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Menzies Tackhead Banjo with Calton Case
Estimated price for orientation: 950 $
Category: Banjos
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Description Condition: Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Banjo Type: Guitar Banjo Skill Level: Beginner Model: Menzie's Tackhead Items Included: Case Number of Strings: 6 Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada Dexterity: Right Handed Era: 2011
*Description: This is a one-of-a-kind "banjitar" (all banjo with six gut strings) built by Jeff Menzies from Toronto, Canada. Menzies based this particular tackhead on an instrument made by Boucher (see below). Note the gorgeous sculpted lines of this beautiful Walnut neck and peghead area, as well as the distinctive skin head and bone tailpiece. Jeff’s fretless tackhead banjos have that characteristic old time plunky tone that sounds so sweet when played in the claw hammer style. Of course originally, this style of banjo would have been strung with gut strings, but modern nylon strings achieve much better tuning stability while producing a tone very reminiscent of these early American folk instruments! (Calton Case included in the price.)
**Specifications: 1 9/32″ wide bone nut - fretless Walnut neck - friction peg tuners - 26″ scale length - 12″ diameter rim***History: William Esperance Boucher Jr. (1822-1899) was one of the most prolific minstrel banjo makers of the 1800′s working out of his Baltimore Maryland workshop fabricating banjos, drums, violins & guitars. Before Boucher’s time, most banjos were one-off instruments built by the player, so Boucher seems to be the first documented significant full time builder of banjos. Boucher is also credited with inventing the hook and shoe method of tightening a banjo head, although he did not patent his idea.
Description
| Condition: | Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Banjo Type: | Guitar Banjo |
| Skill Level: | Beginner | Model: | Menzie's Tackhead |
| Items Included: | Case | Number of Strings: | 6 |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | Canada | Dexterity: | Right Handed |
| Era: | 2011 |
*Description: This is a one-of-a-kind "banjitar" (all banjo with six gut strings) built by Jeff Menzies from Toronto, Canada. Menzies based this particular tackhead on an instrument made by Boucher (see below). Note the gorgeous sculpted lines of this beautiful Walnut neck and peghead area, as well as the distinctive skin head and bone tailpiece. Jeff’s fretless tackhead banjos have that characteristic old time plunky tone that sounds so sweet when played in the claw hammer style. Of course originally, this style of banjo would have been strung with gut strings, but modern nylon strings achieve much better tuning stability while producing a tone very reminiscent of these early American folk instruments! (Calton Case included in the price.)
**Specifications: 1 9/32″ wide bone nut - fretless Walnut neck - friction peg tuners - 26″ scale length - 12″ diameter rim***History: William Esperance Boucher Jr. (1822-1899) was one of the most prolific minstrel banjo makers of the 1800′s working out of his Baltimore Maryland workshop fabricating banjos, drums, violins & guitars. Before Boucher’s time, most banjos were one-off instruments built by the player, so Boucher seems to be the first documented significant full time builder of banjos. Boucher is also credited with inventing the hook and shoe method of tightening a banjo head, although he did not patent his idea.
**Specifications: 1 9/32″ wide bone nut - fretless Walnut neck - friction peg tuners - 26″ scale length - 12″ diameter rim***History: William Esperance Boucher Jr. (1822-1899) was one of the most prolific minstrel banjo makers of the 1800′s working out of his Baltimore Maryland workshop fabricating banjos, drums, violins & guitars. Before Boucher’s time, most banjos were one-off instruments built by the player, so Boucher seems to be the first documented significant full time builder of banjos. Boucher is also credited with inventing the hook and shoe method of tightening a banjo head, although he did not patent his idea.