Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
tenor banjo = 4 strings
You don't say where you're at - if you're in Ireland and anywhere near Galway, Clarinbridge to be exact, contact Tom Cussen - his website is www.banjo.ie - he always has a variety of entry level/vintage/his own Clareen brand banjos in stock (though the entry level and vintage stuff won't be listed on his website). Custy's in Ennis usually has a few banjos around as well. If you're in the UK, try andybanjo, as mentioned above.
Enda Scahill has a very good tenor banjo tutor out - you can get it at his website www.endascahill.com, plenty of tunes in it to learn.
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
Ah, just noticed that the title of your thread says "in the UK" - janey mack, my attention to detail is sorely lacking this evening! Still, that narrows things down a bit...
Right so, try the andybanjo website - he's sound, his own Grafton brand are a decent starter banjo and he also carries other brands and some vintage stuff.
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
A banjo player at our session has 6 5-string banjos he like to get rid of. He'd gone to the Porterhouse, Covent Garden, and left his car unlocked with his own 1932 Gibson banjo with Scruggs pegs on the back seat. He drank 8 or ten pints, left the pub intending to drive to a donk rave in Burnley, and found his car with the back doors wide open and 6 banjos piled up on the back seat. I know the old joke involving banjos, but this really did happen
where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
i cant decide whether to get a banjo or not...and which one..and where
theres a lot of songs and tunes that i'd love to play but i dont know where to find the music sheets
any help/suggestions??
# Posted on March 8th 2010 by j.roche
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
ive never heard of a five string tenor before but I would recommend andybanjo andybanjo.co.uk
# Posted on March 8th 2010 by Mark McAleese
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
sorry heres the site, http://www.andybanjo.com/
# Posted on March 8th 2010 by Mark McAleese
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
ohh sorry, im not one for instruments...i mean the one that barney mckenna has,,
does anyone know which one that is?
# Posted on March 8th 2010 by j.roche
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
Barney plays a paragon, or lately a 17 fret Dave Boyle tenor banjo
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by kk cats
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
tenor banjo = 4 strings
You don't say where you're at - if you're in Ireland and anywhere near Galway, Clarinbridge to be exact, contact Tom Cussen - his website is www.banjo.ie - he always has a variety of entry level/vintage/his own Clareen brand banjos in stock (though the entry level and vintage stuff won't be listed on his website). Custy's in Ennis usually has a few banjos around as well. If you're in the UK, try andybanjo, as mentioned above.
Enda Scahill has a very good tenor banjo tutor out - you can get it at his website www.endascahill.com, plenty of tunes in it to learn.
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by triplet upstairs
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
Ah, just noticed that the title of your thread says "in the UK" - janey mack, my attention to detail is sorely lacking this evening! Still, that narrows things down a bit...
Right so, try the andybanjo website - he's sound, his own Grafton brand are a decent starter banjo and he also carries other brands and some vintage stuff.
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by triplet upstairs
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
For more advice j.roche, you could try asking the guys over on 'The Irish Tenor Banjo' website: http://theirishtenorbanjo.ning.com/
Cheers
Dick
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by Ptarmigan
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
A banjo player at our session has 6 5-string banjos he like to get rid of. He'd gone to the Porterhouse, Covent Garden, and left his car unlocked with his own 1932 Gibson banjo with Scruggs pegs on the back seat. He drank 8 or ten pints, left the pub intending to drive to a donk rave in Burnley, and found his car with the back doors wide open and 6 banjos piled up on the back seat. I know the old joke involving banjos, but this really did happen
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by Steamwilkes
Re: where can you find good 5 string tenor banjos in the uk???
Tony 'Sully' Sullivan at http://www.halshawmusic.co.uk
# Posted on March 9th 2010 by Sugarfoot Jack