Used 5-String Resonator Banjos
Maker: Fender
Year: 1970's
Notes:
1970's Fender Artist Bluegrass Banjo with Flathead Mastertone-Style Tone-ring.
Walnut Neck and Resonator. Planetary Geared Pegs.
Excellent Original condition with minor playing wear.
Made in So. California.
Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1995
Notes:
An uncommon Earl Scruggs model from Gibson.
#85 of around 300 made.
Excellent Used Condition with some finish-checking
and finger-nail marks in the fingerboard in the first position.
Keith D-Tuners, Shubb long-bar sliding capo.
Custom engraved Presto Tailpiece and Armrest.
Original Gibson Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
A Very Nice Original 1930's TB-11 banjo
Converted to Five-String by Robin Smith of Heartland Banjos
about 2014.
About The Best One We've Ever Had.
The Original Tenor Neck Will Be Included.
Superior Hard Shell Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1980
Notes:
This Mastertone features Gibson's 1980 huge improvement in Banjo construction:
Instead of the multi-ply plywood rim they used for about 16 years previously, now the rims were 5-ply Maple.
Added to this was the Gibson Bell Bronze flathead tone-ring which in this case is a beefy nearly 5 lbs. in weight.
A small well-repaired peghead crack and some minor playing wear add some reality to an otherwise stellar RB-250 Mastertone Banjo.
Nice Original Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1926
Notes:
An All-Original Gibson RB-3 Mastertone From 1926.
Early Version with Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Tone-Ring.
This is Not one of the notable original 5-String Mastertones of the '30's as beloved by Earl Scruggs and Jim Mills;
This IS the notable and beloved original 5-String Mastertone as played by Charlie Poole and Dock Boggs,
both of whom helped set the stage for everyone else.
This example does have some finish issues...finish checking on the resonator and some finish loss on the neck.
Otherwise, original and straight with minor playing wear.
Presently wearing a Calf Skin Head for authenticity, but we will happily install the head of your choice.
Very Nice Modern Hard Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year:
Notes:
A modern Gibson RB-6 banjo, excellent condition, with recent neck refinish by Frank Neat.
Vintage Gibson Banjo Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930
Notes:
From our As-Found Dept.
An original 1930 Gibson TB-1 tenor banjo with full-thickness
rim, converted to 5-String by unknown professional banjo-neck maker.
The neck has little or no playing wear.
Original 1-piece flange cleverly and solidly repaired.
The hook and nut sets appear to be semi-modern replacements.
The presumably original TB-1 tenor neck in nice condition is included.
Original red-line hard case has been expertly converted to 5-string by one of the
best Mountain-Style case-conversions we have encountered.
Plays great and will easily accept the Mastertone-style tone-ring of your choice.
Maker: Stelling
Year: 2005
Notes:
The desirable Stelling Sunflower banjo in excellent and original condition.
There is some modest fretwear, otherwise in beautiful condition.
A couple of the tuning machines appear to be replacements.
Original Stelling Hard Case in Excellent Condition.
