I cannot really put into words what the sound of the banjola is to me. I may seem to be exaggerating but I’m not. I have played the guitar for 45 years and the banjo off and on since 1974. I have owned a couple of absolutely beautiful mandolins and have a beautiful black walnut dulcimer. But only once or twice before in my life has an instrument ever done to me what the banjola does. Once I had been searching for months and months for just the right guitar. When I picked up a particular Martin HD 28 it took my breath away. When I picked up my current banjola it was like that. This instrument brings me closer to “home,” to that place deep within that resonates with joy at being alive.
-- Marilyn Berger, Lakewood, Colorado
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