Here’s a Pattison Pattiphone Walnut Frailing Banjo featuring a wooden tone ring and 12-inch pot, built during 2019 near Guelph, Ontario. The Pattison Pattiphone is a relatively simple and lightweight instrument, and very well built.
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This Vega Pete Seeger banjo was purchased by American composer Earl Robinson in 1966 while he was writing his ‘Concerto for Five String Banjo’. This was first performed by the Boston Pops orchestra under Arthur Fiedler. From the late 1930’s into the 1960’s, Earl Robinson composed a number of well known, largely topical pieces including ‘Joe Hill’ ‘Ballad for Americans’, ‘Black and White’ and ‘Lonesome Train’, performed by many top artists.
Here we have a new Ian Pattison openback Frailing banjo with a Maple rim capped with Black Walnut, an 11″ Five Star Rolled Brass tone ring and a Remo Fiberskyn #3 head. Built during 2021 near Guelph, Ontario, this Pattison Openback Frailing banjo also features a three-piece Maple neck with Black Walnut center strip, bookmatched head plate and dual-action truss rod.
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MORE →This Stelling Golden Cross Open Back banjo was originally a resonator model but was converted to open-back by Geoff Stelling. As with other Golden Cross banjos, the neck and rim are Maple, with Ebony for the fingerboard; inlays and the truss rod cover are Mother of Pearl. This is a very attractive instrument!
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MORE →This Dave Mills Frailing banjo, built during 2018, is an open-back style mostly using Rickard components, not surprising as Mills and Rickard are associates. These instruments are pretty straightforward, and this Mills Frailing model uses a cherry-stained Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard.
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MORE →The Vega Old Time Wonder is one of Deering’s popular open-back banjo designs, hearkening back to the early days of the Vega company, at a time when the banjo was one of the dominant instruments.
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