5-string Openback banjo no. 10
This banjo is the prototype for a custom-built banjo particularly suited to clawhammer.
5-string Openback Banjos
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5-string Openback banjo no. 17-19 NX
Banjo no. 17-19 NX
A-Scale banjo no. 18-19 NX
Banjo no. 18-19 NX is a short-necked A-scale banjo, also called a travel banjo or melody banjo.
Banjo no. 22
Banjo built from older mahogany (reclaimed wood).
5-string Fretless banjo
11-inch beech block rim with mahogany inlay.
5-string Openback Banjo no. 21E "GRANJO"
This banjo began as an experiment. It is built from spruce/pine. Can you build a banjo from spruce/pine at all? Will it play? Will it hold up? Spruce is used…
5-string Openback banjo 11E
The banjo is made from paulownia wood. Perhaps it is the only banjo in the world made from paulownia (empress tree)?
5-string Openback Mahogany banjo no. 3
Built from mahogany. Banjos made from solid mahogany can be hard to find.
5-string Openback Mahogany banjo no. 4
11-inch mahogany block rim
5-string Openback Banjo no. 20NX
11-inch oak block rim
5-string Openback banjo no. 13-18
11-inch block rim in seasoned reclaimed oak with an ash ring.
5-string Openback Banjo A-Scale no. 15-18. A-scale custom model.
5-string A-scale Openback Banjo.
5-string Openback Banjo no. 14-18
This open-back banjo is built from oak and ash. Oak has, interestingly, proved to have excellent tonal qualities. It is therefore surprising that oak is not more…
5-string Fretless Mountain banjo
Built from solid mahogany