Great Banjo for $450!
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- This is an in-depth review of the Ibanez B200 banjo. I show what it looks like, the inside parts of it, and what it sounds like. Thanks for watching!
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Thanks a lot. I have to order a banjo in line in Norway. That makes it especially helpful to hear you playing the model I am considering.
Thanks for watching!
Just starting out and from all the good things I’ve heard about this banjo I’m glad I bought it. Can’t wait to get started 😊
Have fun!
Just bought it. Comes in two days. Upgrading from a Gold tone AC-1. Although i see it more as a different instrument all together. So excited. Gave a sub a few days ago. I like the way you teach. Very easy and concise
That's great to hear. Thanks for the sub!
Wonderfull!!!. One more subscriber!!!!. Thank you very much for the videos!!!!. Love the banjo sound.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!
wonderful review. you've just earned one more subscriber!
Thanks so much, great to have you!
Ibanez have always made quality banjos. This one is a cracker for that kind of money. Your an exceptional, neat player and know the sweet and strong spots on this whip. Which is why I consider it sounding so well but you prove a good point it that the instrument has the potential to sound awesome in the right hands 👍👍
Thanks so much, it's definitely a great deal for the price.
@@MasonCroneMusic We have a saying over here in Ireland not sure if it's the same in America but we always say the tone is in the bone as in the player makes the instrument not vice versa. And you certainly make that Ibanez dance. Sometimes I get confused when I see banjo players playing ridiculously priced banjos bit struggle with Cripple creek and that is their business but I believe a banjo that has a correct set up and a good price is more than efficient to stand up with the so called top of the range banjos. I am actually surprised what you have their in the Ibanez for that kind of money why anyone would seek more baffles me.
I speak to others and the speak of Granada's and Stellings and I'm like for what? As I said a good player will make any banjo sound good. Your proof!! I do have a want for someday a RB250 I have wanted one since I was a kid I have never been a big fan of deerings etc and I have played most of the others and struggle to see the big deal! Might start looking down the road of the Ibanez myself now after hearing yours, that model is serious bang for buck. 👍
Your right mine was also 500 and great quality
Yep👍
Good review. Nice tour of this banjo. One comment: The rods inside the pot are coordinator rods, not truss rods. The one truss rod is inside the neck.
Thanks for the correction. I've learned a lot more about banjos since I made this video, I also said that it was a great deal because of the tone ring, but it's just a cheap rolled brass tone ring. You live and you learn I guess.
@@MasonCroneMusic The tone ring confuses me. I realize the published specs say rolled brass tone ring. That usually means a simple brass rod rolled into a hoop that's set on top of the rim. Your video clearly shows that the tone ring is of a conventional flathead size and shape. You can see the outside "skirt" of the tone ring in the side view shot and the inside slope of the ring on top of the rim in the interior shot. This is not the type of ring that's typically called "rolled brass." Maybe "rolled" refers to the manufacture process. I don't know.
Sweet
Thanks for watching!
I should have bought one of those when I started 5 years ago but chose a Washburn B9 instead(NOT a good choice). I stuck with it for a year and decided I really wanted to learn banjo and needed a better instrument. I bought Recording King RK-35 and playing banjo was so much more enjoyable after that.
That's awesome! My opinion has kinda changed over time, that B9 was probably better than this banjo to be honest.
@@MasonCroneMusic I'd be curious to know what banjo you would recommend for a beginner. I had a Washburn B-9 years ago when I first took up banjo. It's just a bottle-cap banjo but it was pretty solid, played decent and had a decent sound for a beginner. No tone ring like you have on the Ibanez here. Now that I've decided to get back into banjo playing... I'd like to STEP UP from that B-9 and get something with better sound and play-ability without breaking the bank. I'm looking to spend around $500.00 or less. I don't want to disturb the neighbors with numerous renditions of Cripple Creek and Cumberland Gap so I don't require a tone-ring and a heavy rim. Could possibly go open-back. Gold Tone AC-1? Gold Tone CCR 100? Goodtime 2? Dirty 30's? Songster? Used market, maybe - Fender Leo? Fender 58? Play-ability and sound is what I'm after. Know anyone with a 30's Gibson Granada for $500? :- )
Any advice?
