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June 2019 VOL. 33 NO. 08FEATURESBacon & Day The Guitar YearsA major force in the banjo market of the early 20th century, B&D’s story includes a significant chapter on guitars as the company pushed to compete when the guitar moved closer to the front of stages.

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When singer-songwriter Dom Flemons saw this Clef Club guitar banjo at RetroFret in Brooklyn a few years ago, he knew he had to have it. Flemons had long been inspired by Papa Charlie Jackson, a versatile musician from the 1920s who played a Gibson guitar banjo with an oversized 14-inch head. (Most banjos these days have 11- or 12-inch heads.) With its 16-inch head, this Clef Club is even larger, and it has all the punch and power you could want.