#BEAN BLOSSOM BY MORGAN MONROE BANJO FULL#

#BEAN BLOSSOM BY MORGAN MONROE BANJO FULL#

That the names are the same isД¬oincidence, the difference in quality is obvious.ДЄntoria - Samick brand name from August 2002 on in UK, earlier us exists but source unknown.ДЄria - Full line of banjos from Al pot entry level toДЄshbury - Current, Korean, marketed at least by Hobgoblin Music, UK. Almost no one makes these parts themselves, so these are certainly true custom instruments. Andrews makes all the wood parts, cuts and inlays all the pearl and abalone, and makes all the tone rings and coordinator rods. These domestic banjos are quality instruments Mr. Some other nifty features encountered are veneer overlay on the fingerboard, painted on binding, color in finish only including binding like a plastic overlay, welded steel tension hoops, cheap steel tailpieces, wooden armrests, and the neck held on with a single eye bolt set into the neck heel and screwed into a big cadmium platedДЄny of these names may be encountered on higher quality banjos.or other instruments.ДЄllegretto - 4, GT, bow tie peghead, square block inlays, metal tuner buttons, shown as example for type 4 integral flange aluminum pot above.ДЄndrews - These are NOT the banjos currently made by the Andrews Banjo Company of Napa, California, email: to This also appears on early Japanese banjos like Aria, Ventura, and the tooling was probably sold to the Koreans who continue to use it to this day (sadly IMO). Mates to Gibson size flange, tight fit in banjo cases. KR - 14' thick sidewall (Korean) resonator.ATR - American type resonator, fairly thin wall, solid construction.BT - Straight through banjo tuners, offset or planetary.FT - friction tuners, 1:1 (rare, thankfully).5- Plastic - either like a Harmony Bakelite pot, or as a support for a tone ring (I've never seen this yet, but have been told of it!).Example is an unmodified mid 70's Alegretto banjo. 4- Aluminum pot, flange cast into pot so the hooks go through it, flathead.3- Aluminum pot, shoes bolted through the pot, straight sides, archtop or flathead.2- Wood pot, shoes bolted through the pot, cast or tubular tone ring.1- Wood pot, shoes bolted through the pot, head rests on wood or on a round metal ring.There are about five categories of pot construction.

The wood is usually some fairly rapid growing tropical hardwood like Philippine mahogany, Nato, and the such. The notations of style are mine, picked with the hope that gradually I can define more of the specific instruments. Cataloging these totally is probably an impossible task, but I'll take an initial shot at it.

These are the general features found in the entry and advanced amateur banjo brands. I've added to it and commented on some of the banjos I have seen. This page has the listing of inexpensive instruments only, the better quality banjos are described on other pages (see yellow menu above). For an overview of Asian banjos, see the Asian Banjos page.

Bean blossom by morgan monroe banjo