Once you’ve got that, you can’t go wrong with any of the banjos mentioned.If you're just participating in seisuns, I'd stick with an open-back, which doesn't project as strongly. Listen as much as you can, because Irish music has to be in your ear first. Several well know players use Deering Calicos, flattops. Modern banjos are more expensive but somewhat more durable. Paramounts, archtop, preferred by many, are somewhat fragile. But if you take any one of these banjos and put it in the hands of one of these professionals, it is clear who is playing. I don’t think Ome makes an archtop, favoring either a flattop or silver belle style tone ring. Clareen Banjos in Galway are archtop, made by Tom Cussens, a lifelong player. The difficulty for tenor players in the US is finding one to try and another to compare, basically finding our way to the sound we want. John Carty currently travels with a 12” open back Ome. At various times you might see Gerry O’Conner with an Essex Paragon, a Gibson TB3, an Epiphone Recording A, a David Boyle. Eamonn Coyne plays a modern custom David Boyle with crystal clear noting, lots of sustain, and the buy-in starts about $3500. On the early DeDannan recordings Charlie Piggot played a German-made Framus with lots of smack and grumble and very little sustain. There is really no easy answer to this query because there is no definitive Irish banjo sound. What small builder would you suggest I talk with? What if any production models should I be looking at? What sorta money to do I need to spend to get something of professional quality? I don't like fancy wood or inlay, I am all about the tone and playability. I have several small luthier built guitars, and wouldn't be opposed to getting a banjo built. I see prices all over the board on the vintage stuff.
I don't even really know what components make them high quality. To be honest, I don't even really know who makes high quality production tenor banjos to fit my needs. So I am looking for a 4 string tenor with 19 frets. I am only going to play Irish type music.
So I am thinking about buying a high quality banjo at this point. I have really enjoyed playing the banjo, much more than I thought I would. (There is nothing the matter with this banjo, and I could play it for a long time.) I was able to use my guitar setup skills to get it playing and sounding pretty good. I bought a 1926 Lange Banjo and restored it. Been playing banjo for about 2 months now. I am new to banjo but I am a long time, 30 year, guitar player.
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