Banner Blue Tenor Banjo
This banjo was rescued from my brother-in-law's home.
I guess they had found it in the trash and were using it as a wall hanging.
I had begun to play tenor and wanted another banjo, so my son could play.
I had my luthier friend Charlie Lavalle put a new head on it, a new No-Knot
tailpiece and a new bridge. Once he got it all back together and cleaned
up a little, I found I was in possession of a pretty playable tenor. She
was a loud one too, as well as being easier to fret and more likely to
stay in tune. I played this ol' beater every day until I got the bug to
play some 5-String...
This is the front of my Banner Blue Tenor. She is pretty plain and has
dot inlays at the 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets. I believe it is the aluminum
flange that surrounds the wooden rim that accounts for the banjo's loudness.
It has little star cut-outs, which I think allow the sound to bounce off
the resonator and shoot out at the audience. This banjo definitely cuts
it whatever the reason. It is LOUD!
Here
is the back of the Banner Blue Tenor. It has what appears to be a decal
of a branch with a bunch of flowers on it, with just one fully opened.
Pretty funky eh? The tuners have plastic knobs. No ivory here...Looks like
the neck may have been repainted black at some time. Not a collector's
piece, but very playable just the same.
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