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They are differentiated from later Gibson banjos by their scarcity. Banjo sales plummeted during the Great Depression, for lack of buyers, and metal parts became scarce into the 1940s as factories shifted to support the war. [1] As parts became scarce, non-standard versions came out, made from a variety of leftover parts, called floor sweep ...
Recording King is a musical instruments brand currently owned by The Music Link Corporation, [1] based in Hayward, California, which also produces other musical instrument lines. Range of products commercialised under the Recording King brand are acoustic and resonator guitars, and banjos . [ 4 ]
Products were sold under three brand names: Regal, University, and 20th Century. Wulschner died in 1900, [1] and the new owners renamed the company the "Regal Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company" in 1901 and continued using the Regal name on instruments through 1904. Regal resonator guitar. In 1904, Lyon & Healy purchased rights to the ...
They sold 250,000 pieces in 1923 and 500,000 in 1930, including various models of guitars, banjos, and mandolins. In the late 1930s, the firm began making violins again after a 19-year hiatus. They also bought brand names from the bankrupt Oscar Schmidt Co.—La Scala, Stella , and Sovereign.
Mills owned several pre-war Gibson Mastertone banjos, including the famous "Mack Crow" banjo (named after its original owner, it is the only factory-produced gold-plated RB-75 that Gibson ever made) and the RB-4 previously owned by the late Snuffy Jenkins. Huber Banjos produced a Jim Mills signature model based on the Mack Crow.
Henderson was born May 3, 1947, in Grayson County, Virginia, [1] where he still resides today. He is a full-time instrument builder and musician, specializing in building guitars, mandolins, and plays with a unique finger-picking style.
Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos. Many notable banjo players play Deering banjos. For example, Winston Marshal, founding member of Mumford & Sons, plays banjos made by Deering. [2] He originally played an Eagle but has transitioned to various instruments including a signature model that bears his name.
Levin was a Swedish manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Herman Carlson Levin. Active from 1900 to 1978, the company produced over half a million instruments, mostly guitars, but also mandolins, banjos and lutes, making Levin the largest instrument manufacturer in Scandinavia for many years.