was a major influence in my career!! That's how I found the Senator.

@brianlegg6009 6 месяцев назад

Would be interesting to hand that thing to Bela Fleck and watch what he could figure out on it. Great video Otis

@beauwilliamson3628 6 месяцев назад

I immediately thought of Rhiannon Giddens and that low banjo she plays

@whatsnottohike 6 месяцев назад

Really fascinating. As someone who can just about play c, d and g over and over, I love listening to people talk about their instruments and their history. Also loving the new interview style with you in shot Otis. It's great to see your reactions to the questions and feels a lot more engaged. My favourite channel on the internet.

@Caperhere 6 месяцев назад

lol, you’re way ahead of me.😊

@Dreyno 6 месяцев назад

Change that C to a Cadd9 and you’re on your way to rock stardom.

@rickwilliams967 6 месяцев назад

Start looking up some tabs dude. Specifically for chords if that's your thing. Playing more songs will help you learn them quickly.

@TheRickurb 6 месяцев назад

Perfect Sunday morning watch…

@markbelluardo127 6 месяцев назад

Django used one when he first starting to play clubs. They were used to cut through a brass band. Pre Eddy Lang Thank Otis

@donovanweaver7722 6 месяцев назад

True, but his had an 11 inch head size I believe, which creates a very different sound

@olddoggeleventy2718 6 месяцев назад

Oh yeah, that tone! Definitely got that blues and ragtime 'thang' goin' on. Love It!

@justpeachy4938 6 месяцев назад

Lovely take on Fair And Tender Ladies. Perfect for Sunday morn. Thank you, Thomm & Otis!

@artemisXsidecross 6 месяцев назад

As someone who writes, keeping my mind in tune as my instrument, it is hard to be replaced, whether with one old or new. A different pen or keyboard is novel, but usually fruitless. Thank you both for a good morning ☮

@otisgibbs 6 месяцев назад

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@ellenrik 6 месяцев назад

That's some sweet playing, I wish more banjo players would adopt this style. Great video!

@carymoskovitz2118 6 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed this vid! So great to see Papa Charlie getting some long-deserved love. About 10 years ago I produced "Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song: A Tribute to Papa Charlie Jackson" with a number of different performers--including Dom Flemmons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Chris Frank (Red Clay Ramblers) among others. This was released on Document Records and is now available on Bandcamp for anyone who might be interested. I also own one of these Gibson GBs--along with some old Gibson guitars--and agree that guitar players should take the time when in cities with good instrument shops to experience great vintage instruments!

@sayeager5559 6 месяцев назад

I'll be deep down the Papa Charlie Jackson rabbit hole for the better part of the rest of the day. Im amazed how often I learn about "new" music from your videos.

@randalclarke5487 6 месяцев назад

Same lol...always love discovering new, lesser- known, esoteric musicians 😊

@hailmaryrecordings8255 6 месяцев назад

This was the first clip in my feed this morning, and I’m glad I clicked-it. I have a 1941 Gibson LG2 that sounds like nothing else & the banjo-guitar featured here was really unique sounding too. Very cool clip. ☮️

@JamesJohnson-se9ih 6 месяцев назад

A friend of mine, Rick Good plays a guitar banjo on the Hotmud Family album "The Stone Mountain Wobble"...........I remember him telling me that it was the loudest instrument he ever played...best banjo player I personally know....

@Hhllbb2476 6 месяцев назад

Sure wish more people knew about the Hot Mud Family!

@travisthornton1792 6 месяцев назад

Your video quality has always been great… but your new editing technique is captivating. Thanks, Otis

@Caperhere 6 месяцев назад

Sounds like a banjo, with a haunting sound. Thank you both, and I agree with the comment about enjoying you, Otis, in the videos.

@AndyMurdzek 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for another thoughtful interview, Otis. Sam McGee, great early country guitar player, played a Gibson Mastertone guitar banjo on the Grand Ole Opry and on records with his brother Kirk and Uncle Dave Macon. Check out that stuff. You can hear 5-string and guitar banjo playing together on some of them. It’s a violation of the natural law that says two banjos sound half as good as one but still very cool.

@edwardpetersen4309 6 месяцев назад

Stick a 4" length of aquarium hose between the bridge and the tailpiece to control the overtones. The closer to the bridge, the dryer the sound.

