Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
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: 1924
Notes:
An Original Fairbanks by The Vega Co. 5-String Imperial Electric banjo with 10 15/16" pot, and
Featuring the Scalloped Electric Tone-Ring made famous by Vega's Whyte Laydie Model.
A refinished Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard with 27" Scale.
Traditional Vega engraved mother-of-pearl inlays may be after-market.
Presently this banjo has been fitted with a Top-Quality calf-skin head and is
strung with Aquila nylon strings, reflecting the taste of the previous owner, but a plastic head
and steel strings of your choice may be substituted.
Excellent playability with Virtually no playing wear.
Top-flight TKL hard Shell Case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1922
Notes:
A nearly perfect 1922 Vega Little Wonder pot of 10 3/4" diameter,
with famous Little Wonder Tone-Ring.
[Compare to modern Vega Little Wonder banjo by Deering]
Beautiful curly maple and ebony reproduction 5-string neck made by
Intermountain Guitar and Banjo in 2002 and recently repatriated from Europe back to the USA.
In pristine and virtually un-played condition.
Presently is fitted with a fine calf-skin head which can be substituted with Remo frosted plastic head or Renaissance
head. Planetary geared tuners by ABM. Superior Hard 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: 1924
Notes:
A Vega Regent 5-String Banjo.
Basically a Five-String Little Wonder.
All-Original except for the Planetary Geared Pegs.
Used, But Excellent.
Old Calf-Skin Head.
Original "Cammed No-Knot" Tailpiece.
Action is a little high.
Original Hard Case.
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.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1924
Notes:
A prime Vega Whyte Laydie, originally a plectrum and now a fine 5-string
using most of the original neck.
Great technique by Master Banjo Maker, Dick Powell.
Maple neck, 27" scale, 10 15/16" head size.
A great [almost] all-original Vega 5-String banjo.
Not a lot of these around.
New Hard Case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1924
Notes:
Tubaphone Plectrum #3 Converted to 5-String,
Retaining Original Heel Carving.
Conversion and Flowerpot Peg-Head Inlays by Steve Sutherland.
Original Tubaphone Pot with Replaced Nuts.
Banjo has been fitted with a narrow-spacing bridge to accomodate the slightly narrow
fingerboard profile.
10 15/16" Rim with 26 1/4" Scale Length.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1921
Notes:
An Excellent and Little-Played Early 1920's
Fairbanks by the Vega Co. #9 Tubaphone.
10 15/16" Rim with 27" Scale.
All Original except for Old Neck Refinish.
Skin Head.
Fitted with Original Grover Geared Pegs
Fine Player.
Modern Hard Case.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1918
Notes:
A mostly original Vega Tubaphone #9 5-String Banjo.
Stamped: Fairbanks Banjo by the Vega Co.
[Surprisingly, there is no Style # 9 stamp]
10 15/16" Tubaphone rim, Fingerboard Scale length is 27".
Gold-Plated Grover friction pegs with M-O-P buttons.
Kerschner Tailpiece.
This banjo has been well-played and some time in the past
received a re-fret; probably at the same time the fingerboard
binding was replaced with white binding. The heel-cap inlay may be
a replacement.
The rim is pretty much original with the metal parts retaining much of the
original nickel sheen.
Like-New TKL Hard Case
