Custom Made Banjos And The Modern Market

By Timothy Edwards


We all have our favorite things to do just to entertain ourselves especially to pass time. One of mine is to listen and learn how to produce and create sounds. This is made possible with the different kinds of musical instruments made available for use. One that sparks my very interest on this matter is the custom made banjos.

These Banjos has been hitting the online community recently. But before any thing else I will be sharing to you the history of this lovely instrument. Banjo is just one of the few instrument that is rich in history and in cultural relativity. It is one tool that has made a great impact to the lives of the people in West Africa.

This instrument is technically made out of a hollowed gourd, a wooden neck and horse hair which is used for strings and any other alternative materials that is best fit to produce a remarkable sound. Being one of the sixty powerful lute instruments, the Banjo is also remarkable in its own way.

What thrills me is the fact that the Banjo is the most under-ranked instrument in the family of strings. This could be caused by the mere fact that it is mainly functional but what lacks most of exposure. Banjos are once called out to be studio instruments not until its consistent exposure and promotion in the 1940s.

This string instrument is something that I find very easy to learn and to even play. It gives you a very defined, raw, metallic and rusty sound that is very different and organic to that of a guitars vibe. Mostly, you can find some of its uses in most folk and country music that are recently produced.

The guitar took place right after Banjos reign. It was exactly the replacement. In comparison, the guitar was way harder to use and needed much more grip than that of the banjo. The Banjo may have been softer in sound and is more organic and rustic but it has the capacity to produce a greater country effect that the guitar could not provide.

Going back, this instrument could be tagged as under-ranked but it has always been never the last resort for productions. I am very thrilled since a lot of craft stores has been offering to make custom made banjos that would very much interest music lovers. With this offer, you get to choose your own materials, you could experiment the design and even craft your name on it.

I would say that this stunt in promoting Banjos again in the market is really something we could look forward to. Not only that we are preserving just a part of a culture but we are advancing in a length-waive of an empowered generation that is aware of an advocacy and of cultural musicality.

Loving how learning this instrument is relative to knowing an entire history and culture more importantly knowing that it brings me closer to a nation. I can not simply wait to uncover more and learn more of such treasures. I will totally have one to keep for myself, such wonderful custom made banjos.




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