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The Huber Lancaster: The Huber Berkshire: Serial Number Varies as New Pricing Lancaster: $4945 CND with case. Berkshire: $5029 CND with case. Neck Lancaster: Mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. Berkshire: AAA Flame Maple neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. Both have 2-way adjustable trussrods. Frets Standard narrow frets. Body Lancaster: Mahogany resonator Berkshire: AAA Flame [...]

Serial Number 1488 Pricing $3850 CND with case. Neck AAA Flame Maple neck with unbound, compound radius Cocobolo fingerboard, with cocobolo headstock overlay; features a ’5th String Tunnel” so the tuners are all on the headstock. Four Capo tacks installed as stock at frets 7, 8, 9 and 10. Offset position markers. The 5th string [...]

Serial Number Varies as new Pricing $999 CDN with case Neck Left-handed Maple neck with scarf-joint at the head – very strong. Bound ebony fingerboard and head plate. Snowflake inlays, adjustable truss rod, and bolt-on design so the action can be set to whatever you require. Frets 21 medium frets. Body Mahogany body. bound top [...]

The Greg Deering Limited model banjo caries Greg Deering’s name due to the affection Greg has for this special banjo. Elegant Abalone and pearl inlay and trim with Ivoroid binding beautifully sets off the highly figured English Curly Walnut neck and exotic burl walnut resonator. English Walnut gives a sweetness to the trebles not normally [...]

Serial Number #002 !   Full number is # 11000211002 Pricing Please email or call for pricing. Neck AAA Artist grade, Flame maple neck with grained ivoroid bound ebony board, custom mother of pearl inlays. Frets 22 medium frets, over the binding. Body Artist grade Flame maple resonator, bound with grained ivoroid, rhinestone encrusted with walnut [...]

Serial Number Varies as new Pricing $939 CDN with case Neck Maple neck with scarf-joint at the head – very strong. Bound ebony fingerboard and head plate. Snowflake inlays, adjustable truss rod, and bolt-on design so the action can be set to whatever you require. Frets 21 medium frets. Body Mahogany body. bound top Routed [...]

GoldStar Banjo September Sale GoldStar banjos remain the cream of the crop of the “Gibson Clone” banjos, individually built by Saga Musical Instruments. They own and operate their own workshop where these banjos and the best of the Kentucky mandolins and Blueridge guitars are built. All models are equipped with true sand-cast, bell-bronze tone rings, [...]

Wildwood clawhammer banjos feature a slightly wider maple neck, their own version of the tubaphone-style tone ring, some models with bracket shoe bands, and all with a sound and character unique to Wildwood. All Wildwood banjos are available in your choice of woods. Wildwood rims are completely different from conventional rims. Where as conventional rims [...]

  Today we are featuring the new Dropkick Murphys Tenor banjo: Boston model from Deering Banjos. This tenor banjo was originally custom built for the Dropkick Murphys band and is based on a John Hartford banjo template which features highly figured maple neck and resonator with a Grenadillo wood tone ring fitted to a red [...]

Thursday April 21 from 4:00 to 7:00 We are thrilled to welcome Tom back for another of his incredible clinics Bring your banjos…all of them…for Tom’s free adjustments and setup advice. Tom is one of the world’s top banjo makers and repairman and he is an absolute wizard with setup adjustments. He will “hold court” [...]

We have just taken delivery of another Wildwood Banjo from Arcata California. The Wildwood ‘Minstrel’ clawhammer open-back banjo, pictured above, arrived yesterday and features all of the attention to detail that has kept Wildwood one of North America’s top banjo makers for 30 years. The Wildwood banjos feature slightly wider necks, their own version of [...]

We recently posted a feature on the Wildwood Minstrel open back clawhammer style banjo. Yesterday we took delivery of the slightly more dressed up Troubador frailing banjo with binding and wood purfling on both neck and rim as well as some very tastefully executed abalone inlay work on the fingerboard and peghead. The Troubador is [...]

Wildwood banjos continue to be one of the most prominent of our professional level banjo lines. These U.S. made instruments feature a “flat head style” cast tone ring, one piece cast resonator flange, fancy fiddleback maple or American black walnut necks inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone, binding and purfling, and fancy figured matching [...]

The Recording King Professional model resonator banjo combines classic pre-war style features and desirable modern touches to create the ultimate bluegrass banjo. This model features a mahogany resonator, mahogany neck, bound ebony fretboard, American Standard thread hardware, 20-hole tone ring and a 3-ply rim. Designed by Greg Rich, this model recalls the most supremely crafted [...]

  As you pick up the Zeus, you’ll realize why Tom Nechville named this banjo after the king of gods. Players really seem to love the lighter weight of this banjo, as well as its smooth-feeling neck profile, radiused fingerboard and avante garde peghead profile. The beveled wooden armrest feels smooth on your forearm, the [...]