Other Used Banjos
Maker: Alvarez
Year: Late '1970's
Notes:
Quite a nice Mastertone-copy.
Thick Rim, Flat-Head Tone-Ring, Tube and Plate Flange.
Basically Un-Played, but the resonator shows signs of usage with scratches and other minor finish damage.
Well-made, Great Sound and Playability.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1928
Notes:
Mid-range B&D product, full 19 frets.
Minor finish wear in first position, but little or no fingerboard and fret wear.
Totally Original with great playability. Original hard case.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1924
Notes:
A 10" B&D Silver Bell banjo rim. Round-Hole Flange.
This banjo has had the attention of past banjo mechanics,
Pretty much AS-FOUND and offered on an AS-IS basis.
Plays OK.
Pretty Nice Original Hard Case
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1928
Notes:
Extra-Fine condition;
straight neck, low action; finish wear on back of neck but almot no playing wear.
Silver Bell tone-ring.
Knee-mute. Great Original Condition.
Maker: Bacon Banjo Co.
Year: 1922
Notes:
11 1/2" Rim.
20" Scale.
Gold-Plated. Personalized Armrest.
Minor playing wear..
Straight Neck, Low Action,
All original.
Mother-of-Pearl tuning knobs.
Snap-in resonator back fits great.
Maker: Banner Blue by Lange
Year: ca. 1920
Notes:
A sturdy, but lighter-weight short-scale tenor banjo from
Wm. Lange, banjo-maker extraordinaire.
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: Epiphone
Year: late '20's
Notes:
Mid-range tenor banjo from Epiphone,
late 1920's. Full Scale 19-fret neck.
Heavy maple rim, 1-piece X-flange.
Nice neck, little played, repaired peg-head "wing".
Replaced tailpiece.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: 1929
Notes:
Late '20's Epiphone Recording A Plectrum Banjo.
Nicely refinished some years ago; all-original metal parts lovingly chrome-plated about the same time.
One ding in resonator finish.
Original Grover 2-Band geared pegs. Neck straight, fret wear.
Nearly mint Vega-style banjo case from the 1960's.
From a Private Collection: Offered AS-IS.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: ca. 1924
Notes:
Early version of Epiphone's top-line Recording Banjo.
The large brass-hoop is one of three parts to this heavy-duty
arch-top tone-ring. One-piece flange.
Well-played, but no real damage. Bit of marquetry damage on resonator side.
Top 1/8" maple veneer has an old humidity crack on resonator back, but it is solid.
Hardware appears to be all-original.
Neck is straight. Bass-side fingerboard binding has been deftly replaced.
Calf-skin head.
Presumably original Grover spring-loaded friction tuners...
Banjo would benefit from a set of geared pegs and a fret-job as well.
Original Hard case in salvageable condition.
Pretty much in As-Found condition and offered on an As-Is basis.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: ca. 1926
Notes:
A Stellar Example of Epiphone's Desirable Style B Tenor Banjo.
A Rosewood Neck with extensive Heel-Carving and a Rosewood Resonator.
Gold-plated hardware. Straight neck, almost no playing wear.
Mother-of-Pearl fingerboard inlays with highly detailed engraving.
Totally Original, One-Owner, original case with SC decal.
Find a Nicer One.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
The Very Rare Minty Kel Kroyden TB-11 with the Original 40-hole arch-top Tone-Ring.
Nicest One, with original Grover Geared Pegs and the Grover Window-Frame Tailpiece.
With minty original hard case.
Museum Quality.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1937
Notes:
10 1/2" 3-ply maple shell with brass-hoop tone-ring.
Seems to have been professionally refinished some time in the past, possibly by Gibson.
A lovely, straight instrument with great playability.
Otherwise all original.
Original Chipboard Case in disreputable condition.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
First Year Gibson Mastertone.
Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone.
"Shot-Gun" holes in tone-ring skirt.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1967
Notes:
All-Original 1967 Gibson TB-100.
As Shiny 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: 1950
Notes:
Early post-war Gibson banjo,
Maple rim, 1-piece flange,
Double-bound resonator with rings.
Outstanding original condition.
Offered AS-IS in AS-Found condition.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1980
Notes:
All-Original and Un-Played.
20-Hole Flathead Tone-Ring on a 5-Ply Maple Rim.
Minty conditon with original Gibson 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: 1927
Notes:
Nice all-original TB-4. One-Owner banjo, stored for decades.
Mahogany Neck and Resonator.
Made in 1927, but none-the-less features the 40-hole arch-top tone-ring.
One short section of resonator lip was cracked at some point in the past.
Original Hard case.
Offered on an AS-Found and AS-IS basis.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
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