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Old time or oldtime, clawhammer or claw hammer, CloverLick ™ or clover lick, PineyWoods ™ or piney woods, BlackMountain ™ or black mountain, CheddarRidge ™ or cheddar ridge, FoxVille ™ or foxville, PiedMont ™  or piedmont, JazzMuenster ™ or jazz muenster, blue grass or bluegrass, just play the banjo!!

 

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CloverLick Banjos are made using top grade woods, parts, my own handmade tone rings and optional brass hardware.  Our business focus is exclusively building PineyWoods, CheddarRidge, Foxville and Piedmont Oldtime Banjos and BlackMountain and JazzMuenster Resonator Banjos.      All of our banjos are made one at a time and are truly handcrafted instruments.    A brief summary of each of our models is described below.     More detailed information in the model pages on this website.  Of course, we put a 4 string tenor or plectrum neck on any of our 5 string models.   All banjos which are available for immediate purchase are in the <<CloverLick Store>>.  

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Jeffrey P. Kramer D/B/A
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OPEN BACK BANJO MODELS

PineyWoods open back model has a 3/4" Tony Pass Lost Timbre rim.    This is tradtional open back banjo construction with a wooden dowel stick, Waverly Tuners, Kerschner Tailpiece, wood covered armrests, split neck constuction, and carbon filamont permanent truss rod.   Various tone ring options available are our AllWood, EKlyte, EKTube, and EKlectric.   We also offer our hand crafted brass hardware on this model.    The PineyWoods is a premium grade banjo.   Click on PineyWoods for more info, options and prices.


      

PineyWoods Playing Cripple Creek             PineyWoods Playing Morrow County Blues
 

CheddarRidge open back model has a ThinSkirt Tony Pass Lost Timbre rim.    This banjo is built with a tube shoe flange with no holes are drilled in the rim, twin coordinator rods, Waverly Tuners, Kerschner Tailpiece, wood covered armrests, split neck constuction, and carbon filamont permanent truss rod.   Various tone ring options available are our AllWood, EKlyte, EKTube, and EKlectric.   It also is built with the Tennessee 20 or Huber flat top tone rings.   We also offer our hand crafted brass hardware on this model.    The CheddarRidge is a premium grade banjo.    Click on CheddarRidge for more info, options and prices.

          

CheddarRidge Playing Going Back To Dixie
 

FoxVille open back model has a  3/4" laminated maple rim,  has a standard one piece maple neck, standard nickle hardware, Waverly tailpiece, Waverly tuners, dowel stick and armrest.   Various tone ring options available are our AllWood,  EKlyte, and EKTube.  The Foxville is built to provide excellent performance at an intermediate price.   Click on FoxVille for more info, options and prices.

       

  FoxVille Playing CumberLand Gap

 

PiedMont open back model has a  3/8" laminated maple rim,  has a standard one piece maple neck, standard nickle hardware, Waverly tailpiece, Waverly tuners, dowel stick and armrest.   Various tone ring options available are our AllWood and EKlyte.  The PiedMont is built to provide a fretless, gut string banjo with modern parts at an intermediate price.     This banjo and strings are designed to be played in the lower tuning ranges.   Click on PiedMont for more info, options and prices.

       

PiedMont Playing Lil Liza Jane      PiedMont Playing Going Back to Dixie

 
RESONATOR BANJO MODELS

BlackMountain is our bluegrass fingerpicking resonator model.     Tonal quality is crisp and bright with very nice bass tone and clear treble.    The banjo has a ThinSkirt Tony Pass Lost Timbre rim, one piece flange, twin coordinator rods, Waverly Tuners, Kerschner Tailpiece, wood covered armrests, split neck constuction, and carbon filamont permanent truss rod.   The BlackMountain is available in are our AllWood, EKlyte, EKlectric, Tennessee 20 or Huber Vintage Classic flathead tone ring styles.    The BlackMountain is a premium grade banjo.    Click on BlackMountain for more info, options and prices.


   

BlackMountain Playing Clinch Mountain Backstep         BlackMountain Playing Across The Sea To Ireland

 

JazzMuenster is designed for playing parlor style jazz and oldtime with three finger up-picking.     Tonal quality is bright and snappy, smooth bassiness, clear treble, and mellow upper neck tones - very bright and volumous.  The banjo has a ThinSkirt Tony Pass Lost Timbre rim, one piece tube flange with Bacon style resonator, twin coordinator rods, Waverly Tuners, Kerschner Tailpiece, wood covered armrests, split neck constuction, and carbon filamont permanent truss rod.    The JazzMuenster is available in our AllWood, EKlyte, EKlectric, Tennessee 20 or Huber Vintage Classic flathead tone ring styles.    The banjo is set-up to capture a unique tonal quality for your playing.     The JazzMuenster is a premium grade banjo.    Click on JazzMuenster for more info, options and prices.     

         

JazzMuenster Playing Beak's Teut Road Blues
 

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