Archive for the ‘ Wildwood ’ Category
The Wildwood Heirloom Model Banjo
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
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 [...]
Wildwood ‘Minstrel’ Old Time Frailing Open-back Banjo
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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 [...]
Wildwood Troubador Banjo
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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 Artist Banjo
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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 [...]