The unique Buzzards Field bass banjolele / banjo bass is Tuned E-A-D-G and strung with Aquila Thundergut strings, it produces full bass-pitched notes. Played acoustically it produces more volume than solid wooden-bodied basses - enough volume to accompany a quieter instrument such as a ukulele. Alternatively, rotate the onboard pickup into position and use the standard jack-output for amplification.
This version includes an innovative piezo pickup arrangement with volume control, D shaped neck, asymmetrical head-stock, aluminum strengthened wooden tailpiece, and a re-contoured and extended saddle. The neck and fretboard is made from oak - the fingerboard has a pleasing spalted effect.
Built around a 12 inch Remo frame drum (with a humidity proof synthetic head), all of the wooden parts are cut and finished by hand.
This instrument is being offered at a discount because, as the maker, I am not fully happy with some of the finish. It plays beautifully and makes a great sound but to my eyes the paint finish isn't uniform enough - especially on the side markers. The string brace on the headstock isnt to my high standards either - although play isn't effected.
Do please look carefully at the pictures as they form part of the description.
SPECIFICTIONS:
Length: 830mm
Width: 310mm
Depth: 700mm
Scale length: 550mm
Frets: 18 to the drum head
Construction: The neck is oak throughout, except the saddle foot, which is spruce and the back cover, which is laser etched 3mm popular ply. The through-neck brace is also oak.
Drum head: Remo's patented ACOUSTICON shell that produce the same tonal characteristic found on traditional wood shell drums with excellent projection and enhanced low-pitched fundamentals, heat and humidity proof synthetic skin for tuning stability and projection
Electronics: Contact piezo through a passive volume control and standard 1/4 jack output
