Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
Early 1920's Bacon Blue Ribbon Style A Tenor Banjo.
Somewhat used, but all-original with modest playing wear.
11 1/2" rim with Calf-Skin Head. 21 3/4" scale with 17 frets.
Early version of the Silver Bell tone-ring.
Great-working Grover spring-loaded friction pegs,
Grover Presto Tailpiece.
Pop-off Back.
Good neck and low action.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
A 17-fret tenor banjo with simple hoop tone-ring.
11" rim with Fiberskyn head. Original Wayverly pegs.
Good player with snappy tone. Celtic Tuning.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
Gibson GB-1 Guitar-Banjo with Diamond Plate-Flange.
11" 3-Ply Maple Rim.
Planetary Geared Pegs.
Lyon & Healy Tailpiece.
Skin Head.
Good Neck, playing-wear first 3 frets.
Finish dings on the back of the neck, possibly
from a capo.
Well-played but Original.
Modern Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
Companion instrument to the famed TB-00.
I-piece flange construction.
Calf-skin Head.
Excellent condition with very playable neck and action.
Minor playing wear.
Gold Tone Gig bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1978
Notes:
Top-of-The-Line Gibson Plectrum.
Gold-Plated and Engraved [note some missing gold on the armrest]
The rest of the gold-plating is bright and fresh.
Original engraved Gibson pegs, original Gibson Tailpiece and Armrest.
Minor playing wear.
Gibson Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1929
Notes:
A Pre-War Gibson-made Recording King Model 505 Tenor Banjo.
40-hole Archtop Mastertone Banjo, Curly Maple Neck and Resonator, 3-Ply Maple pot,
Tube and Plate Construction.
Chrome-Plated.
2-Band 4:1 Grover Geared Pegs.
Ivoroid Binding and Vari-Colored "marquetry" on Neck and Resonator Edges.
It's kind of a Fancy 1929 TB-4 with Maple Wood and Chrome-Plating.
Nice Original Hard Case
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1919
Notes:
A very early Gibson TB tenor banjo 1919.
Gibson Plate on dowel-stick.
It is thought that some of the really early Gibson banjos were sent back to the factory
a couple of years later to have the latest Gibson ideas installed...
A Second attachment rod to stabilize the rim and also to attach the new trap-door back to,
In any case, worthy additions.
12" Hollow Rim, 20 3/4" Scale, 15-fret neck.
Minor playing wear, straight neck.
Gig bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
TB-1 Tenor Banjo, one of the first new Gibson models of 1925.
10 1/2" maple rim with calf-skin head and large tube tone-ring.
18 fret Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with Nick Lucas pearl inlays.
20 3/4" Scale Length.
Very minor playing wear with great action and playability.
Pretty much all-original and Pretty Cute.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
This Gibson TB-3 Mastertone 'pot' is offered without a neck.
We believe it had a 5-string conversion neck on it for many years as evidenced by the slightly enlarged neck pocket to
accommodate a wider neck heel; Also the original smaller connecting rods have been replaced with the more
modern larger rods tapped to fit 10-32 neck bolts.
Otherwise a very nice Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone [ball-bearings and springs are present] pot,
ready for a new 5-string conversion project.
The Resonator has some typical finish checking.
Great Original Condition.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
1925 Gibson TB-3 Tenor Banjo with Ball-Bearing arch-top Tone-ring.
There is some playing wear, but it's mostly finish wear on the back of the neck.
Clean, complete and in excellent original condition.
Pretty nice original hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
Notes:
A pretty nice example of the 1924 Gibson TB-4.
This one has the original tailpiece cover and pick-guard.
Attractive and fully-functional Trap-Door.
Well-Played with some fret-wear.
Good neck and action, Celtic Tuning,
Presently has a plastic head.
21" Scale, 10 1/2" head.
Period, but non-original Hard Case.
Maker: OME
Year: ca. 1980
Notes:
OME Columbine 4-String Plectrum Banjo,
Made in Colorado ca. 1980.
Walnut Neck and Resonator, Nicely inlaid Ebony Fingerboard.
Bacon Silver Bell-style Spun Flat-Head Tone-Ring.
Beautiful original condition with some minor playing wear.
Schaller Planetary Geared Pegs.
Original Hard Case with some solid duct-tape repairs.
[Presently is fitted with a new Remo frosted head,
other head options are available.]
Maker: Vega
Year: 1929
Notes:
A very nice Vega Vegaphone Soloist tenor banjo in excellent as-found condition.
Good neck and playability, great engraved pearl inlays.
Gold-Plated.
All Original hardware and parts, including Grover geared pegs with genuine Mother-of-Pearl knobs.
Tubaphone Tone-Ring. Original Calf Skin Head.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1919
Notes:
An exceptional Vega Style M Tenor Banjo
with the desirable 11 13/16" rim and Tubaphone tone-ring.
19 fret neck, 20 1/2" scale length.
Nicely engraved fingerboard pearl inlays.
Beautiful all-original condition with great low action.
Minor playing wear.
Celtic Tuning.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1924
Notes:
An interesting and rare version of Vega's popular Style M Tenor Banjo model.
10 1/8" pot, 21 3/4" scale, 20 fret fingerboard.
Calf-skin head.
Engraved Tailpiece Cover.
Stew-Mac 5-Star planetary geared pegs.
This banjo is all-original and in excellent condition.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1918
Notes:
Fairbanks By Vega Co 6-String Guitar-Banjo,
Whyte Laydie Model.
Pretty Much all-original,
except for the tailpiece.
Straight Neck, Good Playability.
TKL Hard Case.
