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Mid priced tenor banjos



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This particular page was created 04/03/2004 and last updated 13/11/2005
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Tyler Mountain TMT-60 tenor banjo
The tenor banjo version of this eBay mainstay has never really caught on anywhere.

As with all Tyler Mountain banjos the problem it seems to be more than a little over-priced. You can get a Gold Tone Cripple Creek for less than the price of this mass-produced Korean banjo.

    Gold Tone Tenor Special
    The most expensive of Gold Tone's two long scale tenor banjos is based on Gibson's classic Mastertone design.
    The sound is nice and sweet, but not very powerful. Gold Tone has chosen to go for a low action favouring playability and speed rather than loudness on this particular instrument. That's a nice thought, but perhaps not a very smart one considering the fact that tenor banjos are mostly used in dixieland bands and Irish session music, two music scenes that both seem to require quite a lot of raw power from the banjo. Oh well, it isn't as if readjusting the action is to difficult anyway.
      Ashbury AB-75T Tenor Banjo
      11 inch head, Gold fittings,heavy maple rim, brass tone ring, resonator & flange.
      • Ashbury AB-75T Tenor Banjo
        • Available from: Musical Instruments *Of Quality
        • Price: GBP 327 ( Checked 11/18/2005 )
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