Podcast 149: Tom Nechville of Nechville Banjos

Minnesota’s Tom Nechville may very well be the closest thing the
banjo world has to Leo Fender. For the last 30 years, he’s
innovated the five-string banjo with revolutionary products
like the Heli-Mount, the Cyclotronic Tone Ring and the Flux
Capacitor. On this week’s podcast, we talk to Nechville about his
inventions, his banjos (acoustic and electric) and some of the
challenges of building forward-thinking products for a market
that largely leans towards the traditional. Even if you’re not a
banjo player, you’ll enjoy hearing about how Nechville found his
calling in the world of fretted instruments and some of the
R&D that he goes through with his instruments.

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This episode is sponsored by Retrofret Vintage Guitars, which has
its own fair share of banjos, along with guitars, basses,
mandolins and more.


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