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Posted 14th August, 2010
Another banjo for the store .Fender Leo - Pre-Loved - C1979 Excellent condition. Collectors opportunity! All original parts. No fretwear. Original aluminium-bound signature case also in excellent condition.A1 condition in original case. One owner. Click here for more details.
Posted 11th August, 2010
New banjo for the Store - a stunning White Swallow with a Rosewood Fingerboard. Click here for more details.
Posted 7th August, 2010
Wendy Holman now has her own channel on YouTube.
Posted 16th July, 2010
Stuart Newman Custom Banjo number "Cooktown Orchids" has become available. Click here for more information.
Posted 25th June, 2010
Three more quality banjos for the Store. A Prucha Bat Custom, Grundy Flint River and a Eucalypt Custom Resonator.
Click on the photos or here for more information.
Posted 12th June, 2010
Photos now available of the first Fingerstyle Pickathon at Imbil. Click here for the photos.
Posted 8th May, 2010
Another excellent value consignment banjo for the Store. This time it is a one owner Leo Fender.
Posted 3rd May, 2010
Two pre-loved Australian-made banjos for the Store. White Swallow bluegrass models are now $1990 new. Grab a bargain!.
Posted 19th April, 2010
Stolen banjos alert!
Stolen in Brisbane recently - a Bellbird banjo (details and pics below) and the second was a very rare 1918 Paragon 5-string banjo. Both banjos are very distinctive.
Bellbird Banjo:
- Hemony Model, very dark mahogany stain.
- Radiussed fingerboard, wider than standard neck
- Concentric rings on back of resonator
- Distinctive Bellbird shape peghead and inlays.
- Bound headstock in ivoroid with pinstripe.
- "Kenn Sharples" engraved clearly engraved on pearl truss rod cover.
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Posted 27th March 2010
New instruments for the Store. 2 gorgeous old openback banjos - a Dobson and a Waldo and a Samick Manadolin. Click here for more details.
Posted 23rd March 2010
Read all about the wonder software for musicians - Band in a Box.
Posted 14th March 2010
A new exciting picking/jamming event .
Imbil Pickathon 21st to 23 May 2010. For all you pickers and grinners! Wendy of Fingerstyle is organising the first of what I hope will become an annual event to promote and encourage picking. This event is an opportunity for pickers of bluegrass and old timey instruments to get together in one casual friendly location and pick like crazy for a whole weekend.
See here for more information.
Posted 14th March 2010
More additions to the Banjo Store
A KEL KROYDON CUSTOM - Pre-Loved - NEW - 2010. This banjo was originally a 2007 Gibson copy Style 11 made by the American Made Banjo Company. and a White Swallow Southern Cross Custom Excellent Condition. Custom made for Wendy Holman by Alan Funk, SA. Birds Eye Maple neck. African Blackwood fingerboard (very dense, smooth wood).
Posted 2/3/2010
Stuart Newman Custom Openback Banjos added to the Banjo Store. 
Fingerstyle is proud to present two exciting new-generation open-backs recently completed by Australian luthier, Stuart Newman. Stuart melds the warmth, beauty, and tonal qualities of selected timbers with the cutting edge of modern banjo construction. Headstock design by Wendy Holman of Fingerstyle and Stuart Newman. All inlays and decorative artistry by Stuart Newman.
For more information click here.
Posted 28/2/2010
Keep an eye out for new banjos for the Store. Firstly, there is a Robin Smith and a Gibson RB12.
For further details click here.
Posted 20/1/2010
2010 version of Band in a Box NOW IN STOCK!
Band in a Box (BIB) gives you the power to create your own music without having to understand how to write music. Want a backing band with a bluegrass feel, a country rock rhythm, or maybe a slow, tearful waltz? With Band in a Box, you're only a few clicks of the mouse away. Enter the chords, choose a speed and a style for the band to play in and click on 'Play'. Turn your practice into real music now and save $36!
RRP $225, our price, $189 AUD (while stocks last)
Posted 23/1/10
New website launched!
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