Howlin Bob
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Hello everybody! Sorry If this is the wrong place for this, or it's been discussed elsewhere, but I'm having a really hard time getting any info on Van Allen banjolele ukes.
After taking up the uke, the father-in-law mentioned he had one in his loft that had been there about 40 years since his uncle died. To cut a long story short, it's in prety good nick, I've got a floating bridge and re-strung it and it sounds pretty nice, but I would love to know more about it.
On the headstock the Logo reads "New Revelation" "Will Van Allen" "Banjos London". I've found snippets of info here and there, and think it was built c.1920 by New Revelation and were branded as Will Van Allen after the entertainer. But thats all I can find.
As a relatively novice uker I'd love to hear from anyone with an oopinion on these, whether theyre good/bad quality, if anyone else has one, and I'd be interested in its value, although wouldnt want to sell. Probably.
Sorry for the relatively poor quality of the pics.
After taking up the uke, the father-in-law mentioned he had one in his loft that had been there about 40 years since his uncle died. To cut a long story short, it's in prety good nick, I've got a floating bridge and re-strung it and it sounds pretty nice, but I would love to know more about it.
On the headstock the Logo reads "New Revelation" "Will Van Allen" "Banjos London". I've found snippets of info here and there, and think it was built c.1920 by New Revelation and were branded as Will Van Allen after the entertainer. But thats all I can find.
As a relatively novice uker I'd love to hear from anyone with an oopinion on these, whether theyre good/bad quality, if anyone else has one, and I'd be interested in its value, although wouldnt want to sell. Probably.
Sorry for the relatively poor quality of the pics.