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THE
'JARRAH' RESONATOR
Here's the resonator from our most popular,
or standard
banjo.
Book matched Jarrah veneers (others available, ask what
we've got) are highlighted by a centre
stripe of decorative inlay. In this shot you can just
see the abalone dot we put in the heel of all out
banjos. A nice touch.
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THE
'DAINTREE' RESONATOR
This one belongs to Wendy Holman of
Fingerstyle fame and represents North Queensland's
Daintree Rain Forest, now a World Heritage area. The
Daintree river, orchids, ferns and vines are all
featured.
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THE
'KAKADU' RESONATOR
Here we have the famous Kakadu National Park lilies
set against a stunning burl veneer. I just love this
one, so did the owner.
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THE
'GHOST GUM' RESONATOR
This is on my own banjo, sorry, you can't
have it. There are 80 falling leaves made from differing
veneers individually cut in. Anne started speaking to me
again in, oh, let me think, two weeks after she had
finished it.
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THE
'STONE THE CROWS' RESONATOR
This one now lives in the United States and
features an Australian desert scene complete with rocks,
the desert, the endless sky and, of course, the crows.
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THE
'GRASSLANDS' RESONATOR
Here we have the dry 'red centre' of
Australia together with the scrub grass and twisted Gum
tree trying desperately to survive.
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THE
'FLAT OUT LIKE A LIZARD DRINKING' RESONATOR
A bit hard to explain but it's an Australian
phrase referring to how busy you might be. Here's the
drover having a sleep by the Billabong pretending to be
'flat out like a ........'
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THE
'HARD TIMES' RESONATOR
In memory of the hard times experienced by so
many of the early settlers. Here we see a deserted
farmhouse in the Australian Outback.
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THE
'ONE HORSE TOWN' RESONATOR
Some Outback folk refer to their own
town as a 'your typical one horse town mate'. Here it is
complete with rocks, a gum tree, a couple of houses and
yes, one horse.
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THE
'SILVER BRUMBY' RESONATOR
Australian wild horses are called 'Brumbies'.
Atop a mountain our Brumby looks at the Southern Cross.
Gum leaves and branches twist up towards the horse.
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THE
'LONG PADDOCK' RESONATOR
Drovers often take their sheep or cattle onto
the roadside verges to graze. This is nothing more than
a long, thin, paddock or, simply, 'the long paddock'. In
this one the drover and his sheep work their way along
an endless long paddock.
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THE
'1066' RESONATOR
A panel taken from the Bayeux tapestry and
adapted to marquetry. Note the first Earl of Scruggs
exiting stage right.
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THE
'WEDGE TAIL EAGLE' RESONATOR
This is the largest raptor in Australia - the
magnificent wedge tail eagle. Individual feathers are
cut, shaded and inlaid against a background of native
olive wood and tiger stripe myrtle.
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THE
'Mt Nebo' RESONATOR
Inspired by the high forests and mountains,
this was the first resonator designed after the move to
Mt Nebo. This banjo was played by Jack Hatfield in his
2004 Australian tour. The banjo now lives in New
Zealand.
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THE
'Strangler Fig' RESONATOR
This resonator was designed to complement a
pearl fingerboard of the magnificent strangler figs of
the Boombana section of the D'Aguilar State Forest. It
is a combination of marquetry and pearl inlay.
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THE
'Bangalow Forest' RESONATOR
This resonator was designed around the
Bangalow palm tree understorey of the rainforest
at nearby Mt Glorious. It features a tiger-stripe
myrtle background, the trunks of tall eucalypts and the
network of palms in the spaces.
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THE
'Lonesome Pine' RESONATOR
Background of figured Tasmanian
blackwood and goldie wood with a solitary pine tree upon
a rocky outcrop.
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THE
'Boabab' RESONATOR
Created for an owner who requested a design
incorporating this magnificent tree. Background is
myrtle burl veneer and the sun and water are quilted
Queensland maple.
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THE
'Fighting Camels' RESONATOR
This unusual design was requested by an owner
who ran camels on his property. Camels fighting try to
bite each others feet, as depicted
here.
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THE
'Eucalypt Standard' RESONATOR
If you saw the Jarrah resonator at the top of
the page here's an alternative if you order a Eucalypt
standard banjo. This one is Queensland Maple Burl which
we have in limited quantities, it's quite hard to get
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THE
'Leah' RESONATOR
Here's the one showing a profile of the
owners 10 year daughter Leah. It started off when the
owner gave us a painting of Leah from which we worked
using ebonised Jarrah (the dark bits) and cheesewood for
Leah's profile.
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THE
'White Heat' RESONATOR
This is from the 'White Heat' banjo with the
resonator and neck being made from Australian Silver Ash
with black bindings. A fabulous banjo in every respect,
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THE
'Peace Rose' RESONATOR
This one, the 'Peace Rose', features Roses
inlayed into the back. The photo was taken in Jack
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ANNE
AND HER MARQUETRY |
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Here
we see Anne working on 'The Long Paddock' resonator. She
starts with the blank and lays the background down
first. The actual picture (trees, leaves, grasses,
birds, people, etc) is made of of hundreds of small
pieces that are individually prepared. These are then
cut in flush with the background before turning over to
me for final finishing. See
Marquetry
page for more details. |
