#Morgan monroe banjo vs gold tone 100 professional#
#Morgan monroe banjo vs gold tone 100 series#

You can buy a good professional level tenor banjo (usually a vintage) for less than a thousand dollars if you know what you are doing. With the exception of Gibsons, most banjos are very under valued these days. If you are not willing to mess with all the problems of a vintage banjo, you can still find good buys in banjos less than 50 years old. Even rarer are Leedy banjos which, while weird in concept, are quality but a little hard to setup well. 550.00: Vintage Kay banjo 5 string gold eagle (expired) Used - Very Good Condition / Country: United States - State: CA Last Updated. The entry level Slingerlands are often good if set up well, Weymann is another fine banjo maker but are rare. 1950 Kay Banjo For Sale 550.00 obo (expired) Used - Good Condition / Country: United States - State: KY Last Updated. You can find good banjos from other makers. Bacon, Vega and Gibson use the same rim for the entry level banjo and the top of the line instruments. The reason for this is that the banjos mentioned (there are others too) have great rims. Most of the time you can find these banjos for less than $500 and often a lot less - I just bought an Oriole for under $400 and it was basically NOS as it had never been played. Good intermediate/entry banjos include Langestile II and IV (which have 11 1/2' heads), Bacon C, Bacon B and B special, Vega F, N Little Wonder, and Gibson Orioles. They are very fixable, however, as long as the metal is intact - the pot metal on some of them disintegrates for some reason - you will have a good playing and sounding instrument. Kingston Ludwig banjos, often underrated, almost always have a bowed neck. This is a design flaw and once it is fixed properly will usually hold forever.

#Morgan monroe banjo vs gold tone 100 series#

Lange designed banjos, while usually top notch banjos (I particulary like the Langestile series for a good inexpensive Irish banjo), often have a fracture at the heel. 4) Some banjos have predictable problems. 3) No banjo arrives sounding its best, you have to tweak them. 2) short scale banjos are less likely to have neck problems (Orpheums are one of those) but they may have a problem with the dowel slipping. This Bluegrass banjo sports a three-ply maple rim and one-piece flange (just like the more pricey originals), a maple neck inlayed in authentic style, a brass flathead tone ring and a smooth satin finish. I've bought a lot of banjos in the past six years and most of the time I have found that I could setup the banjo to sound good but there have been times that I needed to send the banjo off for repairs that I could not do.Р”Р„ few hints if you have to buy sight unseen: 1) Some dealers are more trustworthy and will take the banjo back if you don't like it. The Gold Tone OB-150 Orange Blossom Banjo delivers Pre-war style, at a price anyone can afford, as well as authentic tone and superb playability. Buying from a reputable dealer helps some, but if you don't play the instrument first, you may be disappointed with it when it arrives. For every person who has had a wonderful experience with a vintage banjo there may be another whose experience was terrible. The problem with buying a vintage banjo is that you don't know what you are getting unless you see and play the banjo first.