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Earlier this month we ran a post on an old banjo found by a family in Melbourne. You can visit it here to refresh your memory – Banjo Owner Needs our Help. Mick O’Neill from Western Australia’s Bluegrass Parkway has been doing some researchon this article and dug up this piece of useful information for [...]
Just what every banjo player needs – another banjo. News just in from Howard Miller in New South Wales, is that Santa has left him a special treat this year. It seems Howard has had a yearning for a smaller banjo to keep company with his Stelling 5-string. South Australian luthier Alan Funk, has come [...]
Deering Banjo Company reports that they have been asked for many years for a way to amplify the sound of their banjos but without feedback problems and with out losing much of that wonderful acoustic sound. In answer to this request, Deering has introduced two new models. The first is the Deering Sierra Acoustic / [...]
The Tony Trischka School of Banjo has begun on-line beta testing with banjo players from around the world. Tony Trischka is perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 35 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians. He was not only considered among [...]
Kel Kroyden Banjos announces Aaron McDaris Signature Banjo Aaron McDaris Signature Banjo is a Mahogany Don Reno Style 75 Kel Kroydon® Banjo. It features a hand picked aged mahogany neck with AMB’s Centaur cut peghead shape, 20 hole Dannick tone ring, nickel plated hardware with Reno Style inlay on a Rosewood fingerboard. Combined with the [...]
Deering Banjo Company has recently announced significant changes to their Goodtime banjo range. The Deering Goodtime Openback and Resonator models now sport a new shape peghead with new engraving, while the neck now displays a new style of walnut inlays and the the pot, a 3 ply maple rim. Goodtimes now also come with a [...]
For more than 85 years the Gibson banjo has been at the forefront of such musical genres as country, bluegrass, Celtic and now country-rock music. The Gibson banjo has been available in many great many classic models through the years, none more revered than the pre-war RB-75. Gibson Original Instruments have announced the very limited [...]
Here’s some good advice from The Deering Banjo Company. Instead of passive entertainment like TV or movies or theme parks on a regular basis, become a participant; engage in and be a part of music with the banjo. Instead of watching music videos, make your own. Instead of waiting to be entertained, create your own [...]
In honor of the traditional yuletide season, Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments has introduced a special 12-piece collection of one-of-a-kind Christmas Banjos. These exquisite works of art are from the makers of the world’s finest line of bluegrass instruments, and they reflect the incomparable vision, skill and dedication of Gibson’s luthiers. In addition to the elegant, [...]
Terry Baucom, the Duke of Drive, teamed up with Jens Kruger and Greg Deering to create one of the most refreshing new banjos to hit the Bluegrass Scene. Raising the bar on modern banjo tone, the Terry Baucom model features new breakthrough’s in creating the ultimate banjo tone for traditional Bluegrass banjoists. Terry Baucom, the [...]
From the blistering, steam-train runs of Earl Scruggs to the newgrass riffs of J.D. Crowe, the Gibson banjo has embodied the tone of America for the better part of a century. Now, a contemporary music legend is helping Gibson take the instrument’s classic form to a further evolution for the 21st century. Popular from the [...]
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