Clareen Special 19 Fret Tenor Banjo with ABS Case

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£1,599.00
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Hand Built in Galway, Ireland by Tom Cussen. The Original flagship Clareen banjo model...The Clareen Special 19 fret maple tenor banjo with bell brass arch-top tone ring. Please see below for more details.

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Description

As played by All Ireland Champions and professional tenor banjo players worldwide...

It is an excellent tenor banjo with a crisp clear tone. The two piece neck of well selected maple has a contrasting mahogany centre strip for stability and appearance. All the wood is finished in its natural colour as is the resonator and block maple rim.

Features:

Clareen Special Brass Tone Ring Maple Neck, Pot and Resonator Carbon Fibre Non-adjustable Truss Rods embedded in Neck Rosewood Finger Board and Peghead Unique Harp or Shamrock Inlay on Finger Board and Peghead Schaller Geared Tuners Waverly Style Tailpiece

Neck:

The maple neck is separated at the back by a strip of mahogany offering a unique appearance and extra stability. The neck is also re-enforced with two carbon fibre truss rods embedded inside. The neck is then protected with several layers of lacquer. The Rosewood Peghead is inlaid with the Model name and a Shamrock or Harp. The Rosewood fingerboard is inlaid at the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th, 15th& 17th frets with a Mother of Pearl dot marker and tasteful Harps or Shamrocks at the 5th and 12th frets to echo the peghead. 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:

Well selected Maple is used for the resonator of the Special. It’s natural hue is allowed to shine through but it is protected with several layers of lacquer. There is a dark Tortoise binding around the edge of the resonator

Pot:

Clareen Banjos manufactures all of it’s tone rings by hand in our workshop in Galway, Ireland. The Special Brass tone ring in an archtop style, offers a crisp, bright tone allowing your banjo to be heard alongside other instruments 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 smooth white banjo head with the Clareen logo for the Special. This can be changed if requested

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:3.8kg approximately

Supplied in a Clareen ABS Case

 

Specification

Banjo Type
4 String Banjo
Number of Strings
4 String

Pot

Pot Type
Resonator

Neck

Number of Frets
19

Headstock

Tuning Pegs
Rear facing planetary tuners

Finish

Tuning
Chicago DGBE , Irish GDAE , Jazz CGDA ,

Other

Right or Left Handed
Right Handed
Supplied with Case/Gig Bag
Hard Case
Manufacturers Warranty
3 Years
3 Years

Customer reviews

4.7 / 5
3 reviews for Clareen Special 19 Fret Tenor Banjo with ABS Case
Reviews.io customer reviews
lindsay common
23/02/2023
Beautiful looking and sounding instrument!
Rated 5 out of 5
Tom O'Leary
22/03/2022
Exactly what I was looking for.
I was unable to travel to the shop to try the instrument but it is all I hoped it would be.
Rated 5 out of 5
lindsay common
02/08/2017
Excellent banjo but needed setting-up better - a couple of the strings buzzed when played at the forth fret.
Rated 4 out of 5

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