BANJOS, Banjo instructional materials
and banjo accessories.
Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy 2010
Faculty: Dave Ball, Ron Block, James McKinney, Jack Hatfield, Jack Hicks, John Lawless, Tom Nechville, Rick Sampson, Marc Smith, Ron Stewart, Leroy Troy!
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GIBSON MASTERTONE - FLATHEAD 5-STRING BANJOS OF THE 1930's AND 1940's by Jim Mills
Gibson produced thousands of banjos prior to WWII but only a handful were made in the most desirable configuration: the Original Flathead Five-String Mastertone. Since Earl Scruggs and Don Reno helped make them the most sought-after banjos in the world, these instruments have amassed a cult-like following and become the inspiration for nearly every successful 5-string banjo manufactured for the past five decades. Of the 130 or so Original Flathead Five-String Mastertones known to exist, 19 of the absolute best are featured here. The Scruggs, Reno, Jenkins, Crowe, Osborne, Huber and Mills banjos are shown in all their glory, with details of their known histories and provenances, as well as never-before-seen photos, bills of sale, factory shipping ledgers, and other ephemera. 169 pp. go to:  |
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Backup Techniques on the Five-String Banjo
Bluegrass Banjo Method, Book Three
Long-awaited book by Jack Hatfield. 231 pages, two play-along CD's with full band in one channel and banjo in the other. Forty songs including multiple backup arrangements and additional solos to many songs in BBM-1 and BBM-2 as well as several new songs. Includes lyrics, vamping, down and up-the- neck roll backup, fill licks, a system for locating chords, tips on composing tasteful arrangements, an explanation of the number system, basic music theory necessary for figuring out chord progressions, playing in different keys, backup in 3/4 time, many tips not found in other manuals. $35.00 plus $4.00 P&H, special introductory price. Cost will be raised to $40. starting with second printing in mid-2010.
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An Introduction to Celtic Tunes for Five-String Banjo by Alan Johnson
Finally, arrangements to difficult Irish and Scottish tunes that an intermediate player can handle!
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Jones Hatfield Banjo
Pickup!
Available again! Jack Hatfield has redesigned the famous Gerald Jones Acoustic Plus banjo pickup which has been out of production for several years. Improvements include:
More powerful signal - 10% more windings and stronger magnet.
Improved shielded coil-to-jack cable, re-routed out the back of the pickup so it clears the co-ordinater rods.
Plastic non-conducting enclosure replaces metal enclosure - less interference with electromagnetic field.
Spacer on mounting bracket to more accurately center pickup under head.
Enclosed 3.5mm jack replaces open back 1/4" jack - avoids possible electrical shorts if pick get dropped through flange hole or jack gets bumped while resonater is off. Smaller 3.5mm jack will not interfere with resonater.
Jack mountng bracket - jack no longer mounts directly in the flange hole. Bracket made from insulating plastic to avoid ground hum. Can now be mounted on Stelling Banjos for the first time.
Includes both 24" cable to connect to belt mounted preamp and six foot cable to connect directly to amp or PA.
Lifetime Guarantee! We will replace at no charge if originally purchased from Hatfield Music.
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