@@grantlebon1531 I've learned a lot more since making this video, the tone ring in this Ibanez isn't a true tone ring. I think it's aluminum. It's really not that great of a banjo. To be completely honest, you won't find anything out of the entry level category for under $500. I got my Gold Tone OB 250+ used for $600, that was a crazy good deal. I would definitely recommend looking at used ones and bumping your budget up just a bit if you can. Of course buy what you can afford though.
@@MasonCroneMusic Thanks, Mason. I appreciate the advice. I will definitely get the best thing I can at the moment. I don't mind stepping it up later when I improve and my ability demands it. Happy 4th! : )
@@MasonCroneMusic And, yeah, you got a great deal on the Gold Tone OB 250+.
Congrats!
I just bought the B300, any thoughts on the friction tuners?
I personally like them, since those are the types of tuners that high end banjos have. It just makes it look nicer in my opinion. You can definitely get more precise pitch change with regular tuners, I believe the tuners on the b200 have a 4:1 ratio. You can buy friction tuners with a higher ratio though if you want to be able to make more precise adjustments to your tuning. I've gotten used to this ratio over time and it's really no problem though. Hope this helped😁👍
I’m getting one for Christmas or asking😂😊
That's awesome!
So hopefully I can learn from your channel!👍👍🤞🏻
I'm thinking about getting this banjo. How heavy is it compared to the recording kings or other banjos?
I held a Recording King in a music store once and it felt about the same. Probably around 12lbs.
Buy USA made instruments......... Buy USA anything...China is our enemy! And yes! RK may be a USA company, but what difference does that make??? China is still fabricating the banjo and making the money off of it to BUILD THERE MILITARY!!!!!
I don’t like playing with vine inlay on the fretboard. I can get confused fast moving up the neck. I know your supposed to use the side dots bot I do look at the fingerboard a lot too. Those vine inlays are pretty though for looking at.
You just have to get used to it and look at the dots 🤷♂️
As you get better you won’t be looking at the fret board. I had the same issue with my new Bob Weir D’Angelico guitar but I’m getting used to it.
Hey bro what’s the strings tune u using?
In this video it's just the strings that came on the banjo. Not sure what they were🙂
I wish I bought this one instead of the washburn B-10. same price but the washburn sounds like crap. part of that is my playing though...
Would you say that this banjo is good for new begingers?
I'd say so.
Is there a trick to give it a deeper sounding tone?
You could loosen the head and give it heavier gauge strings, but other than that not really. Those two things can make a big difference though.
You can raise the tailpiece so that it puts less tension on the strings, and you could loosen the head (as Mason says) or you could replace the standard head with a fiberskin head. Those two things would give you a deeper tone and more sustain, at the cost of volume.
Thicker bridge I’d try first.
Athinker head might help although i believe the main benefit to that would be less noisy resonance
Would you still consider this banjo a good buy now??
It's pretty good for the price. Not pro level, but again about standard for the price range.
@@MasonCroneMusic definitely for a beginner! Haha but was looking around and this one is on the list !
What kind of tone ring, a flathead?
Rolled brass flat head
@@MasonCroneMusic rolled brass is a flat strip of brass shaped in a circle, a flathead is usually a 20 hole tone ring. There is no such thing as a "rolled flathead," they are all cast, not rolled. Thanks anyway, enjoy your playing.
@@mikefinley4367 Yeah, I know. I wasn't aware of this when I made the video, so please excuse any talk of the tone ring haha. And thanks for informing me about that, I thought it was still considered flat head.
@@MasonCroneMusic Were all human bro, You play better than me but I'm a mechanical nut when it comes to banjos and looking for a cheap banjo with a flathead tone ring. Disabled and meager funds, have to go looking for used.
@@mikefinley4367 I'm currently looking for one with a bell brass tone ring, you definitely have to go used to get one for anywhere under $1K. Even used they're hard to find haha