Description
Barnes & Mullins BJ400E Rathbone 5 String Electric Banjo
The Barnes & Mullins BJ400E 5 String Electro Banjo is a handsome 5 string banjo named after Rathbone Place, the home of Messrs Barnes and Mullins in the early 1900s.
In a break from tradition, this Rathbone model is equipped with a Humbucking pickup beneath the Remo head, the volume from which is controllable from a single knob on the side of the instrument. The output from the pickup is through a single jack socket at the base of the instrument.
Barnes & Mullins BJ400E 5 String Electro Banjo Specifications:
Neck: Mahogany
Resonator: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Rim: Mahogany
Tone Ring: Rolled Brass
Bracket Qty: 18
Hardware: Chrome
Machineheads: Geared, Planetary Style
Electronics: Humbucking Pickup with Vol control. 6.35mm Jack Output.
Barnes & Mullins BJ400E 5 String Electro Banjo Origins
In 1894, Mr Albert Mullins and Mr S. Bowley Barnes started “The Jo”, their famous musical instrument journal.
Specialising in all things banjo, they soon began manufacturing their own banjos as well as importing many other instruments. The original Barnes and Mullins banjos are still sought after today, with collectors seeking them out all over the world. .
Sadly in 1914 at the age of 40, Albert Mullins drowned when the ‘Empress of Ireland’ sank on the St Lawrence River. He was on the home leg of a 2 year sales trip.
Bowley Barnes continued the business thereafter, and what he had started with his partner years earlier in Bournemouth now moved to Rathbone Place, London.
In 1976, Mark Barnes – son of Bowley Barnes – moved the business to Grays Inn Road, Bloomsbury. Sadly in 1986, Mark Barnes died. He was greatly admired and respected by employees and customers alike who were quick to tell of his fair and generous nature
In 1999, Bruce Perrin – a Director since 1986 – became Managing Director and moved the business from London to the current location – Grays Inn House – a modern 46000sqft warehouse and office facility in Oswestry, Shropshire.
Bruce Perrin says “We are excited about the future and are constantly looking at ways to innovate and evolve, yet Barnes and Mullins has always endeavoured to put the customer at the top of its priority list”.
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