Musical Instrument News & Deals
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Bajno Hangout banjo giveaway. I deeply apologize to my readers in West Virgina.
Jokes aside, this is a heck of a banjo! The Bishline Cimarron 5-string banjo is built in the US of A, and features a walnut neck with fancy burl walnut resonator, ivoroid binding, and an ebony fingerboard with original MOP inlay. The Bishline Cimarron usually sells for $1,195.
In a sea of pointy guitars and obsessions over insulated wires, sometimes you need to stop and smile.
Gold Tone, makers of some wonderful banjos and other fretted instruments, have just introduced the Smiley Face Uke. To celebrate, they are giving away five of these upside-down frown adorned instruments.
Fender has a long history of slapping thoughtfully placing famous musicians’ names on their instruments. But if you can believe it, Fender has never, until now, released a signature instrument in their acoustic folk line.
You can enter to win a Fender Robert Schmidt electric mandolin, designed by the mandolin player from Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. This mandolin, which sells for $649, is autographed by the entire Flogging Molly band.
Tribute albums typically suck, but there’s something about bluegrass-inspired tribute albums that seem to break the mold. Moody Bluegrass, a tribute to the Moody Blues, is one of those albums.
To celebrate the release of the second Moody Bluegrass album, you have a chance to win an Epiphone MM20 A-Style Mandolin signed by Moody Bluegrass members.
Banjo Hangout runs a monthly giveaway, and the prizes are always good. This month, they are offering up a prize for the beginning bluegrass banjo player.
This banjo giveaway includes everything a beginner will need: the Liberty 100 5-string bluegrass banjo with resonator, chromatic clip-on tuner, pick set, strap, gig bag, extra set of strings and beginner DVD.
I know we saw a few ukulele giveaways last week, and here’s another from Live ‘Ukulele. Enter to win an Oscar Schmidt OU55CE baritone ‘ukulele. This uke was built from laminated koa with a rosewood fretboard and nyatoh neck. This sweet looking instrument retails for $509. Entry Deadline: January 16, 2012 Eligibility: US-only
It’s not exactly “sit on the front porch and pick bluegrass” weather in most places, but that’s not to say we can’t prepare for spring. Dana and Lauren (of Malibu Storm & Shankman Twins) want to hook one of you up with a new banjo! Enter to win the Deering Banjos Goodtime Scoop Neck banjo [...]
I just moved into a new house with a nice front porch. I was thinking how great it would be to scare the new neighbors with a little banjo pickin’! If you win this Deering Dropkick Murphys Goodtime 19-Fret tenor banjo, you’re invited over for some moonshine! Click Here to Enter
Ukuleles. They’re so hot right now. This isn’t an expensive prize, but if you happen to find yourself hanging out at a campfire of luau, nothing will make you cooler that pulling out your uke and jamming some Jason Mraz or Don Ho, receptively. Enter to win a Kohala Ukuleles Uke pack, which comes with [...]
The Banjo Hangout always rocks some pretty solid banjo giveaways, but this one is really good! They are giving away a Gold Tone OT-700A, a pro model A-scale 5-string banjo with Tubaphone-style tone ring, ebony fingerboard, vintage engraved inlays, and frailing scoop (I only understood two of those four features). This banjo retails for $1,299. [...]