John Hartford 5 String Banjo

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John Hartford had always wanted a certain sound in a banjo.  He asked us if we would be willing to make a wood tone ring banjo. We said sure.

He cited that he had a couple of Farland banjos where the wooden rims were capped with a little ebony cap. He really liked the sound of them. Farlands were made about 1900.  So we made several maple rims and we glued one with Brazilian Rosewood, one with South American Rosewood, one with Ebony, and another with East Indian Rosewood as the tone ring. We put these banjos together and sent them to John Hartford.  He played them and evaluated them. Then we did one with Grenadillo, which is a Southern Mexican Rosewood, it comes from the jungles in Southern Mexico. It is very brittle, very hard, but it's a very good tone wood. It is what marimbas are made out of. They also make clarinets out of it.

John instantly fell in love with the Grenadillo tone ring so that became the standard tone ring in the John Hartford model.

Neck:

• Curly Maple with Walnut stain.
• Beautiful Steamboat Scroll Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Slender Deering Neck Shape
• Ebony Fingerboard, Bone nut
• 22 Glued In Nickel Silver Frets
• Adjustable truss rod
• Deering Planetary Banjo Tuners
• Deering Geared 5th String Tuner
• White Binding with Black/White Trim

Pot:

• Hartford Platymiscium yucatanum Grenadillo Tone Ring
• Deering Premium Violin Grade 3-ply Maple Rim
• Brass Notched Tension Hoop
• 11 Top Frosted Medium Crown Head
• 24 Round Hooks with ¼ Hex Nuts
• One Piece Cast Zinc Flange
• 5/8 Deering Maple/Ebony Bridge
• Deering True Tone Tailpiece Resonator:
• Curly Maple with Dark Walnut Stain
• Resonator Sides are Specially Tapered on the Inside for Projection of Tone
• White Binding with Black/White Trim
• Vintage Satin Finish

Tone:

• This Hartford has a big round tone that is full bodied with great bass and sweet highs. With the Grenadillo tone ring it has a more woody ringing tone.