Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: Early 1920's.
Notes:
Short-Scale Tenor Banjo with 21" Scale.
11 1/2" Rim with Silver Bell Tone-Ring
and snap-in back.
Cremona Brown Sunburst.
Original Grover spring-loaded tuners.
Strung with Celtic-tuning strings.
Pretty much original and AS-Found condition with a couple of minor binding repairs.
Some fretwear.
Original Hard Case is serviceable and restorable condition.
Offered AS-IS
[An excellent choice for a reproduction 5-string neck].
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1928
Notes:
B&D Roy Smeck Stage Model Silver Bell #1 Tenor Banjo.
Neck and resonator back are made of exotic Vermillion Wood.
The rim is veneered with the same.
A great tenor banjo with very minor playing wear, but which does have a couple
of issues:
There is an old and solid, and quite visable repaired heel.
The original tuning pegs have been replaced with a set of modern planetary pegs
made in Germany.
The back of the resonator was at some point refinished and then set down on something before the finish was perfectly dry.
A good straight banjo without the high price that accompanies cosmetic perfection.
Like New Harptone Hard Case.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2002
Notes:
Nice used plectrum banjo with some fret-wear.
Flathead tone-ring.
Planetary geared pegs.
Original.
Nice original hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1937
Notes:
About the nicest, untouched Gibson TB-00 we've ever had.
Pristine condition, Prize-winning Original Red Line Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1927
Notes:
Lightly used and absolutely original down to the last slot-head screw.
No-Hole Archtop Tone-ring.
They don't come any nicer than this.
Original Hard Shell Case
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
Notes:
Maker: Iucci
Year: 1925
Notes:
A Fine Iucci Special Tenor Banjo.
Probably made in NYC in the 1920's.
Figured Maple neck with 21 1/2" Scale and 19 frets.
Figured Maple Pie-Section Resonator.
Nickel-Plated 10 5/8" Brass Rim.
Grover friction pegs with Ivoroid Buttons.
All original, with a little pearl inlay work on the fingerboard.
Straight Neck, Low Action.
Maker: Van Eps
Year: 1918
Notes:
An early Van Eps tenor,
12" rim, 15 frets, 20 1/2" Scale Length.
Maple Neck with Ebony fingerboard.
Probably late 'teens.
Calf-Skin Head.
Straight neck, with some fretwear.
All-Original, including the brass arch-top tone-ring,
tailpiece, armrest and all the hardware and Grover pegs.
Pretty much "AS-FOUND".
Would definitely benefit from geared pegs;
pressure from the friction pegs is stressing the peg-head facing.
Presumably Original Hard case in salvageable condition.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1921
Notes:
An Original Whyte Laydie Short-Scale Tenor Banjo,
20" Scale on the 10 3/4" Whyte Laydie Rim with 17 Frets.
There's been some binding repair and an
unfortunate small chip out of the top of the back of the headstock.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1928
Notes:
An All-Original Style R Whyte Laydie Banjo;
10 15/16" Rim, with 20" Scale Length.
17 frets. Grover Planetary Pegs have been added.
The neck is straight, action is low with a minor amount of playing wear.
A clean and beautiful example.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1919
Notes:
A very Special Tubaphone tenor banjo.
Hard-to-find 11 1/2" diameter rim.
Fully-carved heel.
Some playing wear.
Grover friction pegs.
All-Original.
Original Hard Case.
