Other Used Banjos
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
Early 1920's Bacon Blue Ribbon Style A Tenor Banjo.
Somewhat used, but all-original with modest playing wear.
11 1/2" rim with Calf-Skin Head. 21 3/4" scale with 17 frets.
Early version of the Silver Bell tone-ring.
Great-working Grover spring-loaded friction pegs,
Grover Presto Tailpiece.
Pop-off Back.
Good neck and low action.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Bacon
Year: 1922
Notes:
A 17-fret tenor banjo with simple hoop tone-ring.
11" rim with Fiberskyn head. Original Wayverly pegs.
Good player with snappy tone. Celtic Tuning.
Original Hard Case.
Maker: Bacon & Day
Year: 1925
Notes:
A Bacon and Day #4 Silver Bell Banjo married to a Bacon and Day Silver Bell #2 Plectrum Neck.
Alterations by Chuck Bakovich, a Banjo Celebrity of Seattle,Wash. and known locally as Mr. Banjo.
Gold-Plated and Engraved Banjo Parts, a little loss of plating in heel area from contact with the leather strap.
Great neck and playability. Modern Case.
Pot # 16891
Neck # 18453
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1930's
Notes:
Companion instrument to the famed TB-00.
I-piece flange construction.
Calf-skin Head.
Excellent condition with very playable neck and action.
Minor playing wear.
Gold Tone Gig bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1978
Notes:
Top-of-The-Line Gibson Plectrum.
Gold-Plated and Engraved [note some missing gold on the armrest]
The rest of the gold-plating is bright and fresh.
Original engraved Gibson pegs, original Gibson Tailpiece and Armrest.
Minor playing wear.
Gibson Case.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1919
Notes:
Gibson TB Tenor Banjo, first Year of Gibson's Banjo Production.
Pre-Trap-Door period.
12" Rim, Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard with 20 1/2" Scale length.
Calf Head.
Original Hard Case
Good Neck and Action.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1925
Notes:
TB-1 Tenor Banjo, one of the first new Gibson models of 1925.
10 1/2" maple rim with calf-skin head and large tube tone-ring.
18 fret Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with Nick Lucas pearl inlays.
20 3/4" Scale Length.
Very minor playing wear with great action and playability.
Pretty much all-original and Pretty Cute.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Gibson
Year: 1923
Notes:
Silver-Plated Trap-Door TB-4 Tenor Banjo.
Mother-of-Pearl Tuner Knobs.
Clean, Straight and Extremely Fine and Original.
Ball-Bearing Tone-ring.
10 1/2" Calf-Skin Head.
19" Scale
Nice original Hard Case.
Maker: Orpheum
Year: 1920
Notes:
Top-of-the-Line Orpheum #3 Special Tenor Banjo by William Lange.
The Holly-veneered 11 3/16" rim has a Calf-Skin Head.
The Holly neck has a 20 1/2" Scale and 17 Frets.
The Inlaid Peghead and Fingerboard are triimed with Holly.
Clean and Straight with Minor Playing Wear.
Modern TKL Hard Case.
Maker: Slingerland
Year: ca. 1929
Notes:
Slingerland's PAL,
A High-End Maybell Tenor Banjo.
A Professional Instrument with a Silver Bell-style Tone-Ring.
Lushly Hand-Engraved and Gold-Plated Hardware.
Well-played and mostly original.
Modern Planetary Pegs. The neck's heel-cap has been replaced.
Skin Head.
We are offering this banjo on an AS-IS basis mostly because of finish issues.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1929
Notes:
A very nice Vega Vegaphone Soloist tenor banjo in excellent as-found condition.
Good neck and playability, great engraved pearl inlays.
Gold-Plated.
All Original hardware and parts, including Grover geared pegs with genuine Mother-of-Pearl knobs.
Tubaphone Tone-Ring. Original Calf Skin Head.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1913
Notes:
Fairbanks Banjo by the Vega Co.
10 1/8" Style K Rim with skin head.
Minor playing wear.
Four String neck, made for Steel Strings, but presently strung with nylon uke strings.
Original Hard Case in Used Condition.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1924
Notes:
An interesting and rare version of Vega's popular Style M Tenor Banjo model.
10 1/8" pot, 21 3/4" scale, 20 fret fingerboard.
Calf-skin head.
Engraved Tailpiece Cover.
Stew-Mac 5-Star planetary geared pegs.
This banjo is all-original and in excellent condition.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1919
Notes:
An exceptional Vega Style M Tenor Banjo
with the desirable 11 13/16" rim and Tubaphone tone-ring.
16 fret neck, 20 1/2" scale length.
Nicely engraved fingerboard pearl inlays.
Beautiful all-original condition with great low action.
Minor playing wear.
Celtic Tuning.
Gig Bag.
Maker: Vega
Year: 1922
Notes:
Well-played and original... Vega Style M Tubaphone short-scale Tenor Banjo.
10 11/16" Head
19 3/4'" Scale
17 frets.
Salvageable original hard case.
