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: 1927
Notes:
B&D Silver Bell #1.
All-Original Pot.
Probable and Very Professional Repro Plectrum Neck with Bacon-style heel-carving.
Straight Neck, Great Player.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1925
Notes:
A well-played B&D tenor banjo, largely original but
there has been some professional restoration.
Neck was refinished years ago. Modern planetary tuning pegs
have replaced the originals [probably some type of Screw-On Grovers].
Recent Re-fret. The pot is all-original, including all the hardware and the Oettinger finger-style tailpiece.
Period hard case in usable condition.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1929
Notes:
Good student tenor banjo from Bacon & Day.
Basically all-original except for the extra 2 holes in the peg-head
which with 2 extra pegs allowed for the pairing of the first and second strings.
[These extra pegs are now missing and not included.]
Neck is straight with some modest fret-wear.
Replaced tailpiece.
Cool period Elton pick-guard optional.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1930
Notes:
An excellent Sultana #1 Silver Bell plectrum banjo with some up-grading including a fresh gold-plating.
Straight Neck, Great Player.
Old Gold Planet Pegs.
Overspray-caused finish-checking on resonator back.
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: Deering
Year: 2000
Notes:
Deering Flathead Tenor Banjo.
Un-played, but with a few dings.
Original TKL hard case.
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: 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: 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:
1926 TB-3 Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Tenor Banjo
in Exceptional Condition.
All-Original One-Owner Banjo,
very minor playing-wear and a few light scratches.
Original Grover Two-Tab Tuning Pegs and Grover Presto Tailpiece.
Nice Original Hard Case.
2nd Nicest One We've Had.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1927
Notes:
A True One-Owner Gibson Banjo.
No-Hole Arch-Top Tone-Ring.
Tube & Plate Flange.
Original Calf-Skin Head.
Minor Playing Wear.
All the Bells & Whistles:
Pick-Guard, Grover Pick-Holder,
Grover Geared Pegs, Grover Presto Tailpiece.
Original Gibson Wrench, Banjo Mute,
Vintage Gibson String Box.
Original Hard Case.
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
Notes:
Maker: Lange
Year: late 1920's
Notes:
Great Tenor Banjo from WM. Lange.
Walnut Neck and Resonator.
Brass-hoop tone-ring.
Straight neck, great action.
Totally original and largely un-played.
Note the in-set gold-sparkle seatings for the friction tuners.
Stays in tune, snappy tone.
Nearly perfect original hard case.
Maker: Orpheum
Year: 1919
Notes:
Top-of-the Line Orpheum #3 Banjo-Mandolin.
Good neck and Action. Some playing wear.
All-Original.
