Dave's Personal Banjos

I've been playing Nechville banjos exclusively or more than fifteen years, and I consider it the ideal banjo. In addition to having great tone, the combination of a tunneled fifth string and radiused fingerboard make it extremely easy to play. Click here for pictures

  This  beautiful  banjo has abalone inlays, Nechville’s new hybrid tone ring,  quilted  mahogany resonator, and maple binding. It is only available  through us. Options include type of tone ring (regular, wood, or   hybrid), quilted maple or burl walnut instead of quilted mahogany, and  regular black binding or maple.  Click here for pictures

 This banjo has a very unusual cocobolo fingerboard, and Nechville put all the inlays on the dark side, using smaller versions of the galaxy pattern. It had a prewar Gibson archtop tone ring, but recently I replaced it with one of Nechville's wood rings; it took less than fifteen minutes, and now I have a banjo weighing about seven pounds. The strap was made for me by the late James Alan Shelton (Ralph Stanley's guitar player), who sent it as a Christmas present one year. Click here for pictures 

This banjo was made by Larry Sifel of The Pearl Works in 1991. It's the last hand inlaid instrument made by him. This banjo is not for sale. Click here for pictures