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Vintage & Used Instruments - Open Back Banjos (5-string)

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Open Back Banjos (5-string)

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ACME "THE PEARL" (c.1908)
VG-EC, ~10-3/4" skin head, 9/32" metal clad wood rim, 30 brackets, cherry(?) neck with dark stain finish, wood-bound 17-fret fingerboard, pearl block inlay covers entire fingerboard with ..more...
60U-2225 $1,095.00


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BACON GRAND CONCERT (1920's)
VG-EC, donut style tone ring, natural finish, maple resonator with dark back veneer and 2 f-holes, 24 brackets, 11" head, maple neck with dark veneer and inlay on back of headstock, nice ..more...
60U-2080 $2,950.00


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BACON MONTANA SPECIAL (1924)
VG-EC, believed to be made for cowboy star Montana (who dressed in all white and was called the "Cowboy Beau Brummel" and for whom the later series of Bacon & Day ivoroid banjos were named) but ..more...
60U-1899 $6,750.00


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DEERING GOODTIME (recent)
EC except could use minor work (file fret ends, heat press neck to straighten, set up, etc. - sold AS-IS), replacement 11" Fiberskyn head, satin natural finished maple neck and 9/16" rim, ..more...
60U-2228 $235.00


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GIBSON LONG NECK RB-175 (1964)
EC-, extra long neck (Seeger style) banjo, ~19/32" black rim, mahogany neck with volute, "dove-wing" shaped headstock, 25-fret Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays, 1-3/16" ..more...
60U-2230 $1,150.00


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GOLD TONE BC-350 BOB CARLIN MODEL (recent)
EC+, 12" Renaissance head, gloss natural finished maple neck and rim, black-bound 18-fret rosewood fingerboard (fretless and scooped above the 18th fret), pearl dot and star inlays, 1-7/16" nut ..more...
60U-2234 $650.00


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GOLDTONE DELUXE BANJOLA (recent)
EC+ 5 string banjo neck on a Celtic style mandola/octave mandolin body, solid spruce top, dark-stained maple rims and back, ivoroid binding with b-i-b-i-b top purfling, two ring soundhole ..more...
60U-2229 $635.00


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H.C. NELSEN (c.1890)
VG-EC except needs work (install new head, reglue loose peghead veneer, reglue fingerboard on bass side, shim nut, dress and level frets, install new bridge, strings, setup, etc. - sold AS-IS), ..more...
60U-2068 $400.00


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KEVIN ENOCH TRADESMAN FRETLESS (recent)
EC, 12" Renaissance head, walnut neck with octagonal dowel stick, fretless rosewood fingerboard, 1-5/16" nut width, ~24-3/4" scale length, grooved tension hoop, No Knot tailpiece, Five Star ..more...
60U-2238 $700.00


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LUSCOMB PATENT 1893 BANJO (1890's)
EC ~11-5/8" skin head, metal clad wood rim, 30 cobra-type hooks and nuts (at least one replacement), one piece mahogany neck with nicely carved heel, 18 fret ebony fingerboard, ebony peghead ..more...
60U-2213 $1,700.00


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MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. WINDSOR (c.1890's)
VG-EC, ~10-1/2" frosted plastic head, 5/16" metal clad wood rim, 20 brackets, mahogany neck with ornate heel carving, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with fancy pearl inlays, 1-1/4" nut width, ..more...
60U-2082 $1,200.00


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S.S. STEWART CHAMPION (1895)
VG-EC except needs work (reseat and dress frets, replace missing hook, re-angle neck, restring and set up, etc. - sold AS-IS), ~11-1/2" metal clad wood rim, cherry neck with lightly carved ..more...
60U-2005 $700.00


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S.S. STEWART ORCHESTRA NO. 2 (c.1890)
EC-, 12" frosted head, metal clad wood rim, 30 brackets, cherry neck with carved heel, 19-fret ebony fingerboard with fancy pearl diamond, moon and star inlays, 1-1/4" nut width, ~27-1/4"" ..more...
60U-2017 $1,500.00


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VEGA NO. 2 TUBAPHONE (2002)
EC-, natural finish curly maple neck, 1-5/16" nut width, maple 3-ply 11" rim with black cap, brass bracket band, tubaphone tone ring, dual coordinator rods, 26-3/8" scale, ivoroid-bound ebony ..more...
60U-2222 $2,100.00


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VEGA TUBAPHONE STYLE X NO.9 CONVERSION (1923)
EC, 11-13/16" Renaissance head, tortoise plastic-bound 1/2" rim with fancy marquetry on bottom, flamed maple repro neck with backstrapping and carved heel, ivoroid-bound 22-fret ebony ..more...
60U-2209 $4,000.00

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