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1673 links in the archive.
(report link) 5 String Banjo Chords: Chord Diagram Chart
(report link) 5-String Banjo Tunings: A great reference from Banjo-L
(report link) American Banjo Makers List: A list of American banjo makers with brand names, manufacturing dates, etc.
(report link) America's Music Bluegrass: Author, Barry Willis chronicles the history of bluegrass through hundreds of photos, stories, anecdotes and interviews.
(report link) B&D / BACON BANJO DATABASE: Style, serial number and date of manufacture
(report link) Banjo Books List: This is the BIGGEST list of Banjo books I have ever seen in my life.
(report link) Banjo Gallery: A huge gallery contains thousands of photos of rare and not-so-rare banjos
(report link) Banjo Serial Numbers: A great guide to figuring out what that serial number means!
(report link) Banjo Sightings Database: A clearinghouse of information about the early banjo
(report link) Banjo Tune Index: Steve Trussel's HUGE index of songs--need to find the book for that one song? Go here! Over 3800!
(report link) Bill Palmer's Banjo Setup Pages: Tons of info on setting up your banjo
(report link) Bluegrass Museum: In Owensboro, KY. They have the noble goal of being the world's center for the history and culture of bluegrass music.
(report link) Chord Finder: Online chord finder for 4-string instruments like banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki, tenor guitar, pipa, bass.
(report link) Classic Banjo: The Classic Banjo Resource
(report link) Digital Library of Appalachia: Historic Banjo Audio Reference
(report link) Framus Banjos: Determining the date of a Framus Banjo
(report link) FretCalc: Free software download calculates fret placement intervals for any scale length or number of frets.
(report link) International Bluegrass Music Museum: The Official Museum of Bluegrass Music
(report link) Liberty Banjo Company - Quadrille Serial Numbers: Liberty Banjo Company - Quadrille Serial Numbers
(report link) List of American Banjo Makers: The definitive list of makers.
(report link) Mahogany Folk Blog: Folk Music Blog
(report link) Mugwumps Online: Reference for vintage instruments, among other things
(report link) Music Books Plus: Music Books Plus is the best source for music & audio books, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, software & sheet music.
(report link) National Finger Picks Models from Dean Hoffmeyer: A great reference for all those different national pick types...
(report link) Plectrum Banjo Chords: Banjo chord charts for 4 string plectrum banjo tuning
(report link) Prewar Gibson Banjos: Greg Earnest's site has lots of information and pictures of Gibson banjos, both Mastertones and non-Mastertones, from the pre-World War II period.
(report link) Scalelength.com: Downloadable fretboard templates
(report link) The Banjo Glossary Project: A user-driven information site for all things banjo related, from history to parts and components, people, places and a how-to-guide for submissions.
(report link) The Guitar Sherpa: Online Stringed Instrument Directory
(report link) Thumbnail History of the Banjo: By Bill Reese
(report link) Universal String Tension Calculator: Free software download calculates string tension, fret placement, and bridge compensation.
(report link) Vintage Banjo Maker: Reference site for 195 makers pre WW2 makers
(report link) Vintage Instrument Serial Numbers: From Acousticmusic.org
(report link) WinansBanjo: A repository of my articles and other materials about the history of the banjo.
(report link) Fiddlefreak Folk Music Blog: Online reviews, news, and commentary on folk music.
(report link) A Traditional Music Library: A large archive of traditional, folk & old music
(report link) BluegrassLyrics.com: Lyrics for traditional bluegrass and early country music
(report link) Chordie: Online song lyrics and chords with transposer
(report link) Cowboy Lyrics: Country Music Lyrics and Tablature
(report link) US Civil Wars songs with lyrics, notation, and sound files.: The Project Gutenberg
