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    Great old-time banjo from Michigan maker Jan Bloom features a maple neck with brass hoop tone ring on an 11-1/2" rim for clear strong tone.  Peghead lion inlay is of a multicolored bronze pearl.  Bloom has antiqued the brass hardware to complement the colorful pearl.
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Bloom's Banjos Old Brass Special (# BOBS4)

  • 11-1/2" diameter hard maple rim
  • Rim is 3/4" thick hard maple, hand-laminated & turned, with birdseye maple rim cap
  • Brass tone hoop
  • 18 brackets with 5/16" hex nuts
  • Fiberskyn head
  • Three-piece maple neck (ebony center strip)
  • Scooped ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays
  • 25.5" scale
  • 1-1/4" nut
  • EVO gold fretwire
  • Ebony peghead overlay with hand engraved bronze pearl lion
  • Brass hardware green/blue patina - colorfully hand-antiqued to complement the many colors in the peghead pearl
  • Carbon fiber reinforcing rod in neck
  • Dowel stick construction
  • Pisgah Hawktail tailpiece
  • Gotoh tuners with ebony buttons
  • Gloss light amber finish
  • Frank Lee says, Bloom banjos are "unsurpassed in craftsmanship. Very consistent tone, right down the line."

Bloom Old Brass Special Openback Banjo

Bloom Old Brass Special Openback Banjo

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SKU: BOBS4

$2,800 USD
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Great old-time banjo from Michigan maker Jan Bloom features a maple neck with brass hoop tone ring on an 11-1/2" rim for clear strong tone.  Peghead lion inlay is of a multicolored bronze pearl.  Bloom has antiqued the brass hardware to complement the colorful pearl.
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Bloom's Banjos Old Brass Special (# BOBS4)

  • 11-1/2" diameter hard maple rim
  • Rim is 3/4" thick hard maple, hand-laminated & turned, with birdseye maple rim cap
  • Brass tone hoop
  • 18 brackets with 5/16" hex nuts
  • Fiberskyn head
  • Three-piece maple neck (ebony center strip)
  • Scooped ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays
  • 25.5" scale
  • 1-1/4" nut
  • EVO gold fretwire
  • Ebony peghead overlay with hand engraved bronze pearl lion
  • Brass hardware green/blue patina - colorfully hand-antiqued to complement the many colors in the peghead pearl
  • Carbon fiber reinforcing rod in neck
  • Dowel stick construction
  • Pisgah Hawktail tailpiece
  • Gotoh tuners with ebony buttons
  • Gloss light amber finish
  • Frank Lee says, Bloom banjos are "unsurpassed in craftsmanship. Very consistent tone, right down the line."
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