• 14" wooden hoop with inlaid banding, eight bent metal bracket shoes , bracket hooks, and a natural skin head.
• Fretless heavy black walnut neck with a thick ebony fingerboard and long 28" scale.
• Five gut strings with ebony friction tuners.
• Sweeney style neck detail below the vertical 5th string peg.
• Graceful and unique "S" shaped peg head with different options available regarding finish and materials.

Although Tyger Banjos are exquisite works of art, it's the sound of these banjos that is truly outstanding. The combination of natural gut strings, long scale length, custom made minstrel style bridge, bone nut, large skin head, and fretless neck produce an incredibly resonant and booming sound especially in a recommended lower tuning such as eAEG#B. 

Current options include a "vine-like" carved peghead, ebony heel cap, ebony or burled walnut tailpiece, inlay, exotic wood fingerboards and oxidized hardware. More pictures are available here. For testimonials by banjo players, click here.

Ty Supancic has studied banjo with Bill Knopf and Clarke Buehling, and has recorded as a guest musician on Nik Frost's record "Slobberfang." After repairing and building instruments for himself and friends, Ty decided to make his hand-crafted banjos available to discriminating enthusiasts of traditional folk instruments, old-time banjoists, minstrels and museums and around the world.  Tyger Brand Banjos are used by museums, educators, historians and re-enactors who strive for the pinnacle in authenticity, playablity and tone.

To place your order, or request further information, contact Ty directly at ty@tygerbanjos.com, or through the post at 15303 Ventura Blvd., Suite 900, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

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