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
Year: 1921
Notes:
17-Fret Bacon Tenor Banjo.
Hollow-rim construction with famous Bacon tone-ring.
11" Rim.
Some playing wear but straight and original.
Maker: Bacon
Year: ca. 1925
Notes:
An interesting Bacon Plectrum banjo, presumably a Style B
in remarkably un-touched condition, except for a couple of things:
The original tuners have been replaced by planetary pegs, leaving old screw-holes behind.
The banjo is inexplicably missing the original dowel-stick.
Nice original armrest and Grover Presto tailpiece.
The tone-ring is similar to a Vega Little Wonder, but beefier.
Plays Fine.
Deep Resonator.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1928
Notes:
Excellent and attractive Montana #3 Silver Bell Plectrum.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1920's
Notes:
Excellent Mid-1920's B&D Silver Bell #1 Plectrum Banjo.
Good Neck and Action.
All-Original.
Planet Geared Pegs.
Never had a Mute.
Original Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1925
Notes:
Nice mid-'20's Silver Bell #1 Tenor banjo.
Never had a knee-mute, but hole in rim allows for the installation of one.
Good Post-War hard case.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1927
Notes:
A great one-owner Silver Bell #1 Tenor Banjo with extended fingerboard.
Includes original knee-mute.
Original Hard Case.
Minor playing wear.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1925
Notes:
A lovely and straight B&D Silver Bell Plectrum Banjo.
Seemingly restored some years ago with refinish
and re-plating. Otherwise All-Original.
The Knee-Mute has been disconnected, but most all of the required
parts are included.
Non-Original Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Deering
Year: 1995
Notes:
As nice a Deering 6-String Guitar-Banjo
as one could find anywhere.
Almost un-played and original, with straight neck,
low action, non-original hard case.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: 1929
Notes:
Top-of-the-Line Beltone Artist Tenor Banjo, manufactured by Epiphone
late 1920's. Walnut neck and resonator with ebony fingerboard.
Gold-plated hardware including Grover 2-tab geared pegs.
Pictured of presumed Caravelle [Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria, your choice] on back of resonator.
Straight neck, good action, original Rogers skin head.
Tailpiece cover needs repair.
All-Original, One Owner, Minor Playing wear,
Excellent original "Alligator" hard shell case.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: ca. 1925
Notes:
Epiphone Recording Artist Tenor Banjo.
Minor veneer damage on back of resonator.
Partial old re-fret.
Interesting less-deep Resonator.
Original tailpiece seems to have been replaced by a vintage Oettinger finger-style Tailpiece.
Original hard case in usable and salvageable condition.
We are offering this banjo "AS-IS"
Maker: Epiphone
Year: Mid-1920's
Notes:
An All-Original Recording B Plectrum Banjo.
Gold-Plated.
Solid Brazilian Rosewood Neck with Ebony fingerboard
and Engraved Pearl Inlays. Brazilian RW-veneered Resonator and Rim.
Grover Gears with M-O-P Knobs.
Original Tailpiece replaced with period Oettinger Tailpiece.
[There is an Original Armrest undergoing repair]
Original Hard-Shell Case.
Neck is straight, modest fretwear.
In AS-FOUND condition and offered AS-IS.
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: 1926
Notes:
An early PB-Granada.
A heavy flat-head conversion tone-ring has been professionally installed with no alteration or cutting of the rim.
The original Ball-Bearing tone-ring is missing, as are the springs and ball-bearings that supported it.
The original slotted tension hoop has been replaced with a modern Gibson notched hoop. The Hook and Nut sets
appear to be modern replacements. Otherwise, this banjo is in used, but excellent and original condition.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1965
Notes:
This banjo is something of a jumble or Harlequin.
1] Nice '60's Gibson TB-250 Neck.
2] Probably not Gibson, but professionally built Mastertone-style pot with
best bronze hardware on a 3-ply maple rim, including a 20-hole flat-head tone-ring.
3] Mahogany resonator that appears to be from a 1990's Gibson RB-3 Mastertone.
4] Original 1960's Gibson Hard-Shell Case
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1928
Notes:
Well-Played, but Excellent and Original.
40-Hole Arch-Top Tone-Ring.
Grover Geared Pegs and Grover Presto Taipiece.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
Notes:
Maker: Vega
Year: 1924
Notes:
A good used Vega Little Wonder short-scale 17-fret tenor banjo.
Strung for Celtic Style playing. 10 15/16" Rim.
Presently has the original Grover friction tuning pegs with ivoroid buttons,
but would benefit from the installation of a good set of planetary geared pegs.
Good neck and action.
Original hard shell case in salvageable condition.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1929
Notes:
1929 Vega Little Wonder Tenor Banjo.
19 frets. Open-Back. A little fret-wear,
A little forward bow, but nice low action.
Modern German ABM Planetary Geared Pegs.
New TKL Hard case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1926
Notes:
Student Vega Tenor..Short-Scale with 17 frets.
Basic hoop tone-ring.
10 15/16" head with 21" Scale.
Mahogany neck. Relatively light-weight, but still packs a punch.
Original skin head. Friction pegs with ivoroid buttons.
Celtic tuning.
