Clareen Clarinbridge 19 Fret with Clareen Pod Case

Clareen
£999.00
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19 Fret Standard Scale Mahogany Tenor Banjo with Rolled Brass tone ring, hand made in Galway, Ireland by Tom Cussen. Supplied in Clareen Pod Case

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Description

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The Clarinbridge was introduced by Clareen to provide an Irish hand crafted reasonably priced banjo. It provides a very good warm tone and excellent playability and is ideally suitable for banjo players looking to develop their playing skills.
  

Features:

Rolled Brass Tone Ring Mahogany Neck and Resonator Rosewood finger board and Peghead Schaller Geared Tuners Waverly Style Tailpiece

Neck:

The Mahogany neck is book-matched and re-enforced with two carbon fibre truss rods embedded inside. The neck is then protected with several layers of lacquer. The Peghead is inlaid with the Model name and a Harp motif in Mother of Pearl Inlay. The Rosewood fingerboard is inlaid at the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th, 15th, 17th  & 19th frets with a Mother of Pearl dot marker. The precision crafted Geared Tuners are sourced from Schaller in Germany and are made of brass and then nickel plated topped with White, Perloid buttons.

Resonator:

The mahogany resonator in a rich, warm tone is finished to a velvety, smooth finish and protected with several layers of lacquer.

Pot:

A rolled brass tone ring in flathead style manufactured by Clareen Banjos especially for the Clarinbridge model. Clareen Grooved Tension Band with mild steel tension hooks which are nickel plated We use an excellent quality Waverly Style Tailpiece which is nickel plated. It has 5 “pillars” which can accommodate both ball end and loop end strings Brass Nickel Plated Armrest We use a frosted white banjo head with the Clareen logo for the Clarinbridge.

Dimensions:

Neck width at the nut: 30mm Scale Length, Nut to Bridge: 19 fret – 23 inches, 585mm; 17 fret – 21 inches, 525mm Resonator Diameter:335mm/ 13 1/8” Overall Instrument Length:865mm/ 34” Approximately Weight:3.5kg approximately

Supplied in a Clareen semi-rigid Pod Case



Other information
Standard Scale 19 fret. 23 inches/585mm. Standard Neck Width at Nut - 30mm. Clareen Banjos manufactures it's own Tone Rings and Tension Bands. All other Metalware is manufactured in Ireland where possible. The neck is fitted with Carbon Fibre Truss Rod for added strength. All metal parts are of brass which have been nickel plated. The hooks are of mild steel which is also nickel plated. Suitable for all tuning styles.

Tuned Irish GDAE or Standard CGDA Tuning. Can also be tuned in Chicago tuning DGBE

Supplied in a Clareen semi-rigid Pod Case

Specification

Banjo Type
4 String Banjo
Number of Strings
4 String

Pot

Pot Type
Resonator

Finish

Tuning
Chicago DGBE , Irish GDAE , Jazz CGDA ,

Other

Right or Left Handed
Right Handed

Customer reviews

5 / 5
1 review for Clareen Clarinbridge 19 Fret with Clareen Pod Case
Reviews.io customer reviews
John Aspden
17/08/2022
A very good banjo from Ireland and sounds great out of the box . I just need to improve my playing to do it justice. *** .
Rated 5 out of 5

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