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oddjobzombie Approved 
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As far as I know, there are only three makers of new banjo ukes: Gold Tone, Tyler Mountain and Bean Sprout (The latter being 3.3x the price of the others). There's also the cumbus-uke, but I think that only half counts. If anyone knows of any more contemporary manufacturers, we should list them (links too).
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Preston Approved 
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Those are the only ones I know of. I have a Goldtone without the resonator and I like it a lot.
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cockneybanjo Approved 
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Tyler Mountain and Ozark are 'distributor brands' attached to similar or identical generic asian instruments, the same as for banjos. I've also seen the same instruments branded as Hohner, Countryman, Tanglewood ... Gold Tone make a range of banjo ukes ranging from a UB2-style one to an open-back 'banjolele' . They are assembled in Florida from imported parts. Andy's Banjos in the UK makes a UB2-style instrument under the 'Grafton' name, which he also uses for banjos built to his own specification from imported parts. I rather think that the Grafton and Gold Tone UB2-lookalikes probably use parts from the same source, they are very similar. Bean Sprout has already been mentioned, but another top-shelf banjo uke is made by Kevin Enoch, the manufacturer of the 'tradesman' banjo range. There's a video on youtube of Marcie Marxer playing 12th Street Rag on one Last edited on Thu Oct 9th, 2008 10:27 pm by cockneybanjo |
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Thanis Approved 
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Ahem..."Vintage" Banjo-Uke? Ok, they're made in China as well, and they look virtually identical to thousands other brands.
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cockneybanjo Approved
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Vintage are another 'distributor brand' of generic Chinese origin, yes. So are Ashbury. Johnson, Washburn, Oscar Schmidt and 'Lark in the Morning' would be likely suspects, although I've never seen any of those names on a banjo uke. Johnson certainly distribute wooden ukes under that name. Oscar Schmidt and LitM distribute ukes of various descriptions, but not a banjo uke as far as I can see returning to the top shelf, Ukelounge website shows 'Phil Cartwright' banjo ukes. The webpage is dated 2006, so what the production or availability of these might be, I couldn't say. Same can be said for the Enoch ones, although if anyone has one I'd be interested to know. another limited production maker, again no production figures; http://www.theukerofoz.com/about2.html surfing around produces the names Fred Stevenson and Mark Walsh, both shown producing limited numbers of hand-built ukes in the UK. Walsh seems to be the more active of the two. Both are connected with the George Formby Society. No Figures for production or availability. It would be interesting to see a banjo uke version of Rover's budget-priced ABS body banjos, these are really rather good for what they are. Last edited on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 02:29 pm by cockneybanjo |
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Neal Approved 
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Ahh, the Uker of Oz. Todd's a neighbor of mine, sort of. I've played his ukes up close and personal. He does make a pro quality uke. If you really want a great banjo uke, Todd's one of the best.
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