@carlmally6292 6 месяцев назад

Banjos and resonator banjos and guitar banjos were used then because of the issue of volume and being heard either in public or over the top of horns. That was before electronic amplification. Guitars were lost in the mix. Guitars were a parlor instrument or mostly in a rhythm backup roll. There were a lot of unique designs like the Stroh violins or Django's Selmer Macaferri guitar where great ingenuity was applied to getting more volume out of stringed instruments. Oh and that is not a Snakehead. Snakeheads were mostly on mandolins during the 1920s. They are a different profile.

@agoodlife2 6 месяцев назад

Nice to see a Bob Heil mic in use, he deserves to be remembered

@NickRatnieks 6 месяцев назад

It has modern Waverly guitar tuners- circa mid-60s which probably replaced original banjo tuners. Many guitars up into the early 1930s used banjo tuners if they had a solid headstock- like this instrument- as opposed to slot head guitars which always had guitar style tuners on plates.

@johnwhitaker545 6 месяцев назад

I love it. Thank you, brother for sharing this

@Finsirith 6 месяцев назад

At 11:26 onwards, it sounds like it's being processed through some kind of reverb-synthsizer or something. Amazing to know that's its natural sound!

@mrsweettater 6 месяцев назад

I'm going to show this to my wife, to justify buying a bass! Thanks Otis!

@patmayer7222 6 месяцев назад

,,,yes,,,..after years not having one,,,,....got one,,,.....and what a treat,,,it's like ,try not to play any guitar stuff,,,just solid rythem, 😮.

@Keith-rk4td 6 месяцев назад

Lots of really cool inexpensive Bass Guitars out now. So many to choose. It's a great time for guitars and retro synth. We should feel blessed.🙏

@telebender 6 месяцев назад

Very cool way to enjoy my coffee this morning. Thank you for sharing.

@donovanweaver7722 6 месяцев назад

Great video man. I own 2 of these GB's which was inspired by my love for Papa Charlie Jackson and the back was not actually open. It was supposed to have what was called a trap door, which was adjustable. After sometime I found that the GB was all I wanted to play. I am very excited to see another enjoying this great sound of the past. There is no other 6 string banjo with this sound. Truly beautiful.

@kylegreen8581 6 месяцев назад

To me, the timbre of this instrument evokes feelings of an arduous way of life of a bygone era. The sound of hard living. No doubt given life through Thomm's sublime playing.

@BrentonScottKempster-ep6zn 6 месяцев назад

this is such a beautiful piece of video content Otis - many thanks man : )

@dogshark9 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Otis, I loved this episode. The GB sounds great and Thomm's playing is fantastic. I will check him out as I'd love to hear more.

@daryllossing1340 6 месяцев назад

I bet you were dying to play that Otis!!! I wish you would have filmed that too!

@SuperShecky 6 месяцев назад

I've always wanted something like this, but halfway decent banjos of any kind are still very expensive, let alone guitar banjos. I do have a fretted cumbus, a Turkish instrument that's usually fretless, and basically like a cross between banjo and oud. When I came across the fretted one, it was a no brainer, and I had to have it. While it is a fretted, six course, 12 string banjo-like instrument, it's really not like either a guitar or banjo at all. But it does make a pretty awesome Leadbelly-like sound, and it's well suited to playing his music.

@guymansfield-smith1135 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful! Why on earth did Gibson not continue with the straight string pull headstock? Looks cool too.

@kennedyterence4209 6 месяцев назад

Wow... that was fantastic! Definitely going to check out more about Thomm. Just ordered a copy of the book he was talking about. Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar by Jas Obrecht. Thanks for continuing my spelunking adventure Otis! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

@timlewis9286 6 месяцев назад

Those are referred to as “Moccasin” heads in many circles. There is a lot of history behind those GB designs from Gibson. There MAY have been a “trapdoor” back on that at one point, I have a 1919 mandolinbanjo with trapdoor and moccasin peghead.

@ToadMeister313 6 месяцев назад

A lovely historical nugget of musical information. As always, love your content and care. Thank you Otis and Thomm for your gifts. Kyle, from Arizona. 🌵

@scottkidwell3601 6 месяцев назад

Well, happy Sunday! The sound of the instrument and Thomm's skilled playing is beautiful. Now my magpie brain has added another instrument to the list of things I'd like to get and play. Thank you, Otis and Thomm! 🙏🏻🤍

@kmaher1424 6 месяцев назад

Reminds me of the Daddy Banjo devised by Frank Davis. He was a Houston folk legend dating back to The Jester, before even my time. Yes he played some old times stuff but his career included producing Easter Everywhere, second album by the 13th Floor Elevators

@michaeldaves635 6 месяцев назад

Tom, glad to see you got that! I got a GB from Retrofret maybe six years ago and used it on a film score. Very special instruments

@brianmcglade8164 6 месяцев назад

Leon Redbone would have loved the GB!

