LINKS

There's a lot of links here folks but if you know any more good banjo sites just let us know.
Click the logo below to go direct to Jack Hatfield and find out more about Eucalypt Banjos in North America.

Jack also supplies everything to do with banjos from picks through to banjo stands. His tab books (with CD's) and his own banjo learning books are rated as the best there is. Jack has a huge stock of all things banjo (I've seen it) and responds the day he receives the order.

BANJO TEACHERS and LEARNING
WEB SITE OR EMAIL	A FEW COMMENTS ON WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT
Fingerstyle	This is where you get Wendy Holman's Videos. New web site up, give Wendy a visit and say Hi. Wendy teaches at Nambour and some folk have travelled from all over Australia to have intensive teaching from Wendy. You can email Wendy at fingerstyle@bigpond.com   or phone her on (07) 5476 1955.
Gary Vann	Gary is Brisbane based teacher and performer the 5 string bluegrass banjo, fiddle and mandolin. Gary teaches full time and you can email him on garyvann@bigpond.net.au or phone him on (07) 3862 9729
Peter Somerville	Melbourne based teacher for beginner or advanced taking you from basic bluegrass through to melodic and single string style. Pete's pretty gung ho on Celtic playing as well. Phone (03) 9877 8431 or email at petersomerville@hotmail.com
Gus Macmillan	Gus teaches banjo in Melbourne from beginner right through, He also plays banjo in two bands as well as being a composer. Not bad!
Janet Davis	Books and teaching aids too many to describe here
Mel Bay Books	THE place for every sort of music book you want
EzFolk	Richard Hefner's enormous guitar/banjo/uke site, lots of sung MP3 tunes, tabs, terrific forum and the best set of links I've ever seen. This is a hugely valuable Internet resource for beginners.
Jay Buckey	There's lots of free tab and MP3s on Jay Buckey's site
Banjo Teacher	A great site, drop by
Teach List	Find a teacher near you for any instrument, over 16000 teachers listed world wide
Free Guitar & Banjo Lessons	Flatpicking and banjo, alas all too little. Slow + Fast MP3, tab, Quicktime video.
Homespun Tapes	Probably have the world's largest selection of educational videos & DVDs.
Old Time Slow Jam	Has some good Quicktime demos of how to do frailing
Banjo Basics	A top site for those just starting out with a thirst to learn.
Lewalt Publishing	Music, tabs, tapes, videos, been going for nearly 30 years
Elfshot Banjos	Rowans beginner banjo site, full of rolls, scales and everything you need to know to get you started.
PICKERS, FRAILERS, CLAWHAMER, BANDS, OLE TIMEY etc
The O'Brien Family Band	The wonderful O'Brien Family Band, if you want to see how a family band should be run this is the site to go to. Maura plays a Eucalypt Burdekin banjo
The Cumblerland Trio	A great band and wonderful going back to the 60's and still going strong. Take a good look at this site, it's part of our heritage.
Bluegrassville	Bluegrassville is a site just packed with stuff. Pete Milano plays with the Shaw Brothers, IBMA nominated, these folks are good.
Andy Glandt	Andy is a top player from Germany, hopefully coming to Australia soon. Drop by and say hullo to Andy.
EBMA	Bluegrass is strong in Europe, here's the European Bluegrass Music Association which has all you need to know.
Bob Carlin	Great frailer and record producer. Often heard playing with the late, great, John Hartford. Bob used a Eucalypt open back on his last tour of Australia.
The Davidson Brothers	Great Australian performers. Get their CD's ... that's an order by the way.
Butch Robins	Another great player with a long heritage going back to the Bill Monroe days. Butch also chose a Eucalypt Banjo for his Australian tour.
Dan Levenson	Old time playing, banjo and fiddle, the way it should be. Dan visited our stand at IBMA 2005, see news and gallery page. He also writes the 'Old Time' column for Banjo Newsletter.
TABLATURE, SOFTWARE AND BANJO BITS
	Great and versatile software for the musician, we use it!
Tab Rite	Another very popular (and rightly so) tablature software
Phil Mann	Phil Mann's Banjo Tab collection & Bluegrass information is one heck of a site for tabs, jokes, links and banjo info.
