Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1928
Notes:
Model A
Well-played, but clean and shiny and original.
Straight Neck, Low action, Silver Bell Tone-Ring, Good-working Knee-Mute.
Grover 2-band Geared pegs, Grover Presto tailpiece. Nice, original hard case.
Late '20's... Bacon's Premiere Period.
Maker: Banner Blue by Lange
Year: ca. 1920
Notes:
A sturdy, but lighter-weight short-scale tenor banjo from
Wm. Lange, banjo-maker extroidinaire.
10 1/2" rim with 24" scale.
Heavy-duty brass bracket-band provides stability while the wooden tone-ring
delivers snappy, yet non-metallic response.
Marginal chip-board case.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2000
Notes:
Deering Flathead Tenor Banjo.
Un-played, but with a few dings.
Original TKL hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1929
Notes:
An interesting Custom Florentine from 1929. The lack of carving on resonator, neck-heel and back of peg-head
seems to be deliberate and
All-Original.
Low-Profile Flat-head tone-ring. There are some mysteries about this banjo.
A consignment piece, we offer this banjo on an As-Is basis.
20-fret Plectrum-Tenor.
More information upon request.
Maker: Gibson
Year: ca. 1930
Notes:
A reasonably felicitous marriage between a late 20's Gibson GB-1 6-string neck
and some sort of early 30's Recording King rim with 1-piece flange and resonator. Nicely hitched with great sound and playability.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
The Resonator and Flange have been lost, otherwise and original
Gibson guitar-banjo. Brass-hoop tone-ring; Original tuners have been replaced with Grover Roto-Matics.
Straight neck, modest playing wear, good action.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
Notes:
9 1/2" Trap-Door Rim. Silver-Plated Hardware.
Replaced tuners, missing tailpiece cover, minor repair to trap-door hinge, medium fret-wear.
Otherwise, All-Original, straight neck, low action. Plays great. Calf-skin head.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1921
Notes:
An early Gibson Banjo-Mandolin with 10 1/2" hollow rim and spun-brass tone-ring.
Exceptional Original Condition.
Straight neck, Good Action.
Nice original hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1966
Notes:
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
First Year Gibson Mastertone.
Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone.
Shot-Gun holes in tone-ring skirt.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
10 1/2" rim, tortoise-shell resonator
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1927
Notes:
11" 3-Ply Maple Rim.
18 Frets.
Well-Played with Probable Refinish.
Otherwise All-Original,
Brass-Hoop Tone-Ring
No Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1964
Notes:
3-ply maple rim, flat-head Mastertone tone ring
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1967
Notes:
All-Original 1967 Gibson TB-100.
As Shiney as New.
Very Minor playing wear.
A serious finish "burn" from the neck-cradle in the case.
Also there is an imprint of a strap in the finish on the back of the resonator.
Both finish issues can probably be traced to heat.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
A nice, straight one-owner blue TB-11,
un-warped 1-piece flange,
in 'as-found' condition.
Suitable for playing or conversion.
Missing only the nut and the tailpiece cover.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1978
Notes:
Gibson Flat-Head Mastertone Tenor Banjo.
Nice Example, Very minor playing wear.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
Early 1925, Last of the Little Guys.
10 1/2" Rim with Ball-Bearing Tone-Ring.
Celtic Tuning.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1920's
Notes:
Nice Custom Gibson tenor by Jim Stull of Texas. Original '20's TB-3 neck, and possibly original flange and hardware, with modern 3-ply maple
rim and JLS Flat-Head Tone-Ring.
Engraved MOP inlays on fingerboard, Like-New Gold-Plating.
Great Set-Up, New TKL hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
First Year Gibson Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Tone-Ring.
Original 2-tab Grover pegs replaced with modern planetary geared pegs.
Reproduction resonator thumb-screws.
Minor repair on resonator side.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Tone-Ring.
All-Original, One Owner.
Minor seam separation on resonator side.
