Clareen banjos:
The past number of years has seen an phenomenal growth in the musical importance of the Banjo. The growing demand for high quality banjos for use in dance bands, groups and as a solo instrument has also become more apparent.
The banjo and especially the Tenor Banjo, has become a very popular instrument in Irish Music and Folk Music generally. The rewards to good banjo players have become real and substantial so that the banjo player of today gives much thought to the attainment of perfection in their playing.
These are some of the reasons I began making banjos and it is my aim to provide the best possible instruments to both beginners and professionals alike. A banjo player can be no better than his/her instrument, therefore I am building installments that are of the highest playing quality.
Clareen Banjos are made to give the player every opportunity to do themselves justice on the instrument. As a banjo player myself, with over 35 years experience, I can guarantee that each instrument is hand crafted to the highest quality. Only the best materials are used, and are now, where possible, made in Ireland ...
When buying a banjo for the first time it is advisable to have someone knowledgeable at hand who has some experience as a player. We at Clareen Banjos offer expert advice to beginners and advanced players without predjuice ...
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Bob Flesher Custom Banjos
- old-time minstrel and clawhammer banjos.
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ScottZimmerman's home page, builder of Desert Rose bluegrass banjos and chief engineer of Sitech instrument fabrication consulting services.
Desert Rose Musical Instruments began in 1998 in my home workshop, building bluegrass banjos, acoustic guitars and doing vintage restoration work. The roots of Desert Rose go back thirty years to my first exposure to bluegrass music and my chance discovery of my life's passion and craft, luthiery.
I began repairing and building acoustic instruments in 1974. My first instruments were five string banjos, and from the beginning my repair work focused on the instruments of Gibson and Martin. For the training and chance to develop my skill I will forever be grateful to the great people at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California.
This passion for acoustic stringed instruments has continued and has survived over a quarter century of work in the industry mass producing electric guitars. I began working full time in the production of electric guitars in 1977. My carrier began in the woodshop of CBS Fender making guitar necks. What has followed has been a wild ride. After three years in the woodshop I rose to the position of Senior Master Builder of the Fender company working in Research and Development. I built prototypes for factory production as well as all the guitars for the super stars of the music industry. Following this I was a Factory Supervisor for the famous Charvel/Jackson company and relocated to Japan to act as project engineer and supervisor of Charvel production. Following this was eleven years at the well known Fujigen factory where I again did engineering work and custom guitar building for Fender, Ibanez, Epiphone and numerous other brands and their artists. During this time I also spent four years as a Quality Control Engineer for the company.
During all these years, I continued to repair and build acoustic instruments in my home shop "after" work. I have spent my life, five, six and sometimes seven days a week and eight, ten, twelve hours a day or more totally occupied with this passion ...
Desert Rose banjos are now being made in two standard models as well as custom shop one of a kind banjos. I will continue to allow these instruments to evolve as new projects provide advances in performance of value to the musician ...
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