Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Doc's Banjos
- Product Year
- 2014
- Model
- Soprano
- Serial #
- 227
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- 4806
- Condition
- Mint Doc's Frailing Platform with Scoop, Doc's Woody Archtop, Built-in Tailpiece, Frailer's Tension Hoop, Custom Dyed Skin Head on Pot
- Body Type(s)
- Banjo
- Back & Sides
- Wenge/Padouk/Bilinga, Bubinga
- Top
- Skin - Dyed
- Neck Wood
- Bubinga - 5 Piece
- Bridge
- Cocobolo, Bilinga, Bubinga
- Top Trim
- None
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- None
- Fret Markers
- Dots
- Frets to Body
- 15
- Headplate
- Wenge
- Headstock Inlay
- None
- Body Bindings
- Brass - Aged
- Tuners
- Gotoh
- Tuner Finish
- Brass with Amber Buttons
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickup
- None, we can install one
- Body Length
- 10.5 in
- Upper Bout
- 10.5 in
- Lower Bout
- 0 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 2.875 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 2.875 in
- Scale Length
- 24 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 609.6 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.38 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 35.1 mm
- String Spacing
- 1.69 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 42.9 mm
- Weight
- 0 lb. 0 oz.
- Case
- Softshell - Access
- Audio File
- Description
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For years, Patrick "Doc" Huff has been blazing the trail of innovation with his banjos. Number 227 is a Soprano Banjo, named "Georgina" by Doc's daughter, and comes fully loaded with everything that makes Doc's banjos unique. The scalloped and compound radiused fretboard (with bronze frets) gives the player ultimate control over their style: one can at once play "Georgina" like a regular fretted banjo, or play by sliding along the fretboard like a fretless banjo, which results in a smooth, gliding change in pitch. Add to that two of Doc's other specialties--the "Frailer's Tension Hoop" (which has a relief notched in the hoop to allow easy frailing) and his "Frailing Platform" (which allows the player to comfortably frail to their heart's content)--and you find yourself in the presence of a banjo unlike any other. Not one to rest on his laurels, Doc has also built the neck and pot out of a combination of exotic tonewoods: Wenge, Padouk, Bilinga, Bubinga. The resultant tone is warm and full with great sustain for such a small banjo. Lastly, Doc handcarves the heels on each banjo, and this one features his trademark scalloping, which looks organic, like curving roots or a rockface. This banjo comes with an Access softshell case.
I got this banjo straight from Doc himself, and have loved it since day one. I hate to part with it, because what other scallop-fretted banjo am I going to find that plays so smoothly and richly in Mountain Modal Tuning? This is practically an heirloom piece already. 
I've only seen one other instrument similar to this one and I own it. It's so nice to have this kind of tone in a nylon string soprano banjo. I can see this coming in handy for many uses from playing solo to adding a texture in a mix. The carving on the neck and bridge make it a work of art as well as a fine instrument. - Accessories
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