Matt Lewins from the Brighton old time band , Chicken Shed Zeppelin called over to see me a few weeks ago. He had with him a banjo I’d...

Just a quick blog post to show you some photos of a commission where the player wanted a tunnelled 5th string. Here are the photos from...

I was pretty chuffed to see that a story about The Lurcher film made it into our local paper The Argus. Since it was published we’ve had...

Recently a local film production company flycreative shot a micro-documentary called The Lurcher about the Brighton workshop and my range...

Hello again , I was talking to a mate the other day and we got onto banjo stuff. Anyway, he asked if there was a proper , or prefered...

Photo by Martin Tucker, used with kind permission of Adam Hurt. I’m pleased to present part 2 of an interview series with banjo players...

Here’s a short review of the Lurcher Banjo by Dan Stewart in the Autumn edition of Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance Magazine....

Anyway, I’ve stuck pretty much to the same five questions for each player. This wasn’t laziness , I just thought it was really...

I though this might interest some people here. It’s an old Windsor “zither” banjo , with a few unusual features. This slideshow requires...

Notes for building the Islander banjos I’m proud to be a small-batch handmade banjo-maker. Doing this job, I meet some amazing people. My...

I thought it might be a laugh to have a section here that talks about things that may not appear to be directly banjo related but share a...

I’m very fortunate to live a short walk from Mo Jackson. You may know her from her work with the Kitty Hawks and the Lil Kitties . She’s...

UPDATED: This item has been sold. Hi ya, I’ve got a real bluegrass tone ring for sale here. It’s a Tennessee 20. These are the nuts !...

A picture of a capo spike fretting a string. In this week’s episode of Talk Banjo we look at how to install a capo spike. Click on the...

Last week, here at Brighton Banjos, we got a first look at the review of the Islander Banjo in Acoustic Magazine. It was written by Leon...

In the January edition of the Banjo Newsletter  Dan Levenson reviewed the Islander banjo. If you’re not a magazine subscriber, but would...