It comes strung up with strings for CGDA tuning, but John set it up for DGBE tuning with D'Addario Phosphor Bronze EJ26 strings. Laura had it checked over by John Gonzalez of Fan Guitar and Ukulele the day after it arrived in the mail and he only had to do some minor adjustments. There's an adjustable truss rod and a radiused fretboard.įor an instrument made in China, the Blueridge is very well made and playable. The neck has more of a rounded tenor banjo shape to it than a typical guitar neck. The neck joins the body at the 14th fret. It has a solid spruce top and a laminated mahogany back and sides. It has a 13.5" lower bout, a 10" upper bout, is 3 7/8" deep, has a nut width just over 1.25", has a 23" scale and is 35.25" inches in overall length. The BR-40T is pretty much a copy of the classic Martin 0-18T tenor guitar. There's the Gold Tone model, but it gets poor reviews, and then there's the Ashbury line - out of the UK but made in Vietnam - which has some good feedback but there isn't as much information on. The Blueridge BR-40T kind of has a corner on the market of tenor guitars. And forget about taking it to most Irish sessions - the baritone uke is still a bit too foreign to be openly accepted in that environment. She uses a pick to play and this works great for around the house, but when she takes it to an oldtime jam it's easy for the baritone uke to get drowned out by the fiddles and banjos. My wife Laura has been backing me on tunes using a baritone ukulele tuned DGBE, like the 4 highest strings of a guitar. Eventually I might have someone give it a once over, but it was very playable right out of the case it was mailed in!Īs I now listen to these recordings made this past Thursday, a little over 3 weeks after receiving it, I am very impressed at the sound I am hearing (not only does the mandolin sound good, but as someone who took up mandolin in January of this year the person playing it doesn't sound too bad either! I had played tenor banjo for a few years prior which certainly helps with mandolin.) For a hand made mandolin in the less than $700 price range, you can't beat the Red Line Traveler. I haven't had any setup done at all and can't really tell that it needs any. Banjo weighs 5 lbs 12.2 oz.The Traveler has a good amount of volume and what I would call a "sweet" tone, probably due to the mix of mahogany and spruce. It's a bit difficult to say for sure what species of wood makes up the tone ring, but it appears to be rosewood or perhaps even walnut. 1 3/8" nut width 26 1/4" scale length.īody: 11" diameter Remo head with maple rim & diamond marquetry. Waverly geared tuners with ivoroid buttons in perfect working condition. Mother of pearl rooster & stars headstock inlays. Frets are in great shape with hardly any wear. 19-fret ebony fingerboard with pearloid diamond inlays.
Neck: Chunky mahogany neck with white side-dots. Professionally set up by our luthier & ready to play straight out of the case!Ĭosmetic Condition: Very good condition overall with some minor wear - small chip in the headstock various nicks & dings throughout the instrument some surface scratches. Features an open back with a chunky mahogany neck & produces a rich, superb tone.
What makes this banjo special: A well crafted 5-String by Lo Gordon of Brevard, NC.
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