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New Banjos for February 2011

#11253

12″ mahogany neck and rim with cocobolo trim, Dobson tonering.
#11254

11″ figured maple neck and rim, ziricote trim, stars & dove inlay.
#11255

12″ figured maple neck and rim, ebony trim, maple binding and trillium inlay.
#11256

11″ cherry neck and rim, ebony fingerboard, amboyna burl trim.

This is our first batch started and finished in this new [...]

New Banjos for January 2011

Hi folks -
Our apologies this post is up late – we’ll attempt to get the next one out closer to when the next batch banjos is ready (which will be really soon).

#10248

11″ figured maple, with a classic point inlayed of fossilized walrus tusk.
#10249

11″ claro walnut neck and rim, chechen trim, Romero tonering and arctic flower [...]

Jason's new banjo - #10220

Jason with a James Ashborn banjo

Earlier this year we had a very kind invitation from Hank Schwartz to visit his home and his amazing banjo collection, just south of San Francisco. It was quite an experience, with his collection ranging from antebellum curiosities to late 1800’s one-offs by unknown makers to the most ornate [...]

New Banjos for February 2010

This post is a bit late coming out – our apologies it’s taken a while, it’s been a zoo around here in the workshop and in life. We’re having a great time, that’s for sure!

February brought us some very exciting banjos, including a chance for Jason to build a new banjo for himself. We’ll talk [...]

Happy New Year! New banjo ideas coming up….

Hi folks -

It’s been an incredibly busy year so far, and shows not many signs of slowing down yet. We’re heading down to California shortly, a two-week mini northwest tour with The Haints. Really looking forward to all the shows, especially the Portland Old Time Gathering.

More than all that though, we’re looking forward to a [...]

New Banjos for December 2009

09209 – 11″ Maple fretless with evening sky inlay

Price-wise, if we were to offer a student model banjo, this would be it. Without many of the numerous upgrades that we offer, this banjo was pretty stripped down, but in a good way. The only upgrade was a Romero tailpiece and a skin head, and the [...]

New Hardware – Banjo Wrench & Bronze Tuner Buttons

As of today, we have two new pieces of hardware available!

We’re incredibly excited about this cast bronze banjo wrench. It’s been on our to-do list of custom hardware for quite a while now, and we finally got around to designing it. Inspired by the custom banjo wrenches from turn-of-the-century companies, we wanted to offer a [...]

Welcome to our new Banjo Blog

Good Afternoon!

This is our first post here on the J. Romero Banjos blog. We’re hoping to keep you updated on new banjos, stories, ideas, thoughts…..

Please stay tuned as we will be updating this blog a lot in the next while.