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Banjos
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Our Banjo Lite™ banjos are light-weight, inexpensive, and durable open-backed 5-string banjos designed for beginning players, for quiet practice, or for backpacking and travel.
Where standard banjos use a drum head, we substitute a disk of thin tonewood or baltic birch plywood supported by a hoop of compressed paperboard with sides 1/4" thick. This design reduces cost, weight, assembly difficulty, and playing volume. All five tuning pegs have gears for easy tuning. BYM banjos weigh a little less than two pounds.
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Listen to a Basic Banjo
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"I've got my banjo all strung up and it exceeds all my expectations in terms of looks, playability, and sound! This Backyard banjo has now taken over 1st place over my Washburn B9...This banjo is truly a pleasure to play. It is a great folk instrument and will I am sure bring many years of service..... "
-- Keith Johnson, Beverly Hills, CA
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Basic Banjo
All you need to start playing. With a vibrating string length 3" shorter than a standard banjo, this small-sized adult instrument is ideal for travelers, youngsters, relatively small adults, and beginners of all ages.
$129.00
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Basic Banjo Kit
All parts are precut and accompanied by detailed illustrated instructions. You will need to paint the hoop, sand the fretboard, and apply a protective finish to the fretboard and the plywood disk. Assembly time about 2 hours.
$99.00
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Fireside Banjo
A full-length 5-string light weight banjo designed as a travel or practice banjo for the accomplished player.
$145.00
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Fireside Banjo Kit
The kit version of the full-length banjo has precut parts and pre-installed frets. Assembly time is about two hours.
$109.00
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Instant 5-String Banjo book
A clearly presented introduction to banjo playing written for nonmusicians but useful to all.
Introduces several styles of playing and several tunings.
$5.95
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Banjo Capo
Clip-on capo with elastic band. Fits all banjos.
$5.00
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Backyard Music
PO Box 9047
New Haven, CT 06532
Phone: (203) 281-4515 Fax: (203)773-3657
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