Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 2020
Notes:
Like New Bart Reiter Fretless Banjo.
Mahogany Neck with Ebony Fingerboard.
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 2006
Notes:
Bart Reiter Special Model.
Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard.
Brass Tone-Ring.
5-Star Planet Pegs.
Very minor fret-wear in 1st position.
Top-of-the-Line TKL Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Christy
Year: 1960's
Notes:
Ex-Long Neck Pete Seeger-style Banjo from Christy Banjos in Boulder, Co.
Influenced by the ODE Banjo Co.
Aluminum 11" Shell.
Elton Geared Pegs.
Figured Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard.
Some fret-wear on the first few frets,
but plays fine with straight neck and good action.
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: Dobson, Geo. C.
Year: 1880
Notes:
Marquetry Fingerboard.
Early Style Brass Rim and Styling.
Maker: Dobson, Geo. C.
Year: 1881
Notes:
All-Original Dobson Silver Bell
with iconic and oft-copied Tone-ring.
9" rim with 22' Scale Length.
Skin Head.
5-Star Planet Pegs.
Presently strung with steel strings.
Interesting knot in heel.
Great Example.
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: Fairbanks
Year: 1901
Notes:
Mostly original with some older finish touch-ups:
peghead facing, heel-cap and a couple of dings.
10 3/4" rim with a 26" Scale Length.
Pre-war Grover Geared Pegs, No-Knot Tailpiece.
Excellent used condition.
Great sound, medium action.
Modern Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1909
Notes:
A nice example of the Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.
One of the rare double-scalloped tone-ring Whyte Laydies.
Maker: Fairbanks and Cole
Year: 1881
Notes:
This banjo has a replacement fretless neck by Steve Sutherland.
Mahogany Neck with Carved Heel and Ebony Fingerboard with traditional pearl inlays.
Original 11" Rosewood-veneered rim with marquetry decoration and brass hoop tone-ring.
Modern bone friction pegs and tailpiece.
Skin head and Aquila Nyl-Gut Strings.
Plays and sounds Great.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1964
Notes:
Early 1960's Gibson Folk Banjo.
Mahogany Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard.
3/4" Maple Rim with Brass-Hoop Tone-Ring.
Well-Travelled with modest playing wear.
Mostly Original with Elton Geared Pegs, Fiberskyn Head and
Heavy-duty brass tailpiece of unique design.
Plays and Sounds Great.
New Superior Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1964
Notes:
Ex-Long Neck Pete Seeger-Style Folk Banjo.
Excellent and Original condition.
Small capo mark in finish at third fret and a ding in the finish
back of neck.
Minor playing wear. Elton Geared Pegs. Chip-Board Case.
Maker: Harry Newcorn
Year: 1890
Notes:
1890 banjo by Harry Newcorn of New York.
11" Rim with 25" Scale length.
Stunning Decor.
Old peg-head repair.
Maker: Haynes, John C.
Year: 1890
Notes:
This banjeaurine is a restoration.
The Original banjeaurine neck was too badly damaged to be repaired.
Here is a new Mahogany neck with carved-heel by Steve Sutherland, using the original inlaid ebony fingerboard with
Gatcomb design, suggesting that the banjo was made by Gatcomb for Haynes.
All-original Gatcomb pot: 12 1/2" head and 20" Scale length.
Old Grover friction pegs with Ivoroid buttons. Skin head.
Modern tailpiece.
Plays and Sounds Great!
Maker: Intermountain Guitar
Year: 1978
Notes:
This banjo is one of only a couple of dozen Whyte Laydie banjos made entirely by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo in the mid-late 1970's.
The Curly-Maple Neck with MOP decoration as well as as the Maple Rim were made by our shop, and the metal parts, from the nickel-plated brass hoops and tone-ring to the 2-point bracket-shoes and ball-end nuts were made to our specs by local craftsmen and finished in our shop.
10 15/16" rim and 26 1/4" Scale Length.
The engraved pearl work is an authentic reproduction of a traditional Fairbanks Electric pattern.
This banjo was built and sold in 1978, then came back to us 2 decades later and has remained in our shop museum ever since.
There is minor playing wear, but the condition and playability is Excellent.
A concealed adjustable truss-rod is accessible at the heel when the neck is removed.
Maker: Mike Ramsey
Year: 2012
Notes:
An Interesting banjo from the great Mike Ramsey.
Built in Pittsboro, NC, ca. 2012.
An interesting 7 digit Serial #, with the first 3 digits obscured by the Rim.
Model Lady Bug. 11" Rim, 24 1/2" Scale.
Striking Tiger-Stripe Maple Neck with ebony fingerboard and engraved inlays.
Frailing Scoop, Brass Hoop Tone-Ring, with Bacon-Style Hollow Rim.
Stew-Mac 5-Star Planet pegs.
Superior 'Bump' Hard Shell Case.
Almost Unplayed.
Maker: Orpheum
Year: 1917
Notes:
The Famed and Rare Orpheum #3 Special 5-String Banjo.
11 3/16" rim with 27" Scale.
All Original with Some Playing Wear.
Mother-of-Pearl Tuning Knobs.
Skin Head. Pretty Much AS-Found,
Totally Original, but Playability might benefit from Geared Pegs.
Maker: Pond, Wm. A.
Year: ca. 1890
Notes:
A probable Buckbee production in largely-original condition with some restoration.
Mother-of-Pearl inlays are reminiscent of Morrison Banjos.
9 3/4" Rim with 22 5/8" Scale length.
Skin head. This banjo is an excellent player with great sound...and it's cute!
Maker: S.S. Stewart
Year: 1890's
Notes:
Largely Original S.S. Stewart 5-String. Cherry Wood Neck with Ebony fingerboard.
The Ebony Fingerboard is a Replacement, but the elaborate Tree-of-Life inlays are Original to the instrument
and have been re-inlayed into the replacement fingerboard.
Out-Standing Heel-Carving.
11" Rim with 27" Scale Length.
Aquila Nyl-Gut Strings.
Maker: S.S.Stewart
Year: 1894
Notes:
A Stewart Lady's Banjo with 10" head and 24" Scale.
Skin Head and Nyl-Gut Strings.
Ivoroid friction pegs, one in a slightly different hue, stays in tune.
Almost Un-Played.
