The Yates "9562" A copy of an early to mid 30s Prewar Granada

This curly maple banjo was designed to look and sound like one of the old early to mid 30s Granada with all of the treasured dynamics that players desire. This is a friend's banjo and it was just the right model to complete the old Granada style banjos that I offer.    In tying to recreate these old treasures, we replicated the hand made inlays to capture even the imperfections of that time period. These old inlays were without perfect symmetry and it captured the real hands on look.  These banjos have the ability to sound far bigger than their physical measurements dictate. They are cannons with tone to spare, and dry, meaning no unwanted overtones to cancel sound. These banjos cut through the fog and carry sound over great distances in their own range as not to step on the other instruments in the band. You "CAN" have that $100,000 sound at a fraction of the cost.  The 9562 banjo has a dark and sweet tone with a longer decay, but not run into the next note.  Curly Maple Thermal Aged Rim and Resonator Yates Prewar Tone Ring All parts distressed to look and feel old Rickard CycloneTuners Hard Shell Case Destressed Gold Plating Yates Style Truss Rod Cover The tail piece - Clam-shell style or Presto     $7595