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Vintage & Used Instruments - Open Back Banjos (5-string) FAIRBANKS REGENT (1909)

FAIRBANKS REGENT (1909)

EC, ~10-7/8" plastic head, nickel-plated metal clad wood rim, 28 brackets (one replaced hook and nut), 2-piece maple neck with ivoroid bound ebony fingerboard, 22 frets, neck is identical to Whyte Laydie No.2: pearwood peghead overlay with pearl griffin, star and oak leaf inlays, oak leaf, christmas tree and star fingerboard inlays (inlays appear nicely re-engraved), "NO KNOT - PAT. NOV. 19 - 1901" tailpiece, 5 mechanical friction tuners with ivoroid buttons, nickel silver plate on dowel stick reads "The A.C. FAIRBANKS Co. - MAKERS - Boston. Mass." Good sound!! Appears all original except for one hook and nut, 1-5/16" nut width, ~26" scale (SN:25890)
60U-2258... - No longer available - $3,500.00

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