Key Features
- Full, crystal-clear sound with top-quality mahogany resonator
- Distinctive, unique style with beautiful ornate Celtic patterns
- Smooth playing action thanks to black walnut fingerboard
- The perfect banjo for any style or ability at a brilliant price
DISC Luna Celtic 5-String Banjo BW, Tobacco Burst Overview
Experience pure, classic banjo sound. The Celtic 5-String's mahogany resonator delivers a rich, bright palette of tones. This will accommodate a range of quintessential folk genres, ranging from country and bluegrass to roots and blues. You'll enjoy a wonderfully smooth playing action courtesy of a fast-playing black walnut fretboard. All of these amazing sonic features come in a simply stunning, ornate Celtic design.
The ideal all-round banjo for players of any ability. Whether you're just starting out as a banjo player, or already an expert, this extremely accessible instrument will be perfect for you.
Product Ref: 118553
Full Description
View Full DescriptionExcellent volume and projection
All-encompassing sound. The Luna Celtic 5-String gives you fantastic resonance and sustain, thanks to a clear-head mahogany resonator. Every note you play will be delivered with clarity. You'll be able to recreate authentic bluegrass tones easily, giving your banjo playing a natural, classic edge. A punchy quality and bright attack means dynamic fingerpicking will sound crisp, sharp, and defined. The resonator's powerful acoustic qualities also mean that you'll be able to play with plenty of volume. Perfect sound.
Superbly playable
A fantastically intuitive instrument to play. Luna have done everything to ensure that the Celtic Banjo provides you with the optimum playing experience. A slim "C"-shaped neck profile is incredibly comfortable in your fret hand, eliminating hand cramp and allowing you to practice, perform, or hone your skills for lengthy periods without discomfort. The black walnut fretboard is supremely smooth to the touch, allowing you to seamlessly guide from note to note with ease. Ideal to help you improve your sound.
Exquisite style
A truly unique aesthetic. The Luna 5-String Banjo has alluring, eye-catching style to ensure you'll always stand out in a crowd. The resonator's head is clear, creating a window to view the mahogany back. This is adorned with a beautiful, intricate Celtic laser-etched design. Luna are renowned for creating marvellous, visual instruments, and this might just be one of their best. Mother of pearl moon phase fretboard inlays sprinkled up and down the banjo add an extra, sparkling touch of class to the overall style. Divine.
The Luna story
Yvonne Villiers is an accomplished stained-glass artist who envisioned Luna guitars. Her inspiration for a line of guitars designed to maximise playing comfort came from her mother, Hilda Villiers, a bassist for over 40 years. Whilst watching her mum on stage, Yvonne couldn't help but notice the massive struggle her mum had whilst playing. With her mum being petite and using such a heavy instrument, she used to complain of how hard it was to be a woman and try to play these big bass guitars.
Yvonne then questioned if there were others like her mum that struggled with the same problems and pains. She came up with the idea of a woman specific guitar, uniquely tailored to fit their bodies, their hands, and their musical styles. Yvonne moved on to create Luna guitars, an instrument line made for female musicians of all ages and crafted with luminous visual beauty to engage women's minds and spirits along with their talent.
Yvonne already had brilliant artistic skills and use of colour thanks to her award winning stained glass work. She then applied these techniques to her new line of instruments. She is known for using rich colours that shimmer and shine with every movement, providing an eye-catching design along with the great musical tones Luna guitars deliver.
Villiers' design expertise soon led to Luna expanding its product base to include a whole new range of stringed instruments, especially ukuleles. The science behind the crafting of top-calibre guitars worked perfectly in making ukuleles with magnificent sound. Not to mention that they looked stunning. Luna's quality has led to many men adopting their instruments as favourites. The company is now an industry leader, and creates instruments for both female and male musicians of all ages.
Specifications
Body & Bridge
- Model Name: Luna Celtic 5-String Banjo BW, Tobacco Burst
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Type: Banjo
- Top Material: Remo Head 11" Clear
- Top Contour: Flat Top
- Binding: Tortoise
- Bridge: Banjo Maple/Black Walnut
- Finish: Tobacco Burst
- Design Feature: Clear Head w/Laser-Etched Trinity Artwork on Back of Resonator
- Construction: Set Neck
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fretboard Material: Black Walnut
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fretboard Inlays: Mother of Pearl Moon Phase
- Scale Length: 26.5"
- Neck Shape: C
- Nut Width: 1.125"
Hardware
- Hardware Colour: Chrome/24-Piece Bracket
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Tuners: Pearloid Open Gear
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