Kat Eyz banjo bridges are hand made by Mike Smith from hard rock maple recovered from the bottom of Lake Superior and surrounding rivers. The acoustic properties of this wood are excellent and are beginning to be understood by luthiers and instrument makers worldwide. The wood ranges from 300 to 1200 years old! It is possible that the wood in some of these bridges was a living tree when Christopher Columbus landed on our eastern shores in 1492! I think that’s a great piece of history.

This bridge was developed eleven years ago. The design results in a very strong bridge that virtually eliminates sagging from string pressure and/or a loose head. The bridge design also transmits sound very well.

The tone from the bridges is clear and full, and brings out all the sound that your banjo has hidden inside. Low, mid, and high ranges will all be enhanced; clarity and sustain, along with volume up the neck will be evident.

They Also Offer a new Line Of Capos

To order your Kat Eyz Banjo Bridges and Capo’s Visit their website at

http://www.kateyzbb.com/index.html

By: Less Wiggins

In todays real world its hard to find a good instrument repair man that is honest and will go that extra mile to do the job right,  and keep in mind your instrument is like your baby you want to keep it maintained and in good shape so it will last for years to come. Richie Dotson of Acoustic Box String Instrument Repair is one of the best in this industry he is also a fine Banjo player as well his website also offers a world of free information about string instruments etc so if you need a good honest instrument repair guy Richie is your man, here is his website address check  him out you will be glad you did.

http://www.banjoresource.com/

In honor of the traditional yuletide season, Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments has introduced a very special 12-piece collection of one-of-a-kind Christmas Banjos. These exquisite works of art are from the makers of the world’s finest line of bluegrass instruments, and they reflect the incomparable vision, skill and dedication of Gibson’s luthiers. In addition to the elegant, figured design of the banjos’ resonator and its ornamental inlays, each Christmas Banjo features a different holiday-themed inlay at the 12th fret. The designs for all peghead and fingerboard inlays, including the beautiful frosted holly leaf design on the resonator, are renderings created by noted Gibson engineer and resident artist Darron DuBose.

Visit the gibson website at http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Original/Gibson%20Banjos/Christmas%2DBanjo/

Florida bluegrass musician Todd Taylor has been playing the banjo since he was a boy. But while the fleet-fingered 42-year-old picker has racked up fame in roots music circles and even consecutive Grammy nominations, there’s one feat that eluded him until last year ― a slot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s fastest banjo player. But Todd, who suffers from a rare muscular disorder, says he had something bigger in mind with his record attempt: “I’ve accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in the industry. [The record] was for other handicapped persons in the United States, to let them know that they can accomplish anything they want, no matter how bad things look.”
 
So, with a drum machine set at a brisk 210 beats-per-minute, the Palm Bay resident incredibly tackled both parts of the ’70s pop hit/signature piece “Dueling Banjos” with the Florida Today camera rolling, resulting in a YouTube clip that’s since racked up an incredible three million views and counting. After watching Todd’s blistering record run, all we can say is … whew!

 Banjo Talk is  The world’s first talk show for the banjo enthusiast. The show is  live every Sunday evening from 8:00-9:00pm central.  You can even  call during the show toll free within the US and Canada at 1-866-672-7737 and e-mail at david@banjotalk.comThe show has major Banjo players from Todd Taylor  to Pete wernick, Charlie Cushman John McEuen and many more you need to tune in and check them out.

Visit their website at www.banjotalk.com

Published this autumn Guinness World Records 2009 continues to build on the intriguing, informative, inspiring and instructional records and superlatives that have made Guinness World Records one of the most famous brands and books in the world.

New features of the book include:

• Eye-catching ‘sunburst’ holographic cover
• 100% new photographs
• 3D PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURES!
• A pair of 3D glasses to view more than 20 3-D photographs throughout the rest of the book
• 60% new and updated records
• Gatefold pages
• New urban design
• New approaches to popular themes
• Fastest banjo player – Todd Taylor

Link to the Guinness website is here

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2007/12/071217.aspx

This just in! The blugerass nominations for best bluegrass album!

CMT Country Music Television  owned by MTV networks which is a Viacom company which produces Country Fried Videos hosted By Bill Engvall featured four-time Grammy Nominee and Guinness World records fastest banjo Todd Taylor the episode titled terrian wrecks the fetures Taylor has aired over 58 times hats off to Mr. Taylor for really putting the banjo in the main stream public eye as he has been doing for so many years.

And you can visit Todd Taylor’s  website here

www.myspace.com/toddtaylorbanjoman

www.toddtaylorbanjoman.com

www.toddtaylorbanjo.com