Gold tone has come out with a new 5 string banjo with a composite body for $199. I suggested a short scale tenor banjo and they said they'd start working on a prototype. Lots of banjo ukers may jump on these, especially if they are 17 fret models.
Gold tone has come out with a new 5 string banjo with a composite body for $199. I suggested a short scale tenor banjo and they said they'd start working on a prototype. Lots of banjo ukers may jump on these, especially if they are 17 fret models.
Gold tone has come out with a new 5 string banjo with a composite body for $199. I suggested a short scale tenor banjo and they said they'd start working on a prototype. Lots of banjo ukers may jump on these, especially if they are 17 fret models.
Sorry, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29YuKJrBXk
Sorry, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29YuKJrBXk
Lots of banjo ukers may jump on these, especially if they are 17 fret models.
I think one of the bigger advantages of a banjouke over a banjo (of any scale) is that people can keep using the tuning they're used to. If I don't recall incorrectly, it was mentioned somewhere that this was also one of the reasons for various other hybrid instruments (but I may have misunderstood that part). From various forum discussions I got the impression that a lot of folks are very reluctant to deviate from the tuning they are accustomed to. I was in that boat once, too, but eventually a desire for better tone weakened my resistance.
I've been looking , maybe in the wrong places but , but I can't find it anywhere for $ 199.00
Oh man I've always resisted but this might push me over to actually trying one. Good deal. No dealers like HMS/ MIM(?)