@olddoggeleventy2718 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Now there's a blast from the past. 'Diddy Wah Diddy' was a favorite of mine.

@CarsSimplified 6 месяцев назад

What a cool instrument! I'm in the same boat; I'd consider the restored fretboard a plus if anything, since I've owned a guitar with a badly warped fretboard before. Instruments in too good of shape (collector-level mint condition) make playing them stressful.

@TheTurkey79 6 месяцев назад

That headstock makes more sense than the open book B)

@noisefuljoy 6 месяцев назад

I continue to have my mind boggled by the fact of artists such as Papa Charlie Jackson came up here from New Orleans or Mississippi to Grafton Wisconsin to cut records for Paramount. All the towns that they went past or through while taking a train to Grafton, such as Memphis, Cincinnati, Chicago, even Milwaukee. How is it that they weren't recording someplace less hell and gone than Grafton?

@julesotis13 6 месяцев назад

great work on the insert shots of the parhnephelia tom to hall bobble etc rad

@ehc549 6 месяцев назад

That is an amazing instrument, and the overtones sound incredible! Don't alter it a bit. If you want to mellow it out (ugh, WHY?!) just stick a rag or old t-shirt or something in the back.

@sevenmileridgeband 6 месяцев назад

This is REALLY COOL!! I really love the headstock......My great grandfather Joseph L. Ivers was a Mandolin & Guitar Company "Teacher Agent" in the teens and twenties, and he moved a lot of Gibson product, mostly mandolin family instruments as this was the height of the Mandolin Orchestra era. I'm sort of familiar with the Gibson product line from the 20's, including other hybrid instruments from that era made and sold by Gibson and other companies like the BanjoLin, and the crazy Harp Guitar, but I've never seen one of these! My dad who has played Mandolin all his life, when commenting about the BanjoLin, said that it was the "worst of both worlds, It's a crappy banjo, and even a worse mandolin." Great interview, cool rack of outboard gear in the background. I love the sound of the overtones. Spooking sounding.

@JTSunriseMusic 6 месяцев назад

I play my 1928 GB6 Snakebite, that one is nice. Sounds good with fingerpicks also

@markfogleman8438 6 месяцев назад

Dom Flemmons plays a similar one. He calls his Big Head Joe. It has an open headstock and gut strings.

@erickleefeld4883 6 месяцев назад

Love that headstock design! Too bad Gibson doesn’t use that for all its guitars today.

@Nicholas-dreamlove 6 месяцев назад

I love that banjo.

@alastair6356 6 месяцев назад

This Banjguitar has a great tone and interesting voice really enjoyed listening this.🤩👍

@patmayer7222 6 месяцев назад

dear Mr.OTTIS..,,,,,yes!,,..this morning i put my 1976 Hohner LesPaul back together,,fixed neck/frets...(1st try at this,),,,all of the sudden,,back to the outlaws,charlie daniels,slash stuff,...woow,,.i waited till im 63 to have a LP,,,...just sayin!,,,..tnx for this vid,,..my oldest guitar=1970 yamaha red label acoustic we all love,play..,,,peace-out,,,pat&family,,land o' lakes,wi.

@bradrehn1007 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful instrument and sweet & tender playing! The headstock is such a tasteful and no angling from nut to tuners... if I ever build a guitar...🤔

@MarkWell808 6 месяцев назад

Ye Gods I thought I had heard it all sweet sound and beautiful playing thanks

@lautaroc123 6 месяцев назад

oh wow. that instrument is amazing. I don't suppose there's anyone out there making these things, are there?

@julesotis13 6 месяцев назад

Thom Jutz (another cat whos name aint spelled like id a guessed) looks like a serious fella who knows his bleep...thanks as ever brother otis - SJOCR

@danielhoskins4690 6 месяцев назад

“Down with this sort of thing”. Classic

@richardphilpott1225 6 месяцев назад

Love to here Nora play that thing.

@rickr7333 6 месяцев назад

This is pretty cool! I did notice the radius of the neck seems pretty extreme. Is that true or was it just an artifact of the video?

@banjohero1182 6 месяцев назад

slightly disappointed you didn't play a bit of "my lovely horse" to go with that mug, lol

@FlipDahlenburg 5 месяцев назад

Ebony fretboard and a nice-looking headstock! Quality!

@paulmoran4813 5 месяцев назад

Very cool episode.

@agoodlife2 6 месяцев назад

Thanks very interesting instrument and sound

@firecrackerheart 6 месяцев назад

lovely.

