Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
A 17-fret tenor banjo with simple hoop tone-ring.
11" rim with Fiberskyn head. Original Wayverly pegs.
Good player with snappy tone. Celtic Tuning.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
Gibson GB-1 Guitar-Banjo with Diamond Plate-Flange.
11" 3-Ply Maple Rim.
Planetary Geared Pegs.
Lyon & Healy Tailpiece.
Skin Head.
Good Neck, playing-wear first 3 frets.
Finish dings on the back of the neck, possibly
from a capo.
Well-played but Original.
Modern Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
Gibson-Made Kel Kroyden Tenor Banjo from the Pre-War period.
Mostly original except for the possibly-replaced tension-hoop
and the refinished neck.
Full-thickness wood rim.
Brass Hoop Tone-Ring.
Excellent Used Condition.
Nice Original Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
Companion instrument to the famed TB-00.
I-piece flange construction.
Calf-skin Head.
Excellent condition with very playable neck and action.
Minor playing wear.
Gold Tone Gig bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1927
Notes:
A Little Gem of a Gibson Banjo-Mandolin.
An All-Original Gibson MB-1, virtually No Playing Wear.
Good Neck and Action.
10 1/2" Rim with Original Calf-Skin Head.
Nice Original Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1978
Notes:
Top-of-The-Line Gibson Plectrum.
Gold-Plated and Engraved [note some missing gold on the armrest]
The rest of the gold-plating is bright and fresh.
Original engraved Gibson pegs, original Gibson Tailpiece and Armrest.
Minor playing wear.
Gibson Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1929
Notes:
A Pre-War Gibson-made Recording King Model 505 Tenor Banjo.
40-hole Archtop Mastertone Banjo, Curly Maple Neck and Resonator, 3-Ply Maple pot,
Tube and Plate Construction.
Chrome-Plated.
2-Band 4:1 Grover Geared Pegs.
Ivoroid Binding and Vari-Colored "marquetry" on Neck and Resonator Edges.
It's kind of a Fancy 1929 TB-4 with Maple Wood and Chrome-Plating.
Nice Original Hard Case
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
TB-1 Tenor Banjo, one of the first new Gibson models of 1925.
10 1/2" maple rim with calf-skin head and large tube tone-ring.
18 fret Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with Nick Lucas pearl inlays.
20 3/4" Scale Length.
Very minor playing wear with great action and playability.
Pretty much all-original and Pretty Cute.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1963
Notes:
Early 1960's Gibson TB-100 Tenor Banjo.
Brass hoop tone-ring.
3-ply maple rim. Nickel-plated.
Modest playing wear, scratch on resonator side.
All-Original including a Gibson hard-shell case
a little ragged on the edges.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
This Gibson TB-3 Mastertone 'pot' is offered without a neck.
We believe it had a 5-string conversion neck on it for many years as evidenced by the slightly enlarged neck pocket to
accommodate a wider neck heel; Also the original smaller connecting rods have been replaced with the more
modern larger rods tapped to fit 10-32 neck bolts.
Otherwise a very nice Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Mastertone [ball-bearings and springs are present] pot,
ready for a new 5-string conversion project.
The Resonator has some typical finish checking.
Great Original Condition.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
1925 Gibson TB-3 Tenor Banjo with Ball-Bearing arch-top Tone-ring.
There is some playing wear, but it's mostly finish wear on the back of the neck.
Clean, complete and in excellent original condition.
Pretty nice original hard case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1924
Notes:
A pretty nice example of the 1924 Gibson TB-4.
This one has the original tailpiece cover and pick-guard.
Attractive and fully-functional Trap-Door.
Well-Played with some fret-wear.
Good neck and action, Celtic Tuning,
Presently has a plastic head.
21" Scale, 10 1/2" head.
Period, but non-original Hard Case.
Maker: Ludwig
Year: 1925
Notes:
The Famous Ludwig Ambassador Tenor Banjo.
Solid Brass Hardware, Nicely Hand-Engraved and Gold-Plated,
the plating about as bright and fresh as when it was new.
Original Planet geared-pegs, Gold-Plated with Mother-of-Pearl knobs.
Engraved Pearl Inlays.
Good neck and action, modest fret-wear.
Plastic Head.
Maker: OME
Year: ca. 1980
Notes:
OME Columbine 4-String Plectrum Banjo,
Made in Colorado ca. 1980.
Walnut Neck and Resonator, Nicely inlaid Ebony Fingerboard.
Bacon Silver Bell-style Spun Flat-Head Tone-Ring.
Beautiful original condition with some minor playing wear.
Schaller Planetary Geared Pegs.
Original Hard Case with some solid duct-tape repairs.
[Presently is fitted with a new Remo frosted head,
other head options are available.]
Maker: Vega
Year: 1929
Notes:
A very nice Vega Vegaphone Soloist tenor banjo in excellent as-found condition.
Good neck and playability, great engraved pearl inlays.
Gold-Plated.
All Original hardware and parts, including Grover geared pegs with genuine Mother-of-Pearl knobs.
Tubaphone Tone-Ring. Original Calf Skin Head.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1919
Notes:
An exceptional Vega Style M Tenor Banjo
with the desirable 11 13/16" rim and Tubaphone tone-ring.
19 fret neck, 20 1/2" scale length.
Nicely engraved fingerboard pearl inlays.
Beautiful all-original condition with great low action.
Minor playing wear.
Celtic Tuning.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1918
Notes:
Fairbanks By Vega Co 6-String Guitar-Banjo,
Whyte Laydie Model.
Pretty Much all-original,
except for the tailpiece.
Straight Neck, Good Playability.
TKL Hard Case.
