Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 2016
Notes:
11" Rim, 26 " Scale.
Whyte Laydie Tone-Ring.
Frailing Scoop.
Cool Hardware.
New Saga 'Bump' Hard Case.
As New and Un-Played.
Maker: Buckbee [or Lyon & Healy]
Year: 1892
Notes:
Maybe by Buckbee, some think Lyon & Healy.
Celebrates the 400-year Anniversary 1492-1892 of Columbus'
Discoveries in America.
Rescued from the life of neglect and indifference in a big city music store.
Maker: Cole
Year: ca. 1890
Notes:
11" Rim. 27" Scale.
Original 5-string Neck, Refinished.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2016
Notes:
Maker: Deering
Year: 2016
Notes:
12" Rim.
Deering Gig-Bag Available.
Maker: Epiphone
Year: 1917
Notes:
11 3/4" Rim.
26 1/4" Scale Length.
Reproduction 5-String Neck by I.G.& B.
Calf-Skin Head.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1909
Notes:
12" Rim with Original Hardwre.
Reproduction 5-string Neck with 28" Scale.
Mostly Original Pearl Inlays.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: ca 1890
Notes:
Reproduction neck with carved heel
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1908
Notes:
Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2 by the Vega Co.
10 3/4" rim with 26" Scale length.
Last year for the A.C. Fairbanks dowel-stick Plate.
An All-Original Nearly-Perfect Early Whyte Laydie Banjo.
Very Minor Playing Wear.
Nicest One.
Maker: Fairbanks & Cole
Year: 1888
Notes:
11 1/2 rim, 24in scale
Maker: Farland, A.A.
Year: ca.1910
Notes:
One Big Banjo from one of the Best-Known Classical Banjo Players.
Made for Farland by Rettburg and Lange.
12 5/8" Rim, 28" Scale, and the full Complement of 29 Frets, as required by any Self-Respecting
Banjo-Player.
Mostly Original. Would Benefit from a set of Planetary Geared Pegs.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
9" Trap-Door rim from a mid-'20's UB-Trapdoor
Banjo-Uke.
New 5-String neck by I.G.&B. with 19" Scale length, Ebony Fingerboard and Trim.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1963
Notes:
Hard-to-Find Pre-1964 Open-Back Folk banjo model with full 3/4" thick, extra deep Maple rim and Nickel-plated Hardware.
Original crummy Elton tuning pegs replaced with modern planetary geared tuning machines. Otherwise all-original,and lightly played in the first position. Even scarcer, it's an arch-top.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1963
Notes:
original Gibson Hard Case
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1964
Notes:
Gibson's Top-of-the-Line Extended Neck
Pete Seeger-Style Banjo.
Flat-head Mastertone Tone-Ring.
1/2" Laminated Rim.
Finish Dings, an Odd Repair of Peg-head Facing.
Nice Harp-Tone Hard Case.
Plays Great, Offered AS-IS.
Maker: Lange
Year: Ca. 1920
Notes:
An Original 5-String banjo
with some restoration.
11" Rim, 27" Scale. A Heavy-Duty banjo with a wooden tone-ring.
Maker: Lange
Year: ca. 1920
Notes:
Reroduction 5-String Neck by IG.& B.
11 13/16" rim, Wooden Tone-Ring.
26" Scale.
Maker: Lyon & Healy
Year: Ca. 1895
Notes:
A striking Presentation Model from the Chicago-based Lyon & Healy Co.
Extensive pearl inlay and brass-wire designs. Detailed heel-carving in the Washburn style, extending way up the neck
and featuring either a fearsome Sea Monster or a very happy Spaniel Pup.
Some restoration done in the 1970's. Some replaced hardware. Neck straight, Action Low, Plays and sounds great,
looks terrific on the wall.
Maker: Lyon & Healy
Year: ca. 1890
Notes:
Un-Marked Washburn Style Banjo with 11" Rim.
Mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and peg-head facing,
fancy shell inlays, 26" Scale length. Calf-skin head.
Neck is straight, good action.
Presently strung with Nyl-Gut strings.
Period ebony tuning pegs replace incomplete set of ivoroid pegs
which can be included.
Maker: OME
Year: 2017
Notes:
11" Rim.
26 1/4" Scale Length.
As New.
