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This particular page was created 12/07/2003 and last updated 11/27/2004
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| | When only the best is good enough you should try one of these banjos:- Bacon & Day (second-hand only)
- Before WW II Bacon & Day were Vega's main competitor in the banjo market, and their instruments are still highly regarded today.
Just like Vega only pre-war banjos are really regarded as classics, but the 1940s/40s Bacon Belmont model is a very interesting alternative if you're looking for a good second-hand banjo that doesn't cost too much.
- Clareen
- Irelands foremost banjo maker.
- Deering
- Perhaps the best known high end banjo brand today.
- OME
- Simply beautiful banjos.
- Richelieu Banjos
- Just take a look at their "Ne Plus Ultra" model!
- Richard Ennis
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- Sully
- Banjos designed by Tony "Sully" Sullivan and built by some of England's finest luthiers.
- Vega (second-hand only)
- The company that invented the tenor banjo. Out of production for more than half a century, but still regarded by many as the finest banjos ever made. Especially their "White Ladye" and "Tu-ba-phone" models are higly sought after by players and collectors alike. Original Vega tenor banjos were common until the 1960s when people started converting them into five-string banjos. Today you're really lucky if you can find one. It's got to be a pre-war banjo though!
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