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This instrument is unmistakably a Rickenbacker with its gently contoured upper body edges, the back's checkered binding, the varnished rosewood neck with distinctive triangular inlays, the fireglo finish... but it's a banjo!
Indeed it's a Rickenbacker 6000 bantar, a hybrid between a solid electric guiar and a 5-string banjo, as played be legendary banjoist Bela Fleck. It doesn't feature the skin as found on a traditional banjo so is not going to have the same percussive tone, so soundwise its classid Rickenbacker all the way, just utilising banjo stringing and tuning.
Another weird Rickenbacker hybrid instrument of the time was the Banjitar, which according to the promotional literature:
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- Nechville Meteor 5 String Electric Banjo With Fleximount Neck Design.
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- What's That ... Banjo?
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- 1930s Paramount L-style Tenor Guitar With "double" Body - Made By Martin
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's one of those odd little footnotes from the history of the guitar. This 1930s Paramount L-Style Tenor guitar, made by Martin, has borrowed several design elements from the banjo. Beside the obvious banjo-derived headstock...
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- Left-handed Rickenbacker 340 Rose Morris Model Complete With F-hole
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ever vigilant on the lookout for interesting guitars for our left-handed friends, I spied this left-handed 1998 Rickenbacker 340 Rose Morris model in Fireglo finish on eBay. Alas, it does have a rather hefty Buy It Now price tag...
Guitar
1967 Rickenbacker 6000 Bantar Electric 5-String Banjo
guitarz.blogspot.com:
Indeed it's a Rickenbacker 6000 bantar, a hybrid between a solid electric guiar and a 5-string banjo, as played be legendary banjoist Bela Fleck. It doesn't feature the skin as found on a traditional banjo so is not going to have the same percussive tone, so soundwise its classid Rickenbacker all the way, just utilising banjo stringing and tuning.
Another weird Rickenbacker hybrid instrument of the time was the Banjitar, which according to the promotional literature:
"...combines the sounds of the plectrum banjo, mandolin, Hawaiian guitar and Spanish guitar. Two harmony string pairs and two single strings plus a vibrato unit create this incredible range of tones."To look at the Banjitar you might think at first glance that it was a standard Rickenbacker guitar, but the very narrow long neck might cause you to do a double take.
G L Wilson
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Nechville Meteor 5 String Electric Banjo With Fleximount Neck Design.
guitarz.blogspot.com: I must have missed Bertram's post about the Nechville Meteor Electric Banjo from a few years ago because until today I didn't know that this incredible beast existed. This Nechville Meteor is apparently the...
- What's That ... Banjo?
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's an interesting bantar guitanjo thing played by Brian Setzer in his Stray Cat days. Is it a one-off? Can anyone ID it? Thanks! yours, Tone Deaf Radio Hi Tone, it does indeed very familiar. I have a feeling I've...
- 1930s Paramount L-style Tenor Guitar With "double" Body - Made By Martin
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's one of those odd little footnotes from the history of the guitar. This 1930s Paramount L-Style Tenor guitar, made by Martin, has borrowed several design elements from the banjo. Beside the obvious banjo-derived headstock...
- Antique Vintage Tenor Guitar Banjo Uke Banjitar - Handmade And Possibly Unique?
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's another instrument that looks to be a handmade one-off, although a lot more craftsmanship has gone into creating this than on the boat oar guitar we saw in the previous blog post here on Guitarz. I'm not sure what...
- Left-handed Rickenbacker 340 Rose Morris Model Complete With F-hole
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ever vigilant on the lookout for interesting guitars for our left-handed friends, I spied this left-handed 1998 Rickenbacker 340 Rose Morris model in Fireglo finish on eBay. Alas, it does have a rather hefty Buy It Now price tag...