New 5-String & 4-String Banjos: BJ-75Pro and BJ-74Pro

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Welcome to Twang-Town, where we’re all hip-deep in our bluegrass era. Two new banjos join our herd. Not just any ol’ banjos – professional flamed-maple, brass-tone-ringed, case-included banjos. The BJ-75Pro and BJ-74Pro, the newest members of the Bluegrass Series. Both beautifully intricate and eye-catching: one five string, one four, and both ready to roll their way into the nearest toe-tapping tavern.

5-String Traditionalism

Headlining, we have the stunning BJ-75Pro. Five strings, flamed maple body & neck, ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl inlays, and master brass tone ring for a bright, professional metallic ring and sustain. Scale length: 670 mm across 22 frets, perfect for accessing higher register playing and Scruggs-style rolls. Remo BJ-1100-H1 head is tensioned by a brass hoop. Bone nut comes in at 31 mm wide, complementing a maple and ebony bridge paired with old-school vertical string button tuners for both style and projection. Finished in an elegant Brown Burst. Included: A case, obviously. This one’s coming to every session.

4-String Tenor

A strong support act, the BJ-74Pro trades the fifth drone string to enter tenor and plectrum territory, perfect for Dixieland, jazz, and Irish trad, where the rhythm needs to cut through a whole band. Flamed maple body & neck to match its five-string sibling. Brass tone ring built to project. Scale length comes in a little shorter at 584 mm across 19 frets, well-suited to rhythmic playing.

Got Places to Be?

Strip away the scale length and string count and these two siblings speak the same tongue: flamed maple bodies, ebony boards, brass tone rings, bone nuts, and a Brown Burst finish. Which you choose is a matter of taste. Fast Foggy Mountain Breakdown or a four-string rhythm to anchor the band. Both models ship with a case, ‘cause these banjos got places to be.