Used 5-String Resonator Banjos
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1924
Notes:
An original B & D five-string banjo attached to a later period B & D banjo rim.
Modern replacement flange. Some restoration, very professional, one possibly detects the hand of Renee.
Slight forward bow to the neck. Plays great.
Rim Serial # 32860
Maker: Bishline
Year: ca. 2012
Notes:
All-maple rim, no metal tone-ring.
Walnut neck and resonator.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2004
Notes:
An Older version of this Popular Deering Model.
Flat-head Tone-Ring, 1-piece Flange.
AS-NEW and Un-Played with Hang-Tags.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2003
Notes:
Top-Grade Deering Flat-Head Bluegrass banjo; compare to Gibson Earl Scruggs Model.
Curly Maple neck and resonator, floral fingerboard inlays. Nearly perfect and un-played condition.
Nice, Original Deering Hard Case.
Maker: Deering
Year: 2007
Notes:
AS-NEW and Un-Played.
This banjo has been in a closet for well over 10 years.
Maker: Fender
Year: Ca. 2005
Notes:
1-Piece Flange.
Bronze Flat-Head Tone-Ring.
Lightly Played.
Maker: Framus
Year: ca. 1970
Notes:
A good banjo. narrow spacing, goofy German design.
Chipboard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1998
Notes:
A nice, clean Earl Scruggs Model,
with Scruggs/Keith pegs.
a few dings on resonator, a little finish wear on back of neck in first position.
Truss-rod cover and tailpiece are replacements, as is the Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
Well-played example of Kalamazoo's resonator 5-string banjo.
Straight neck, good action, with some playing wear.
Original 2-tab Grover geared pegs and original Grover 'window-frame' tailpiece with cover.
A suitable hard case will be provided.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1936
Notes:
10 1/2" rim and resonator from an MB-1
Mando-banjo. Five-String 24 3/4" scale-length neck by I.G.& B.
Brass-hoop tone-ring.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1951
Notes:
An all-original one-owner RB-100 with a little modest playing-wear.
Tough to imagine a nicer one.
Gibson Hard Case from around 1970.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1988
Notes:
Standard Gibson RB-250 Mastertone Model.
Flat-head tone-ring by Kulesh.
Minor playing wear and some nickel-plating discoloration.
A nice banjo from the early part of modern Gibson's best period.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1980
Notes:
Rim replaced with 3-Ply Maple Rim.
Keith Pegs.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1980
Notes:
The Gibson Flat-Head Mastertone.
3-Ply Maple rim.
Nicely Refinished.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1929
Notes:
All-original 1928 TB-3 40-hole arch-top Mastertone pot with a very nice reproduction 5-string neck in the appropriate style.
A banjo recently unearthed in an Estate Sale, there is no information as to the maker of the neck, which shows some minor playing wear.
The pot itself is absolutely original down to the last resonator-bracket screw and is in excellent and un-messed-with condition.
Original Grover geared pegs, Grover Presto Tailpiece [modified for 5-strings], and Grover armrest.
Resonator has a patch of nasty-looking, but not that serious belt-buckle fever on the back.
A beat-up but still functional '50's Gibson Hard Case is included.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
First Year Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone.
Shot-Gun Holes.
Professional Reproduction 5-String Neck.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1999
Notes:
A fine example of the hard-to-find Gibson RB-3 Wreathe.
A few dings and minor marks in the finish, but largely un-played.
Gibson 20-hole Flat-Head Tone-Ring.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1965
Notes:
Possible replacement 3-ply Maple rim.
All-Original Hardware, Some Gold-Plating has Faded.
Maker: OME
Year: 1972
Notes:
A Very Early OME Banjo.
With Hard-to-Find B&D Silver Bell-Style Spun-Brass Tone-Ring.
A Couple of Minor dings and some Minor playing-wear in the First Position.
Maker: Paramount
Year: ca. 1925
Notes:
Paramount Banjos by the Wm.Lange Co. were one of the top banjo brands through-out the 1920's and early '30's. Almost all of their production consisted of 4-string tenor and plectrum banjos, but there were a tiny number of original 5-string Paramount banjos and this is one of them. The Leader model was a higher-end model featuring a Rosewood neck and solid Rosewood resonator back with colorful marquetry rings [most Paramount resonators were laminated].
This example is all-original except for a modern [Schallor] geared 5th peg. There has been a
bit of repair and restoration in the 5th string peg area and the neck and resonator have been nicely refinished.
The heavy-duty arch-top construction makes a powerful statement of volume and tone, while the exotic woods and highly decorative engraved pearl inlays make it a joy to behold; the Great Rarity makes it a treasure to own.
