THE
EUCALYPT 5 STRING BANJOS
"The Banjo surrounds hate and
forces it to surrender"
Pete Seeger
*There's a great Mark Twain quote
at the bottom of this page.
EUCALYPT 5 STRING STANDARD
BLUEGRASS BANJO
EUCALYPT 5 STRING CUSTOM BLUEGRASS BANJO
ALL
AVAILABLE AS RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED MODELS
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STANDARD BANJOS |
CUSTOM BANJOS |
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| The Eucalypt standard 5 string banjo has a
resonator back similar to the thumbnail above. The two
gum leaves and the centre stripe are standard. This one
is a Maple burl but we offer other timbers within the
standard banjo price which is $2,650.00 AUD incl GST.
(that's $2400.00 GST free for overseas buyers) |
This is an example of a Eucalypt Custom banjo now living
in the United States. Named 'Appalachian Spring' it
features the Dogwoods of the Great Smokey Mountains
against a Sassafras background. Eucalypt custom banjos
start at $3,750.00 AUD incl GST. (that's
$3400.00 GST free for overseas buyers) |
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The only difference between the
Eucalypt Standard banjo (above left) and the Custom
Banjo (above right) is the marquetry work on the
resonator back, all other specifications listed below
remain the same.
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EUCALYPT 5
STRING BANJOS - THE SPECIFICATIONS |
| Rim |
18 blocks Queensland Maple fully
sealed. |
| Tone Ring |
D'Aguilar Bell* bronze tone ring,
resonator flange and tension hoop or
Burdekin Plum wooden tone ring. |
| Standard Resonator |
5 laminations vacuum pressed 1.2mm
Maple veneer with select Australian timber veneer
pressed on external faces, centre veneer stripe, 2
gum leaves inlayed each side of stripe. |
| Custom Resonators |
External veneers vary according to
owners choice of artwork, see resonator page for
examples of custom banjos built for various
owners. |
| Head |
5 Star (Weather King optional on
request), 24 hook tension
system. |
| Neck |
Queensland Maple with contrasting
centre stripe, polished lacquer finish. |
| Peg head |
Papua New Guinea ebony, Eucalypt
logo inlayed in pearl, truss rod cover. |
| Fingerboard |
22 fret oiled Papua New Guinea
ebony. Pearl diamonds
at fret positions, custom inlays available, rail
spikes at 7th, 9th and 10 frets fitted standard. |
| Hardware |
Gotoh machine heads, Presto Tail
piece, bone nut, custom bridge, adjustable truss rod
and cover, armrest, double coordinator rods, GHS
medium gauge strings. |
| Accessories |
Hard case, leather strap, spare
strings, truss rod Allen key, care booklet and
signed ownership certificate. |
| Optionals |
Keith Tuners ("D" tuners), Fishman
Rare Earth pickup. email us for quote for either, or
both, of these. |
| Guarantee |
For life on all Eucalypt Banjo
manufactured components, third party guarantee on
other parts, usually 12 months. |
| Delivery |
10-12 weeks from placing the order
on average. All Eucalypt Banjos are custom made to
order. |
| Payment |
50% with order, balance plus
shipping when your banjo is ready to ship. |
| Shipping |
Free within 100 km of Brisbane, by
air freight to major cities and overseas customers,
road to rural areas. Ask us for an estimate. |
| Price |
$2,650.00 Australian dollars
including GST for
standard banjo, 'Falling Leaves' fingerboard inlay
is an extra $300 and we are always happy to quote
for various other forms of customization. |
| Enquires |
Want to know more?, always feel free
to contact us if you have a question. |
*The D'Aguilar Bell bronze tone ring
is our own tone ring cast and machined in Australia to a
stringent pre-war formulae. It's absolutely superb in every
way.
As always, Mark Twain had a way with words.
I thought you might like the quote below sent to me by my
good friend Rem way up there in the Yukon. Feel free to
steal it if you like, I did.
"The piano may do for
love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on
chalk, pickles, and slate pencils. But give me the banjo. . . .
When you want genuine music — music that will come right home to
you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine
whisky, go right through you like Brandreth’s pills, ramify your
whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide
like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose — when you want
all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming
banjo".
Mark Twain, “Enthusiastic Eloquence,”
San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle, June 23, 1865.
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THE STRANGLER FIG CUSTOM
BANJO |
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Here's the reason why this is one very
special banjo.
The resonator features Anne Simpson's spectacular image
of the strangler fig. However, the fingerboard has this
magnificent inlay built up from a variety of brilliantly
coloured and reflective shell inlays.
Only one Strangler Fig
banjo will ever be made thus making it a totally unique
instrument to carry the Eucalypt name. As with all our
banjos it has the Woodhill Bell tone ring which gives it
a brilliance of sound and an almost uncanny
sustain especially at the high end of the
fingerboard. Base notes are rich and powerful.
Email us if you would like to know more about this very
special instrument.
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