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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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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 RB-170 (1968)
EC-, 11" frosted top head, mahogany neck with "dove wing" headstock, 5/8" black rim, 22-fret Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays, 24 brackets, chrome hardware, two ..more...
60U-2219 $1,000.00


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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 high crown head, reglue loose peghead veneer, reglue fingerboard on bass side, shim nut, dress and level frets, install new bridge, strings, setup, etc. - ..more...
60U-2068 $550.00


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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 $900.00


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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 $1,750.00


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VEGA SS-5 FOLKLORE (1965)
EC, 10-15/16" frosted head, extra long (Seeger style) sunburst finished maple neck, 25-fret rosewood fingerboard, dot inlays, 1-3/8" nut width, 32-1/8" scale, dual coordiantor rods, 24 ..more...
60U-2154 $1,250.00


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VEGA TUBAPHONE CONVERSION (1928)
EC, 5-ply maple bracket band rim (1/2" thick), 28 brackets, 11" Renaissance head, natural finish with tortoise plastic binding inside and out, tubaphone tone ring, very good reproduction ..more...
60U-2223 $1,600.00


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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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WALDO BAXTER'S MODEL (1890's)
EC-, ~12" full spun metal rim, skin head, gut strings, ~26-3/4" scale, Brazilian rosewood neck, 17-fret ebony fingerboard with nickel silver star inlays at the 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th and 14th ..more...
60U-2215 on hold...$1,200.00

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