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

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Open Back Banjos (5-string)

The 2011 Midwest Banjo Camp will be held June 3-5, 2011 (pre-camp on June 2) in Olivet, MI.
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WILDWOOD MINSTREL (2009)
EC except very small chip on back of headstock, gloss dark stain finish, maple neck and block laminated rim, 11" Fiberskyn head, 22-fret ebony fingerboard, pearl dot inlays, 1-3/16" nut width, ..more...
sku: 60U-2420 $1,000.00
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TURTLE HILL WOODY (recent)
EC+, 11" Elite Fiberskyn head on Tony Pass "Lost Timbre" rim and tone ring, 24 brackets, darkly stained one-piece flamed maple neck with white-bound ebony fingerboard and headstock overlay, ..more...
sku: 60U-2384 $1,800.00
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SAGA SS-10P PONY BANJO
EC, wood rim, 11" frosted plastic head, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, varied inlay pattern, 17 frets, 20" scale (best tuned a fourth above standard pitch - i.e. "C" instead of "G" tuning), ..more...
sku: 60U-2386 $250.00
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LYON & HEALY "L&H THE STAR" (c.1900)
EC, 10-7/8" skin head, double metal clad rim, no dowel stick or co-ordinator rods, neck is attached with heavy brass plate and lag bolt (original), 24 brackets, notched tension hoop, mahogany ..more...
sku: 60U-2336 $850.00
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LUSCOMB (1890's)
VG-EC, 11-9/16" skin head, metal rim with wooden tone ring, v-shaped mahogany neck with 17-fret ebony fingerboard, fancy engraved inlays, pearl block above last fret engraved "Luscomb" in ..more...
sku: 60U-2372 $1,200.00
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GIBSON RB-180 (c.1963)
EC, extra long neck (Seeger style) banjo, original 20-hole flathead Mastertone tone ring, 11/16" rim, 11" head, 24 brackets, mahogany neck, bound rosewood fretboard, dot inlays, 25 frets, ..more...
sku: 60U-2370 $1,800.00
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GIBSON RB-175 EXTRA LONG NECK (1967)
EC, extra long neck (Pete Seeger) style banjo, 11" frosted head, dark natural finish on rim and mahogany neck with volute, guitar style headstock, rosewood fretboard, dot inlays, 25 frets, ..more...
sku: 60U-2332 $1,025.00
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GIBSON RB-175 EXTRA LONG NECK (1963)
VGC+ except needs work (replace bent tailpiece mounting bracket, minor fret level, lower action - recut heel for better neck angle, strings, setup, etc. - sold AS-IS), extra long neck (Seeger ..more...
sku: 60U-2345 $950.00
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FAIRBANKS CURTIS ELECTRIC (1896)
VG-EC except needs work (dress frets, glue small neck crack at 5th string peg, replace missing inlay above 18th fret, optionally reset dowel stick to lower action, restring and set up, etc. - ..more...
sku: 60U-2356 $1,500.00
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EPIPHONE EB-44 CAMPUS (1963)
VG-EC, extra long neck (Seeger style), 5/8" wood rim, 1/4" brass hoop tone ring, 11" top-frosted plastic head, mahogany neck, single coordinator rod, 24 brackets, 25 fret Brazilian rosewood ..more...
sku: 60U-2309 $850.00
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DOC HUFF CUSTOM #45 (2005)
EC+, 12" bubinga rim, 3-piece neck of bubinga with wenge center, 14-fret wenge fingerboard (fretless and scooped above 14th fret), 1-5/16" nut width, 25-1/8" scale, hand-carved bubinga bridge, ..more...
sku: 60U-2400 $1,600.00
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DOC HUFF CUSTOM #103
EC+, 12" wenge and bilinga (an African hardwood - insect resistant and frequently used for building boat docks according to Doc Huff himself) rim, 3-piece neck of wenge with bilinga center, ..more...
sku: 60U-2413 $1,650.00
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CHANTERELLE FRETLESS CHERRY (1986-94)
EC-, 12" Fiberskyn head, thin wood rim (finished black), cherry neck, fretless ebony fingerboard (slight scoop at upper end), pearl leaf, shooting star and crescent moon inlays, 1-3/16" nut ..more...
sku: 60U-2419 $1,100.00
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CHANTERELLE A-SCALE WOODY FRETLESS (recent)
EC, dark-stained maple neck and rim, 11" rim with ebony cap, bubinga (rosewood) tone ring, ebony peghead overlay and fretless fingerboard, A scale (24-3/8"), 1 3/8" nut width, fretboard scoop, ..more...
sku: 60U-2414 $925.00
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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...
sku: 60U-1899 $7,500.00
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