BANJO STORE, ARTISTE BJ5 5 STRING BANJO & BJ4 4 STRING BANJO

DELIVERY TIME 2-3 WORKING DAYS   $295

BJ5  5 STRING BLUEGRASS BANJO

This is our banjo to get you started, no case, popularly priced to enable you to enter this field of music without breaking the bank. The playability, quality and sound from this banjo is no different from any banjo in the $400+ range, being direct importers we can offer this banjo to you for $295.

These banjos are ideal for the beginner who may just whant to give it a try. This is our 5 string student level banjo popular for bluegrass music, jazz, popular and country. Nice and light and easy to play. Many tunings are used but the common ones are GDGBD and GCGDB. See Banjo Set Up/videos. At this price you may as well "give it a go"The pictured Bluegrass banjo is our introductory model, and is outstanding value. Includes a Sapele Mahogany neck and rim, (not an aluminium rim “bottle cap” banjo), with a rosewood fingerboard. It is manufactured from traditional Artisan materials, well constructed, has a traditional sound, and is probably the best value banjo in NZ. Includes a truss rod, (not even the Goodtime 2 has a truss rod!) coordinator rod & one piece resonator veneer, with high gloss finish and silver chrome ware. Why pay approx $400-$500 for a badge engineered “famous in NZ” brand ?. Comes with a “banjo set up”, ensuring the correct string height and head tension, ensuring no fret buzz or rattles. Available at the advertised price because we import our banjos directly from manufacturers. No case.
If you require value in a banjo of US. quality you will not acquire one in NZ for under approx. $600, they do not exist. You can get questionable cost benefits by sacrificing quality as with an aluminium rim, where you get neither value nor quality. With the banjo pictured you get excellent value, a basic set up, with quality & reproduction to match any banjo of the badge engineered "famous in NZ" brands , but we ensure at a fraction of the cost. If you require the largest & best selection of internationally renowned brands with affordable values and quality you know where to find them. Don't settle for the rest, buy the best. BANJOSNZ . .

BJ4 4 STRING TENOR BANJO  $199

 

Artiste Tenor banjo for sale 19 Fret, can be used with Celtic, Ragtime, Jazz and Dixieland music, usually strummed, or picked, traditionally tuned cgda. See Banjo Set Up/videos19 fret tenor. No case. Tuned CGDA, (banjo + tenor guitar). Tuned DGBE for guitar chords. Recent Irish tuning (post Dubliners) Fcgd capo second fret, (GDAE). Old school Irish tuning CGDA, (pre Dubliners, std.tuning). The pictured Tenor banjo includes a Sapele Mahogony neck and rim, and a rosewood fingerboard. This banjo is manufactured from traditional Artisan materials, well constructed, has a traditional sound, and is excellent value. It has a truss rod, coordinator rod & one piece resonator veneer, with high gloss finish with silver chrome ware.
Why pay approx $400-$500 for a badge engineered “famous in NZ” brand ?. Comes with a “banjo set up”, ensuring the correct string height and head tension, ensuring no fret buzz or rattles. Available at the advertised price because we import our banjos directly from manufacturers. No case. Banjos used historically in "traditional" irish music include & have included, Std.Tenor, Short scale Tenor, 5 String, Plectrum, & banjo mandolin. .