Used 5-String Open-Back Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: ca. 1920
Notes:
Bacon Professional FF Banjo with a fine
reproduction Mahogany 5-String neck by Steve Sutherland, with Ebony fingerboard.
From a 10" Mandolin Banjo.
Famous Bacon Internal Resonator pot with 24 3/4" Scale Length.
Planetary Geared Pegs, Plastic Head.
Low Action, Great Sound.
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 1995
Notes:
A prime example of Bart Reiter's Internal Resonator Banjos,
featuring The Bacon-Style hollow rim and special Bacon Tone-ring.
Unabashedly Bright and Natural-finished Figured Maple Neck
and special rim with interior Marquetry. Ebony fingerboard.
Stew-Mac 5-Star Planetary Geared Pegs. Original Hard Case.
Near-Pristine Condition.
Maker: Bart Reiter
Year: 1993
Notes:
Bart Reiter Special 5-string banjo in near-pristine condition.
Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard.
Rolled brass tone-ring.
5-Star Planet Tuners.
Minimal playing wear.
All-Original with Nice Hard Case.
Maker: Cole
Year: 1895
Notes:
Striking Reproduction 5-String neck from Padouk Wood with Ebony fingerboard by Steve Sutherland.
10" Original Cole Rim from a Banjo-Mandolin.
9 7/8" rim with 24 3/4" Scale Length.
Boat Heel.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1890
Notes:
A Largely Original Cole's Eclipse Banjo... The peghead Man-in-the-Moon pearl inlays have been replaced
and the neck refinished.
10 5/8" Rim with 27" Scale Length.
A Really Fine Players' Instrument.
Maker: Cole, Wm.
Year: 1897
Notes:
Rare Cole's Eclipse with spectacular engraved mother-of-pearl inlays [possibly by Consalvi] and carved heel.
The 3rd fret inlay appears to be a replacement. A couple of old repaired heel-cracks.
10 15/16" rim with 26" Scale Length.
Calf-Skin Head. The pot is all-original with the H&N sets apparently re-plated at some time.
A period and possibly original Elite tailpiece.
Original Grover friction pegs with ivoroid buttons.
Straight neck and good action.
Maker: Fairbanks
Year: 1902
Notes:
An Original Fairbanks 5-String Banjo
with a replaced ebony fingerboard and peg-head facing,
with added appropriate pearl inlays.
10" Rim.
26" Scale Length
Maker: Gibson Reproduction
Year: 1990's?
Notes:
Nice Open-Back Gibson Reproduction banjo by unknown professional maker.
Figured Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard inlaid with Bella Voce pearl pattern.
3/4" 3-ply Maple rim with large tube tone-ring, possibly sourced from late 1920's Gibson
Tenor Banjo.
11" head with 26" scale length.
Tension hoop looks like maybe 1970's Gibson.
A few dings in the finish, but otherwise un-played.
New Hard Case.
Maker: Intermountain Guitar and Banjo
Year: 2002
Notes:
IG&B Fretless Banjo, #834.
Based on an 1860's fretless banjo.
12" rim with Skin Head.
Eagle brackets from the 1890's.
Grover friction pegs.
Maker: Kevin Enoch
Year: 2017
Notes:
A Unique Kevin Enoch "Round Peak" Banjo,
12" pot with Tubaphone Tone-Ring, added later by Kevin.
Walnut Neck with Formica Fingerboard, Peghead Facing and Heel-Cap.
Skin Head and Planetary Geared Pegs.
Sharp, Crisp Tone, and in
Ex-fine Like-New Condition.
Original Hard Shell Case with Enoch Tag.
Maker: Lange, Wm.
Year: 1920
Notes:
Lange Langstile III banjo, dating from around 1920.
Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo.
All-original pot.
A Vega-style brass bracket-band on a 12" Maple rim.
No metal tone-ring.
Subtle Power.
Maker: ODE
Year: 1960's
Notes:
Standard ODE polished aluminum shell.
ODE-style ex-long neck by unknown maker.
Planetary Geared pegs.
Plays and sounds Great.
Nice rectangular hard case presumably made by the previous owner.
The style of banjo-neck-making, the hand-made case, the sliding capo and the ample strap holder
all suggest this banjo was put together and played in the 1960's
Maker: Orpheum
Year: 1919
Notes:
All-Original Orpheum Brass Band 5-String Banjo.
13" rim with Skin Head.
A Nice Straight Banjo with good Neck and Playability.
A Rare Find Indeed.
Hard Case
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: Slingerland
Year: 1930/1993
Notes:
Early 1930's Slingerland [We Think] Banjo Pot with Fretless Neck
by Bob Flesher in Georgia in 1993.
Curly Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard and Peghead Facing.
10 13/16" Rim size, 22 1/2" Scale Length [Approx.], Total Length 32".
Planetary Geared Pegs. Calf-Skin Head. Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1930-1960
Notes:
A Felicitous Marriage between an original 1930 Vega Tubaphone 10 15/16" rim
and a refinished 1960's Vega 5-String Neck.
26" Scale Length.
Stew-Mac 5-Star Planetary Geared Pegs.
Deering Gig-Bag.
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: 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: 1929
Notes:
From a Style S Tubaphone Banjo-Mandolin.
Tubaphone #9 20-fret 5-String neck with Chubby Dragon by Steve Sutherland.
10 1/8" Rim with 24 1/2" Scale Length.
Planetary Geared Pegs.
