Banjos

Banjoleles - Click on the pictures for close-ups and different viewpoints.
Block Rimmed: $600.00 CDN, $800.00 with resonator.
Thin Rimmed: $300.00 CDN.

Block Rim	Thin Rim

Block Rim Specs:

Thin Rim Specs:

Travel Banjo - Click on the pictures for close-ups and different viewpoints.
Open-back: $525.00 CDN, $650.00 with resonator.

Thank-you for your interest in MidnightSpecial Travel banjos . . .

A MidnightSpecial banjo is hand crafted on a one of basis - no mass production here. These banjos are admired for the warm, soft tone they create. Check out these features:

-5th string tuned from the peg head and buried under the fret board

-Available with a quality, birch plywood head or a traditional, tensioned head

-The instrument is constructed of solid, hand selected hardwood - no “synthetic” woods used

-Solid woods (maple, cherry, walnut, oak) used throughout for tone quality, durability, resistance to warpage and aesthetic appeal

-Finished with a non-lustre, hard-wearing varnish for easy care

-Ideal for jam sessions, camping, travelling and in-house playing

-Choice of two styles --> resonator banjo for finger picking -->open-back banjo for claw hammer/frailing

-Shorter than normal banjo scale length - 22.5 inches, 21 frets

-Instrument can be custom built to suit your needs and budget

Sound clip Of Wooden Head Travel Banjo: MP3 Real Audio

Parlour Banjo with Resonator - Click on the picture for close-ups and different viewpoints.
Discontinued

Thank-you for your interest in MidnightSpecial Parlour banjos . . .
A MidnightSpecial banjo is hand crafted on a one of basis - no mass production here. These banjos are admired for the warm, soft tone they create. Check out these features:

-Uniquely designed one piece solid, black cherry tone ring

-The instrument is constructed of solid, hand selected hardwood - no “synthetic” woods used

-Walnut and cherry used throughout for tone quality, durability, resistance to warpage and aesthetic appeal

-Finished with a non-lustre, hard-wearing varnish for easy care

-Ideal for jam sessions and in-house playing

-Choice of two styles -resonator banjo for finger picking -open-back banjo for claw hammer/frailing

-Instrument can be custom built to suit your needs and budget

Sound clips: MP3 Real Audio

Banjo-lute - Click on the picture for close-ups and different viewpoints.
Introductory price: $1150.00 CDN

A modern incarnation of an age-old design from the mind of August Pollman .
Here at MidnightSpecial Instruments we like to think that the concept of the Banjo-lute (a modern name for the mandoline banjo) was the product of much dedicated pondering by Mr. Pollman, and that it began with a whim to create an instrument that plays like a banjo, but weighs in like a small collection of feathers. And to this day, banjos have been complimented and feathers have been put to shame by its warm, bright tone and its astonishing 3 and a half pounds of mass. And that's not all:

-Comes with built-in Schatten HFN Artist design pickup - no wiring required on your part

-It weighs the same as a duck, therefore it's made of wood: the banjo-lute pictured here is made of walnut with a Sitka spruce top

-26 1/2" scale length

-35" long, 11" wide, 2 1/8" thick, similar to an open-backed banjo- an instrument fit for a hobbit

-Great for just about any purpose- quiet enough for practicing without someone slamming doors, yet with the pickup it's potentially loud enough to be heard at any musical occasion

-As usual, the instrument can be built around your personal preferences

MP3 Sound clips:
Picked through pickup
Picked through microphone
Fingered through pickup
Fingered through microphone

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