@bjorntannberg1581 6 месяцев назад

I love old instruments.

@crazywisdom2 6 месяцев назад

Otis ... as always. Bring something Cool !!~

@holboroman 6 месяцев назад

So cool!

@tinman8518 6 месяцев назад

Nice Banjitar.

@michaelpond6386 6 месяцев назад

If I close my eyes and listen, I visualize a civil war camp and some soldier playing these ghostlike tones.

@CathodeULT 6 месяцев назад

I always say my guitars write the songs. If I ain't feeling it on one guitar I put up another and a totally new riff will jump out of it.

@mtb7579 6 месяцев назад

Banjatars are a thing. I own two of them, myself. One is a Dean, & the other is a Washburn....

@lossie8086 6 месяцев назад

Gibson guitars would definitely benefit from that headstock shape

@michaelcarlisle5403 5 месяцев назад

Sounds like a banjo- that is in tune.

@jeffarcher400 6 месяцев назад

100 years ago Gibson had a headstock design that kept strings straight across the nut. Today not so much.

@Aeidotronics 6 месяцев назад

I'm into it.

@rustyaxelrod 6 месяцев назад

Interesting…sounds real nice! 👍

@patrickhite3026 6 месяцев назад

I had a 1919 Gibson Harp Guitar I stumbled across by accident in a basement I was cleaning out before demolition in Antioch Tn...Danny Toler wanted to buy it after he seen it at my little studio but didnt want to pay what i was asking...I know he called Dickie Betts but Dickie passed....We recorded a couple of songs with it..I ended up selling it to a private buyer..Last time I checked it was worth upper 30s..In thousands..I should have kept it but I was happy with the sale at the time...🍑

@mccypr 6 месяцев назад

I get it! Cool! Thanks! 🙂😎

@jimwilson8879 6 месяцев назад

Gretsch built a 6 string Bangor that sounds good

@catheryndenton1766 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful ❤

@julesotis13 6 месяцев назад

in case anyone also broke unknown nobody like me is considering ever getting 7.1 surround sound the affordable kind for listening and viewing which is worth every penny (i got a samsung refurb system for not much alll told) his demosntration sounds so rad thru the rear (they have their own power) surround speaklers.....picking up some strange cool sounds

@higldeepigldee 6 месяцев назад

During the last bit of playing I was thinking that there were similar sounds from a Japanese instrument.

@rickwilliams967 6 месяцев назад

I really wish they would have stuck around K-Zoo.

@ethanhitchcock5431 6 месяцев назад

Wow that is cool !...Ive never seen or heard of such an instrument , that head stock looks the most like a snake head than any other head stock Ive seen , it needs a Kahler trem system ( really !? )...very interesting ! Thanks!

@bradholbrooks 5 месяцев назад

That’s it!

@1dz2many79 6 месяцев назад

Interesting instrument! Sounds somewhat orientalist to me. Like music from kabuki. It is otherworldly!

@BluesboyJagCigarBoxGuitar 6 месяцев назад

Sounds like a piano!

@krisscanlon4051 6 месяцев назад

Like a prototype banguitar?

@joetownsend5904 6 месяцев назад

always called one of those a 6 string banjo.

@jerryakbar6147 6 месяцев назад

I had a gold tone B.G. With a pickup in it, it’s was more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Played it with the band that we hired for our wedding in Malibu 20 years ago. Putting that aside, I live in East Hollywood and can tell you that there aren’t any movie’s or T.V. shows being made around here that don’t insist on dragging the audience through the mud of the insane modern day anti American culture liberalism we are going through right now. Every one has to eat I’ve been told….Unfortunately you can’t vote your way out of this mess. Otis , your videos are a much welcomed distraction from the above mentioned. Hope to be able to catch you one of these days. Keep going.

@artemisXsidecross 6 месяцев назад

It might for some make them think, if this was how it might have been living in Berlin in 1932. Totalitarianism is a retro-virus, there is no herd immunity. “…There are two ways by which the spirit of a culture may be shriveled. In the first-the Orwellian-culture becomes a prison. In the second-the Huxleyan-culture becomes a burlesque… “…In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility…” “…We take arms against such a sea of troubles, buttressed by the spirit of Milton, Bacon, Voltaire, Goethe and Jefferson. But what if there are no cries of anguish to be heard? Who is prepared to take arms against a sea of amusements? To whom do we complain, and when, and in what tone of voice, when serious discourse dissolves into giggles? What is the antidote to a culture’s being drained by laughter?…” ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death, ’ Neil Postman