This banjo is essentially the standard Dobson Special model I make with an extra low string. A really fun banjo to play that has a really big deep and rich sound with the added low string bass and overtones. This banjo also features a new tension hoop design that allows for more room around the scoop rim joint to avoid your thumb hitting the tension hoop while playing in that area.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 12″ Curly Maple Rim
• Dobson Special Tone Ring
• Curly Maple 6 String Neck
• Ebony Details
• Engraved Sea Snail Inlays
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• EVO Frets
• Gotoh Tuners
• Cole Boat Heel
• Flush Mount Truss Rod Cover
• Vintage Thin Waterbourne Low VOC Finish

This banjo has the standard Seeders 11″ Walnut Style 1 specs. It features a simple look with a focus on play ability and tone. The rolled brass tone ring is an excellent choice for old-time playing.  The neck is a modern C shape neck for a comfortable feel without being bulky in your hands.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 11″ Walnut Rim
• Rolled Brass Tone Ring
• Antiqued Raw Brass Hardware
• EVO Fretwire
• Ebony Fingerboard and Details
• Abalone Inlays
• Black Rim Binding
• 1-5/16″ Nut
• Seeders Violin Bridge
• Vintage Thin “Ultra-Low VOC” Waterbourne Lacquer Finish

This banjo started its life in 1931 as a Gibson TB-2 banjo. Complete with the pearloid fingerboard and silkscreened “inlay” designs. We kept all the original appointments of the banjo but went with an Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay for a classic look as well as improving the playability with a radiused fingerboard and slightly larger frets. A classic of the Gibson banjo world, these banjos feature a rolled brass tone ring which have a surprisingly excellent tone with no real need to swap them to a heavy modern flathead tone ring. A great banjo for both three finger and clawhammer style playing. The original silk screened inlay designs worked really well converted to real Mother of Pearl inlays.

• 26-3/16″ Scale Length
• TB-2 Style Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Radiused Fingerboard
• Walnut Neck Matching Original Walnut Resonator
• Nitrocellulose Finish
• Rickard Cyclone 10:1 Tuners
• Flush Mount Truss Rod Cover
• Ivoroid Binding
• Seeders Violin Bridge

This Curly Maple and Ebony banjo features an 11-5/8″ rim, a relatively new size for Seeders Instruments. You get a little more low end without it getting too muddy while retaining some of the clarity of an 11″. A great balance between 11″ and 12″ rim choices. This model features Ebony appointments and hand engraved mother of pearl inlays.

• 11-5/8″ Curly Maple Deep Rim
• 25.5″ Scale
• 1-5/16″ Tusq Nut
• EVO Fretwire
• 3/8″ Rolled Brass Tube Tone Ring
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• Hand Engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Flushmount Truss Rod Cover
• Gotoh Tuners
• Nylon Strings
• Calf Skin Head
• Boat Heel
• Vintage Thin and Eco Friendly Satin Waterborne Laquer Finish

This is a variation of the Seeders Style 3 Dobson Special made with Walnut instead of the usual Curly Maple. This banjo has a powerful well rounded tone unique to the Dobson Special with a comfortable neck profile ideal for all hand sizes and comfort while playing all over the neck. The Dobson Special utilizes a Dobson tone ring mounted on a rolled brass ring to isolate the tone ring from the wooden rim giving it a unique and powerful Dobson sound with more balanced and a crisp overall tone. It’s simple but elegant inlays and overall design has a vintage inspired look while adding modern play ability and durability.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 12″ Walnut Rim
• Dobson Special Tone Ring
• Hand Engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• Striped Ebony Fingerboard and Peghead Overlay
• EVO Fretwire
• 1-5/16″ Bone Nut
• Ivoroid Rim Binding
• Gotoh Tuners
• Cole Boat Heel
• Vintage Thin Waterbourne Low VOC Finish

This banjo has a powerful well rounded tone unique to the Dobson Special with a comfortable neck profile ideal for all hand sizes and comfort while playing all over the neck. The Dobson Special utilizes a Dobson tone ring mounted on a rolled brass ring to isolate the tone ring from the wooden rim giving it a unique and powerful Dobson sound with more balanced and a crisp overall tone. It’s simple but elegant inlays and overall design has a vintage inspired look while adding modern play ability and durability. This custom ordered Dobson Special features a custom dragon engraved peghead inlay designed from Ed Ap Llwyd’s original artwork.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 11″ Curly Maple Rim
• Dobson Special Tone Ring
• Hand Engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• Striped Ebony Fingerboard
• EVO Fretwire
• 1-5/16″ Bone Nut
• Ebony Rim Cap
• Gotoh Tuners
• Cole Boat Heel
• Vintage Thin Waterbourne Low VOC Finish

