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We are excited to announce the Kavanjo Banjo Pickup System is now available for the 5 string banjo! This model the gKavanjo Mark 5 is a patented system, bringing a suspended magnetic pickup past the surface of the banjo head and closer to the strings than ever before. Best of all it still sounds like a Banjo!
John Kavanaugh, a life long musician, and inventor of the Kavanjo pickup system. I made this system for my self but thought others might appreciate having it as well. I play, teach and love the classic banjo tunes but I am just as exited for the new and innovative places your banjo playing can go in the future. I hope this invention helps you get there. gBe Heard!h
It was not until the mid 1990fs that for live performance reasons I found myself needing to amplify the banjo, and this time, for real. I tried every pickup I could find as well as every combination of pickups. Feedback was my biggest frustration next was poor tone followed by bleed through (other instruments coming though the pickup or microphone your using). In a desperate attempt I took an old electric guitar and strung it like a banjo. It worked alright for the next few performances but just sounded like an electric guitar strung like a banjo. It did however get me thinking about a fresh approach to using an electromagnetic pickup on the banjo.
For the next few years I tested out some theories on how to best extend though the banjo head. In one instance I used a soldering iron to create the hole, coterizing the mylar (plastic) as it went though. I brought the head up to full tension and it didnft rip or tear! I knew I was on to something. I wanted to get the magnetic field and coils of the pickup as close to the stings as possible, the only way to achieve that was to go beyond the plane of the head. I researched how to wind my own pickups (only because there was no such thing as a five pole pickup on the market) and once I made my first working prototype my next priority was to protect my idea.
In 2002 I applied for a epatent pendingf followed by the actual patent application in December of 2003. In the fall of 2006 I was awarded my US Patent! They granted me all of my claims, the most important in my mind, the sole right to make eone or a pluralityf of holes in the banjo head. This pickup system was originally conceived for those who want to run their banjo though a standard amplifier via their effect pedals or a processor unit. Ifve also heard it many times through a preamp going directly into a large PA system and it sounded great as well! |
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