Southern Outer Banks News

"Guys who play the guitar so so because that's what gets the chicks. Guys who play the piano do so because that's what their mama's made them learn when they were kids. Guys who play the banjo do so because they love the sound of the banjo."

~ Dr. Anthony Jones Boyette

My banjo is a 2006 Huber Truetone VRB-3 "Vintage" with a mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard with "wreath and flowers" mother-of-pearl inlays, antiqued binding and resonator rings, and a bronze tone ring. My banjo weights 13 pounds.

I prefer the Lakota Leathers American Bison craddle strap and I use an original Snuffy Smith banjo bridge handmade by Snuffy before he passed away. I prefer ghs medium weight phosphor-bronze banjo strings, Sammy Shelor stainless steel fingerpicks, and the ProPik medium size thumb pick.

My custom engraved "Anthony's 5" mother-of-pearl truss rod cover was hand made by Ron Coleman in Georgia.

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