Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: ca. 1920
Notes:
Bacon Professional FF Banjo with a fine
reproduction Mahogany 5-String neck by Steve Sutherland, with Ebony fingerboard.
From a 10" Mandolin Banjo.
Famous Bacon Internal Resonator pot with 24 3/4" Scale Length.
Planetary Geared Pegs, Plastic Head.
Low Action, Great Sound.
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 1993
Notes:
Bart Reiter Special 5-string banjo in near-pristine condition.
Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard.
Rolled brass tone-ring.
5-Star Planet Tuners.
Minimal playing wear.
All-Original with Nice Hard Case.
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: ca. 1998
Notes:
Near-Pristine Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie #2.
Minor fret-wear.
Stew-Mac 5-Star Planetary Geared pegs.
Renaissance Head.
A Particularly Fine Example of Bart's Work.
Maker: Brewster, J.E.
Year: ca. 1900
Notes:
Turn-of-the-Century, [the last one],
5-string banjo by London, England Banjo Maker J.E. Brewster.
9" Rim with 21" Scale.
Probably started as a fretless, then got frets, then had them removed.
Just part of the checkered history of this banjo.
Action high, forward neck bow, offered AS FOUND and AS-IS.
Project-Grade with Charm. Mostly Original Hardware.
Sorry, No Case.
Maker: Cole
Year: 1895
Notes:
Striking Reproduction 5-String neck from Padouk Wood with Ebony fingerboard by Steve Sutherland.
10" Original Cole Rim from a Banjo-Mandolin.
9 7/8" rim with 24 3/4" Scale Length.
Boat Heel.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1890
Notes:
A Largely Original Cole's Eclipse Banjo... The peghead Man-in-the-Moon pearl inlays have been replaced
and the neck refinished.
10 5/8" Rim with 27" Scale Length.
A Really Fine Players' Instrument.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1897
Notes:
Rare Cole's Eclipse with spectacular engraved mother-of-pearl inlays [possibly by Consalvi] and carved heel.
The 3rd fret inlay appears to be a replacement. A couple of old repaired heel-cracks.
10 15/16" rim with 26" Scale Length.
Calf-Skin Head. The pot is all-original with the H&N sets apparently re-plated at some time.
A period and possibly original Elite tailpiece.
Original Grover friction pegs with ivoroid buttons.
Straight neck and good action.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1893
Notes:
An Excellent Fairbanks Electric with Carved Heel and Fancy Engraved Inlays.
Mostly Original and in Lovely Used Condition.
11 1/2" rim with 26" Scale.
Skin Head.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1891
Notes:
Original A.C. Fairbanks Electric 12" pot with fine reproduction neck by Steve Sutherland.
The original peghead facing with engraved pearl has been re-used;
mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard, 26 1/4" Scale.
Engraved fingerboard pearl accurately and nicely reproduced.
Carved Heel.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1902
Notes:
An Original Fairbanks 5-String Banjo
with a replaced ebony fingerboard and peg-head facing,
with added appropriate pearl inlays.
10" Rim.
26" Scale Length
Maker: Gibson Reproduction
Year: 1990's?
Notes:
Nice Open-Back Gibson Reproduction banjo by unknown professional maker.
Figured Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard inlaid with Bella Voce pearl pattern.
3/4" 3-ply Maple rim with large tube tone-ring, possibly sourced from late 1920's Gibson
Tenor Banjo.
11" head with 26" scale length.
Tension hoop looks like maybe 1970's Gibson.
A few dings in the finish, but otherwise un-played.
New Hard Case.
Maker: Intermountain Guitar and Banjo
Year: 2002
Notes:
IG&B Fretless Banjo, #834.
Based on an 1860's fretless banjo.
12" rim with Skin Head.
Eagle brackets from the 1890's.
Grover friction pegs.
Maker: Kevin Enoch
Year: 2000
Notes:
Kevin Enoch Tradesman 1/2 Fretless banjo.
Pristine and Un-Played.
12" Rim with Renaissance Head.
Gig Bag
Maker: Lange, Wm.
Year: 1920
Notes:
Lange Langstile III banjo, dating from around 1920.
Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo.
All-original pot.
A Vega-style brass bracket-band on a 12" Maple rim.
No metal tone-ring.
Subtle Power.
Maker: ODE
Year: 1960's
Notes:
Standard ODE polished aluminum shell.
ODE-style ex-long neck by unknown maker.
Planetary Geared pegs.
Plays and sounds Great.
Nice rectangular hard case presumably made by the previous owner.
The style of banjo-neck-making, the hand-made case, the sliding capo and the ample strap holder
all suggest this banjo was put together and played in the 1960's
Maker: Orpheum
Year: 1919
Notes:
All-Original Orpheum Brass Band 5-String Banjo.
13" rim with Skin Head.
A Nice Straight Banjo with good Neck and Playability.
A Rare Find Indeed.
Hard Case
Maker: Orpheum #1
Year: 1920
Notes:
An Original 14" Orpheum pot with a Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar.
26 1/4" Scale.
"Sounds Like a Whole Orchestra"
Hard Case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1960
Notes:
A 1960 Vega Professional Tubaphone Pot with a Seeger-Length 5-String
reproduction neck attributed to Mark Hickler of Arizona.
A Professional Conversion that is Excellent not only in its
Quality and the Accurate Nod to The Vega Tradition but also in its Sterling Playability.
Curly Maple Neck and Ebony Fingerboard with Vega style Pearl Inlays.
Includes a New Gold Tone Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1921
Notes:
Nice original Vega Regent 5-String with Little Wonder tone-ring.
10 3/4" Head size, 26" Scale Length.
A serious players' instrument that is not super-heavy.
Some appropriate engraved-pearl inlays have been added.
Modern Planetary geared tuners.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1922
Notes:
All-Original Style M Tubaphone Pot with 11 13/16" Rim.
Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo [#367, 1976].
Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard and Engraved Pearl Inlays.
27" Scale with 20 Frets. Used, Partial Refret. Low Action.
Presently has a Calf-Skin Head, but other options are available.
New TKL Arched-Lid Hard Shell Case.
