Hey Steve:

I got the 37' back in 68' in an Albuquerque, New Mexico pawn shop. The owner of the pawn shop had the banjo in the store for five years and he wanted to "get that damn banjo out of here." I got it for under $1,000 and I was unhappy with it at first. I didn't like the "simple" inlay, the peghead wasn't fiddle cut and because of the funny looking tension hoop. I goes to show, you never can tell.