Banjo Hangout	It's a HUGE site with lots of everything banjo: tabs, links, MP3s. Great place to find other banjo pickers in your part of the world, user's own reviews of different makes and LOTS more.
Banjo Supply	Jon has all sorts of bits and pieces for the banjo picker including 'Masters of the 5 string Banjo'. Great and safe service from Jon.
Jims's Site	Fantastic for both the 4 and 5 string player. Possibly the best chord chart site on the net
Hatfield Music	Jacks the Eucalypt representative for North America. Find out what's in stock and what's coming and, of course, all of Jack's banjo goodies and his banjo camp.
BANJO EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION
Frets.com	Very informative and interesting site on caring for your banjo or guitar.
Kyle Smith	THE banjo set up man in the United States, a good friend with a huge reputation, Kyle's the man.
AUSTRALIAN SITES
Bluegrass Australia	This is the major Australian Bluegrass site - updated often
Folk Alliance Australia	Here's where all the Australian Folk Music news is
Stephen Wainwright Promotions	Steve's Massive Australian Country Music Roundup - it's huge  - visit often
Port Fairy Folk Festival	Along the beautiful Victorian Ocean Road
Woodford Folk Festival	Just north of Brisbane, gets bigger every year
National Folk Festival	A must attend festival
Laurie Grundy's Banjo Workshop	The ace set-up man in Oz, new and second hand instruments, a wonderful site ... a good friend who also builds a fine banjo.
Roger Buckmaster	I met Roger at Harrietville, what an artist! Roger builds the most spectacular banjos I have ever seen, a true artist.
Terry Gordon's Planes	Here you can find all about Terry Gordon's superb wooden planes. We use Terry's planes all the time in our workshop and they are just wonderful.
Banjo Country	Dick Best is passionate about his banjos. He collects and deals with many old and rare instruments. Say Hi from us when you drop by.
Australian Academy of music	One big store for music lovers. My good friend Craig Claxton is their guitar specialist and somewhat of an expert on Martin Guitars.
Trad and Now magazine	The Australian folk magazine covers all folk music, culture, history and you name it, it's there.
Guscott Electric Violins	David Guscott builds the best electric violins, cellos (take a look at his Chincello) and bass's there is. They are superbly finished and produce a phenomenal sound. Take a look folks, these are the best.
Redland Bay Modern Country Music Club	The Redland Bay Bluegrass Festival is the best way of having fun over the weekend of the 11th, 12th and 13th July 2003. Banjos, Mandolines, Fiddles, Dobro's, workshops, concerts ................
Radio 103.3FM	Paddy the Irish Cowboy plays bluegrass, country, and interviews on Radio Ngarralingi at Taree - tune in folks
The Folk Rag	If you want to know what's happening in the folk and related scene in the Brisbane area this is THE place to go to. There's more happening that you think.
	My good  friend Remco Mayer imports guitars, repairs guitars, has amps and all sorts of spare parts. Well worth a visit.
Lazaridies Timber Agencies	Here's whare we get all our timber and veneers from. They are in my opinion the best timber suppliers in Australia
MAILING LISTS
Banjo-L	Home of the Banjo-L mailing list. The Banjo-L site has lots of good MP3s, tunings, players directory and links.
AcuTab	Another high-volume banjo mailing list.
4-STRING (TENOR AND PLECTRUM) LINKS
Tenor Banjos	Tons of stuff, links lead you everywhere for the tenor banjo buff
4 string banjo	Another great site, tons of everything.
EUCALYPT OWNER'S AND OTHER FASCINATING WEB SITES
Hamish Sutherland	Has a lot of bluegrass and even a few Triathlon links ...
Andrew Simpson	My brother Andrew, yacht designer, yachting writer, sailor, yacht surveyor and one who likes to sail his boat as often as possible ... but who's jealous.

HANDCRAFTED ALL THE WAY

Even the Eucalypt logo is hand crafted by Anne Simpson and inlayed into the peg head of each banjo. We even select a highly figured part of the veneer for each peg head. You can see the 'eye' in this one.