Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
Early 1920's Bacon Blue Ribbon Style A Tenor Banjo.
Somewhat used, but all-original with modest playing wear.
11 1/2" rim with Calf-Skin Head. 21 3/4" scale with 17 frets.
Early version of the Silver Bell tone-ring.
Great-working Grover spring-loaded friction pegs,
Grover Presto Tailpiece.
Pop-off Back.
Good neck and low action.
Original Hard Case.
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: Bacon & Day
Year: 1925
Notes:
A Bacon and Day #4 Silver Bell Banjo married to a Bacon and Day Silver Bell #2 Plectrum Neck.
Alterations by Chuck Bakovich, a Banjo Celebrity of Seattle,Wash. and known locally as Mr. Banjo.
Gold-Plated and Engraved Banjo Parts, a little loss of plating in heel area from contact with the leather strap.
Great neck and playability. Modern Case.
Pot # 16891
Neck # 18453
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:
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Slingerland
Year: ca. 1929
Notes:
Slingerland's PAL,
A High-End Maybell Tenor Banjo.
A Professional Instrument with a Silver Bell-style Tone-Ring.
Lushly Hand-Engraved and Gold-Plated Hardware.
Well-played and mostly original.
Modern Planetary Pegs. The neck's heel-cap has been replaced.
Skin Head.
We are offering this banjo on an AS-IS basis mostly because of finish issues.
Maker: Supertone
Year: ca, 1930
Notes:
This interesting Supertone Banjo seems to have been made
by Slingrland Maybell.
Outstanding feature is the "Thumb Groove" down the back of the neck.
Plays and sound great.
Original Hard Case.
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: 1913
Notes:
Fairbanks Banjo by the Vega Co.
10 1/8" Style K Rim with skin head.
Minor playing wear.
Four String neck, made for Steel Strings, but presently strung with nylon uke strings.
Original Hard Case in Used Condition.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1919
Notes:
An exceptional Vega Style M Tenor Banjo
with the desirable 11 13/16" rim and Tubaphone tone-ring.
16 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: 1924
Notes:
An interesting and rare version of Vega's popular Style M Tenor Banjo model.
10 1/8" pot, 21 3/4" scale, 20 fret fingerboard.
Calf-skin head.
Engraved Tailpiece Cover.
Stew-Mac 5-Star planetary geared pegs.
This banjo is all-original and in excellent condition.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1922
Notes:
Well-played and original... Vega Style M Tubaphone short-scale Tenor Banjo.
10 11/16" Head
19 3/4'" Scale
17 frets.
Salvageable original hard case.
