Irish tenor banjo1/1/2024 ![]() It is the one that was in the BHO classifieds - ad text says it was the forerunner to the Sierra model. Here's a video and pictures of the banjo, which I originally posted on the song a week social group over on the mandolin cafe (I've been a mandolin player for longer than the banjo but, like so many others, found it difficult to hear myself play in session). I'm usually the only banjo player, or maybe one other on occasion, and try to reign things in unless I'm leading a set. ![]() I particularly like John Carty's style and his Ome open back 12 inch head with a simple brass tone ring - but then again he could make any banjo sound good. So I'm aiming for a slightly more mellow tone at the moment than the arch top resonator which seems to predominate for this style (though I reserve the right to change my tastes). I used to have a resonator with a Gibson style mastertone tone ring but I couldn't tame the beast and let it go. They are all good banjos but very different. It has a whyte ladie tone ring which has more ring than my other banjos - a no tone ring Deering goodtime and a Chinese version of the Deering with a simple brass ring tone ring. I've had my Capek 19 fret Brdy (not a typo - it's a region of the Czech republic) open back for about 6 months now and I love it. ![]() There is of course nothing to stop you playing Irish tunes on a 5 string, but certainly on this side of the atlantic GDAE tenor banjo predominates for this genre. I'm guessing most folk who play Irish and related styles will be doing so on a tenor banjo. ![]()
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