Used 5-String Open Back Banjos

This web page last updated on 1/29/2012

Index Maker Model Year   Serial #     Cond   Case   Price     Note  
5690   Bacon   Professional #3   Late 'teens   #7691   As New   hsc   $1700       Figured-maple reproduction neck by Intermountain Guitar & Banjo, hollow rim   
5521   Bacon   Professional FF   ca 1920   #5266   Exc   hsc   $1750       10" hollow rim, with reproduction mahogany neck by Leonard Coulson, Intermountain Guitar & Banjo. Nice inlays; 24 1/2" scale.   
6078   Bacon & Day   Bluebell   1921   #9201   Ex-Fine   hsc   $1800       11 1/2" rim with snap-in back, reproduction curly maple neck by Intermountain Guitar & Banjo   
6151   Cole, Wm   Pony Banjo   ca 1900   #62   Exc   gig bag   $1100       23" scale, nice reproduction neck with carved heel & engraved pearl inlays   
7130   Dobson   5-String Banjo   1890s       Exc   yes   $900       11" x 24 3/4", Rickard 'Dobson' tone ring, repro neck, brass inlays, geared pegs   
7169   Dobson, Geo. C.   5-String Banjo   1880s   #none   See Note   hsc   $925       11" x 25", geared pegs, excellent condition with some minor restoration   
5129   Fairbanks   5-String Banjo   1898   #17404   Exc Orig   hsc   $1295       12" rim, some nicely engraved pearl inlays, oak neck, excellent original condition with some minor restoration, nylon strings with friction pegs, new skin head   
7129   Fairbanks   Electric   1890s       VG-Exc   yes   $1100       10 1/2" x25", spun-metal rim, repro neck, geared pegs   
5986   Fairbanks   Pony Banjo   1897   #16153   Ex-Fine   hsc   $1500       Reproduction 5-string neck by Intermountain Guitar & Banjo, 8 3/4" rim, 18" scale, fancy engraved 'electric' style pearl inlays, planetary geared pegs   
7132   Gatcomb   Model 15 'The Monarch'   1890s   #518   Exc w/ Some Restoration   yes   $700       10" x 23"   
7124   Gibson   RB-170[?]   late 1960s       See Note   ssc   $775       A reproduction Gibson RB-3 Mastertone neck has been fitted to this banjo....something of what the French might call an 'harlequin'...still a great-playing instrument with old Grover geared pegs   
6602   Gibson   RB-175   1965   #251498   Exc & All-Orig   ssc   $1275       25 frets   
7070   Gold-Tone   Banjola   2003   #311152   N. Mint   hsc   $620       5-string banjo with large mando body   
7123   Haynes, J.C.   Baystate Model 301   1890s       Exc w/ Some Restoration   yes   $750       11" x 24 1/2"   
7125   Haynes, J.C.   Baystate Model 315   1890s       Exc w/ Some Restoration   yes   $750       11" x 27"   
7126   Luscombe   Model 1893   1893   #214   Absolutely Pristine & Orig   yes   $800       10 13/16" x 25 1/2", nylon strings, a little gem   
7206   Ode   Model 33 Grande Ex-Long Neck   1960s   #1332   Ex-Fine   hsc   $1600       25 frets, factory-installed D-tuners & sliding capo   
6990   Orpheum   #1   ca 1920   #06397   VG-Exc   hsc   $1500       All original   
5693   Orpheum   #1   'teens   #15452   As New   hsc   $1400       Figured-maple reproduction 5-string neck   
5410   Pollmann   Mandoline-Banjo   ca 1890       Exc Orig   ssc   $995       5-string neck on mahogany mandolin body, excellent original condition with great action   
7071   Tsumura   1001 Banjos BOOK   1990       Sealed in Orig Box   N/A   $1500       Weighing in at 20 pounds, the definitive pictorial banjo book, still sealed in the original box [photos are of a similar copy which has been opened]   
7186   Van Eps   5-String Banjo   ca 1910[?]   #205   All-Orig   hsc   $2400       28" scale   
7078   Vega   Little Wonder   1924   #60531   VG-Exc   hsc   $1450       Geared pegs, largely original   
7205   Vega   'Pete Seeger'   1962   #A-102139   Nearly Perfect   hsc   $3995       25 frets   
6090   Vega   'Pete Seeger'   1966   #125694   Ex-Fine   hsc   $3900       25 frets   
5988   Vega   Senator   1924   #59516   Ex-Fine   hsc   $1295       10 15/16" rim with Little Wonder tone ring, mahogany 5-string conversion neck, nice inlays   
5519   Vega   Tu-Ba-Phone   1923   #51793   Exc   hsc   $1995       10 1/8" rim with curly maple reproduction neck by Leonard Coulson, Intermountain Guitar & Banjo; 24 1/2" scale; torch headstock pearl   
6075   Vega   Whyte Laydie #2 Special   1955   #99088   Ex-Fine   hsc   $2400       Curly maple reproduction neck by Intermountain Guitar & Banjo, engraved pearl inlays, planetary geared tuners   
6026   Vega [Deering]   Ex-Long Neck Tu-Ba-Phone   2004   #E751   N. Mint   hsc   $2995       25 frets   
5694   Vega/Fairbanks   Imperial Electric   1910   #26583   Nicest One   orig hsc   $2650       With scalloped Electric tone ring   
5585   Vega/Fairbanks   Little Wonder Banjeaurine   1915   #31358   Nearly Perfect   hsc   $1800       Short curly maple reproduction neck by IG&B, planetary tuners   
4560   Vega/Fairbanks   Little Wonder Fretless   1918   #30975   Exc   hsc   $1500       11 13/16" rim, figured maple reproduction 5-string fretless neck with ebony fingerboard by Leonard Coulson, Intermountain Guitar & Banjo; geared pegs   
5616   Vega/Fairbanks   Style K   1919   #36860   Exc   ssc   $950       Reproduction 5-string mahogany neck, 10 1/8" rim, 24 3/4" scale, engraved pearl inlays, friction pegs   
7008   Vega/Fairbanks   Style M   1914   #300xx   Exc   hsc   $1700       10" rim, 24 3/4" scale, professional curly maple 5-string conversion   
5474   Vega/Fairbanks   Tu-Ba-Phone #3   1921   #38564   VG-Exc   hsc   $4200       All-original mahogany 5-string neck with carved heel, engraved gryphon peghead inlays   
6164   Vega/Fairbanks   Whyte Laydie   1917   #33673   See Note   hsc   $2100       Old heel repair, planetary geared pegs, nicely restored   
6165   Vega/Fairbanks   Whyte Laydie   1919   #37206   VG-Exc   hsc   $2500       All original, old planet pegs   
7128   Washburn   5-String Banjo   ca 1900   #1720   Exc w/ Some Restoration   yes   $900       10 1/2" x 26 1/4"   
7133   Washburn   Style C   ca 1920   #62   Exc   yes   $1200       10 3/4" x 25", repro neck, geared pegs