This banjo has the standard Seeders 11″ Walnut Style 1 specs. It features a simple look with a focus on play ability and tone. The rolled brass tone ring is an excellent choice for old-time playing.  The neck is a modern C shape neck for a comfortable feel without being bulky in your hands. This version of a staple of the Seeders Instruments line features an extra deep rim for a little extra plunkiness as well as a fully fretted fingerboard.

This banjo was made for the talented banjo builder, Jeff Menzies, in Jamaica. Jeff builds incredible gourd banjos that skirt the lines of wonderful sounding and playing banjos and sculptural art. He also tans Jamaican goat skins for all of us banjo builders to use in our work. A valued piece of our banjo building community!

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 11″ Extra Deep Walnut Rim
• Rolled Brass Tone Ring
• Antiqued Raw Brass Hardware
• EVO Fretwire
• Ebony Fingerboard and Details
• Ebony Rim Cap
• 1-5/16″ Nut
• Seeders Violin Bridge
• Vintage Thin “Ultra-Low VOC” Waterbourne Lacquer Finish

This is a variation of the Seeders Style 3 Dobson Special made with Zircote accent woods instead of the usual Ebony. This banjo has a powerful well rounded tone unique to the Dobson Special with a comfortable neck profile ideal for all hand sizes and comfort while playing all over the neck. The Dobson Special utilizes a Dobson tone ring mounted on a rolled brass ring to isolate the tone ring from the wooden rim giving it a unique and powerful Dobson sound with more balanced and a crisp overall tone. It’s simple but elegant inlays and overall design has a vintage inspired look while adding modern play ability and durability.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 11″ Curly Maple Rim
• Dobson Special Tone Ring
• Hand Engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• Zircote Fingerboard
• EVO Fretwire
• 1-5/16″ Bone Nut
• Black Rim Binding
• Gotoh Tuners
• Cole Boat Heel
• Vintage Thin Waterbourne Low VOC Finish

This banjo features some of the fancier details Seeders Instruments offers. A mix of Black and White Mother of Pearl hand engraved inlays in Zircote with colored veneer accent layers separating the Zircote from the Walnut.

• 25.5″ Scale Length
• 1-5/16″ Nut Width
• 12″ Rim with Whyte Laydie Tone Ring
• Walnut and Zircote woods
• Hand Engraved Black and White Mother of Pearl Inlays
• Zircote Back Strap
• Green Veneer Accent Layers
• Antiqued Brass Hardware
• Rickard Cyclone 10:1 Tuners
• EVO Fretwire
• Buckeye Banjos Tailpiece
• Menzies Jamaican Goat Skin Head
• Vintage Thin “Ultra-Low VOC” Waterbourne Lacquer Finish

This banjo is a recreation of #048 with a new addition of Anansi the spider god and fully fretted instead of half fretless. The unique folklore trickster theme uses B’rer Rabbit on the peghead and the Japanese Kitsunev, a nine tailed fox, in the scoop with fox prints traveling up the fingerboard along with the African spider God Anansi in his web on the fingerboard. There’s a black Mother of Pearl raven on the back of the peghead and and a butterfly to the heel. The connection of the two as for tricksters is as follows, “in the Canadian Pacific northwest, the Haida depict Butterfly as the companion of Raven the Creator-Trickster, perhaps acknowledging the unpredictable and unreliable nature of “flights of fancy” and dreaming”. Another fun addition was using a goat skin for the head which represents yet another form of a trickster within folklore. A very fun design to make additions to and recreate.

• 12″ Curly Walnut Rim
• 25.5″ Scale Length
• Wenge Tone Ring
• Ebony Peghead Binding
• Engraved White, Black and Gold Mother of Pearl and Abalone Inlays
• Figured Maple Details with Golden Brown Stained Finish
• Backstrap
• Raw Brass Hardware
• Seeders Violin Bridge
• Jamaican Goat Skin Head