What Tenor Banjos do you play?

For fun, I thought we might start a list, to see which are the most popular makes & models of Tenor Banjo, to be owned & played, amongst our members here.

As you post your replies, I'll add the name of the Banjo or Banjos you play & also your name to our list below.

Cheers,

Dick

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Astor: 1

Clareen: 3

Epiphone: 2

Framus: 9

Gibson: 5

Gold Tone: 3

Lange: 1

Ludwig: 3

Ozark: 1

Orpheum: 1

Paragon: 2

Paramount: 2

Poulsen: 1

Vega: 4

Majestic: 1

Dave Boyle: 1

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Members who have contributed to this list:

Dick Glasgow

Brian Clancy

Michael Walls

Patrick Mansson

Keith Whidden

Niklas Hakansson

Conor Daly

Paul Gitlitz

Bruce Evans

Ciaran Ferrie

James Donoghue

Harry Faulkner

Chris Black

Chris Hasty

Brywn Scot Martin

David Dean Agee

Anders Houlberg-Neilsen

Patrick Foose

Alan Mount

Lars 'Larry Mor' Mott

Wes Merchant

Paul Desmond

Gary Hoffman

Anne Wright

Paul Desmond

Francis Strong

Kevin Walsh

John McDonald

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Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Brian Clancy on July 30, 2011 at 9:43

Clareen elite

Permalink Reply by Michael Walls on July 30, 2011 at 18:20

I Play an Epiphone Tenor Banjo

Permalink Reply by Dick Glasgow on July 31, 2011 at 0:24

Thanks Brian & Michael .... your details have been added!

Cheers, Dick

Permalink Reply by Patrik Månsson on August 2, 2011 at 14:28

Ozark tenor 2104TS - 17 frets, short-neck

Permalink Reply by Keith Whiddon on August 5, 2011 at 15:18

Clareen elite

Permalink Reply by Niklas Håkansson on August 5, 2011 at 15:24

Gibson TB-3 Mastertone 1929

Permalink Reply by Dick Glasgow on August 5, 2011 at 16:20

Thanks Keith & Niklas, your details have been added!

Permalink Reply by Conor Daly on August 7, 2011 at 12:22

ephiphone recorder

Permalink Reply by Lars 'Larry Mór' Mott on August 7, 2011 at 12:33

Used to own a Framus, identical to the one Charlie Piggott plays in this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbGEYLOacV4&feature=player_embedded

Permalink Reply by Dick Glasgow on August 7, 2011 at 12:53

Thanks Conor.

Yes Lars, I had one of those myself, for a short while.

It was actually given to me by a complete stranger, in Aberdeen many years ago.

He heard our session & asked us along to his house the next day, to play in his back garden for a small Tea Party for his Mum & a few of her friends. It was all a bit unreal, but as we left, he handed me his Framus Banjo, which was unplayed & which was very real! ;-)

However, to be honest, I didn't really like the sound of it, it just didn't seem to be musical enough for my ear. So I later sold it.

Permalink Reply by Lars 'Larry Mór' Mott on August 7, 2011 at 12:59

There seems to be a love it or hate it relation to the Framus :)

Mats Lindgren plays a Framus which sounds very good to me, and i heard a Framus player in Dublin say "the Framus is like a Strat, you have to coax the sound out of it, it's not like a Les Paul/Vega that plays itself :)

(I'm just quoting here, no disrespect to any player regardless of brand or anything)

Permalink Reply by Dick Glasgow on August 7, 2011 at 13:12

Yes, don't get me wrong here Lars, the Framus has great character, it's just that its sound was exactly the one I was looking for.

Luckily for me, when I heard & played my first Paragon, I know then that this was the sound I'd been looking for. Mind you I then had to wait for nearly 30 years before I got one.

That said, I haven't met a Fiddler yet, who isn't looking for a better Fiddle! ;-)