LEFT-HANDED BANJOS

A RARE PHOTOGRAPH!

Take a good look at this photograph taken at the 2002 Redland Fiddlers Convention. There's two lefties (Gavin Fernon with his left handed Eucalypt Jarrah banjo is on the extreme left), two long neck Vegas, and two, well y'know, ordinary banjos. The chances of getting this lot together in one shot are pretty remote.

IF YOU'VE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A LEFT HANDED BANJO, HERE'S THE PLACE!

Any of the Eucalypt Banjo models (5 string custom, the Jarrah, tenor/plectrums, and the open backs) can be built for you in a left handed configuration. With the tenor/plectrums we put the fret dots on each side of the neck, then string it left handed, and then put the arm rest on the other side for you. What's more, there's no extra cost for a left handed banjo! 

Dennis Burt and his Eucalypt left handed 22 fret plectrum banjo, a birthday present from his wife. Jess (the dog) looks, well, you know, patient.

Gavin Fernon gives his Eucalypt left handed banjo a real workout at the Redland Bay Bluegrass festival. Gavin is having lessons with Gary Vann (see teachers Page) and is fast becoming one mean picker. Recently, we've installed a Fishman pickup under the head so he can make even more noise.

While on the subject of left handed folks, or lefties as they sometime call themselves we found this site the other day and, as they have a link to us, we thought it only fair to link to them :-

www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk

And there's one in Australia too :-

www.leftys.com.au

Come on you lefties, email us - ashokan@banjoz.com

EUCALYPT STANDARD BANJOS

This used to be called the Eucalypt Jarrah Banjo because we used to use Jarrah Veneers on the resonator. As we now use many different veneers other than just Jarrah (it's still available by the way) we've renamed it our Standard banjo. An uninspiring name I know but it's the best I could manage at the time.