20th Year Anniversary Model

CanJoe*John's Personal Instrument

The CanJoe Company of Blountville, TN is the premiere pioneer for the introduction to the world, as maker and marketer of the one-stringed musical instruments called “canjo”, or more specific and properly labeled as the “CanJoe”. The truly official creator of the first of these instruments, Herschel R. Brown (deceased), initially designed a very simple but quite accurately functional pine wood and properly metal fretted prototype and he sold or gave away his version of these cool instruments within a local market area when he first produced his. Within just a few days of his developing the first fully working model, he showed and gave one of them to his personal friend, who then, very soon after, debuted these unique instruments to the public on various music stages as a performing musician. That friend, now known world-wide as CanJoe*John, quickly discovered, too, that Herschel’s creation had a commercial appeal. Seemed that everywhere he played his Herschel Brown made “canjoe”, people wanted one (or more) for themselves. Well, that is where this story begins. With the direct support and assistance of Herschel, John started his own production of the instruments and he named his sole proprietorship business, the CanJoe Company. In the year 1994, John solidly established the CanJoe Company, in the business to design, create, make and market these cool one-stringed musical instruments, by becoming official, getting his CanJoe Company business fully licensed and made as a legal entity by the state of Tennessee. The CanJoe Company, as of this year, 2014, is now celebrating its 20th year anniversary as being a legally licensed and in continuous operation as a sole proprietorship business entity.

Over these past 20 years, CanJoe*John has personally designed, hand crafted and evolved these instruments to become world-wide renowned and recognized as truly functional and accurate musical works of art. His creations have become so popular that many others are now trying to copy his designs, as well as his business model and methods. Nowhere in this universe, though, has anyone with more experience or greater credibility in producing these products. While there are many amateurs and hobbyists in every facet of the business world, the making of these specific one-stringed musical instruments in the hands of CanJoe*John is a very personal art and serious occupation. As a master craftsman and a true creative artist, he has spent the entire past 20 years honing his skills in order to design, create, and produce the very finest one-stringed musical instruments of their kind in the world. He has apprenticed with master luthiers in order to learn the finer details involved in building stringed musical instruments; has studied under master woodworking craftsmen to learn and to also master the skills and trade of woodworking; and, himself, has personally hand made well over 15,000 canjoe musical instruments since he began. Besides personally hand crafting all of his canjoe musical instruments, CanJoe*John also restores antique fiddles, and to add additionally to his credentials as a true craftsman, he also is an established expert in physically restoring antique late 18th century and early 19th century log buildings, as well.

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Now, it should be obvious by anyone viewing these photographs that CanJoe*John has all the skills and experience to build any level of canjo musical instrument that anyone should ever imagine to desire. For all inquiries or orders, please call 423-323-0174, or cell # 423-612-4320.