Found 55 matches

1937 Gibson Kel Kroyden KK-11 Tenor

$3,495
Gibson-Made Kel Kroyden Tenor Banjo from the Pre-War period. Mostly original except for the possibly-replaced tension-hoop and the refinished neck and full-thickness wood rim. Brass Hoop Tone-Ring. Excellent Used Condition. Nice Original Hard Case.
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2007 Vega by Deering #2 Tubaphone

$1,995
An Outstanding Full-On Vega Tubaphone Banjo from the Deering Co. Model #2 Tubaphone. Unparallelled Tone and Response. Traditional Vega Styling and Pearl Inlays. Mint and Unplayed Condition. Original Deering VEGA Hard Case.
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1920 Lyon & Healy Own Make Professional

$1,795
Lyon & Healy's "Own Make" Professional Style B. Special Patented Tone-Ring. Classy Presentation. Nearly Mint and virtually un-played. Original Bump Case also in near-mint condition. Serial: #748 Condition: Near Mint Case: orig hsc Price: $1795.00
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1963 Gibson RB-170 Folk Banjo

$1,450
Gibson RB-170 Open-Back Folk Banjo. Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard; There is a little honest playing wear, but it's all-original, ready to go back out there. Gig Bag
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1930 Gibson TB-11 Tenor Banjo

$3,350
An Excellent and All-Original Gibson TB-11 Tenor Banjo. The Blue Boy. This Banjo is offered AS-IS and AS-FOUND. Flange is in excellent condition, not a lot of playing wear, Old Skin Head. Grover 2-Tab Geared Pegs. Original Hard Case.
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1924 Vega Little Wonder Tenor Banjo

$550
An Excellent Vega Little Wonder Short-Scale Tenor Banjo. 17 frets, 10 15/16" head, 21" Scale Length. Strung for Celtc Tuning. Good Neck and Action. All-Original except for a New Set of Planetary Geared Pegs. Used Condition, with minor playing wear. Original Flush-fit pie-section resonator. Original Hard Case in Salvageable Condition.
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1927 Gibson MB-1 Mandolin Banjo

$1,050
A Little Gem of a Gibson Banjo-Mandolin. An All-Original Gibson MB-1, virtually No Playing Wear. Good Neck and Action. 10 1/2" Rim with Original Calf-Skin Head. Nice Original Case.
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1937 Gibson TB-00

$950
A nearly Perfect 1937 Gibson TB-00 Tenor Banjo. An All-Original and Little-Played Pre-War Banjo, with the exception of the Replaced One-Piece Flange the Original of which was Selflessly Donated to a Beloved Younger Sister so She Instead Could Shine as an all-Original Gibson. Original Red-Line Gibson Hard Case.
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1930 Gibson RB-11 Conversion

$4,995
A Very Nice Original 1930's TB-11 banjo Converted to Five-String by Robin Smith of Heartland Banjos about 2014. Original Calf-Skin Head. About The Best One We've Ever Had. The Original Tenor Neck Will Be Included. Superior Hard Shell Case.
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1962 Gibson RB-180

$1,595
Pete Seeger-Style Extended Neck [25 frets] Five-String Folk Banjo. This is the Best One: Heavy Maple Rim, Mastertone Flat-Head Tone-Ring. Kluson Tuners. Nickel-Plating. Minor playing wear, Original hard case. Shipping mishap left minor fracture at peghead.... It's solid, but visible. We have priced this rare and desirable instrument accordingly.
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1924 Vega Regent

$1,550
Vega Regent 5-String Banjo. Basically a Five-String Little Wonder. All-Original except for the Planetary Geared Pegs. Used, But Excellent. Old Calf-Skin Head. Original "Cammed No-Knot" Tailpiece. Action is a little high. Original Hard Case.
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1921 Vega Style M Tubaphone Tenor Banjo

$1,050
Fairbanks Banjo by the Vega Co. 17- Fret Style M Tubaphone Tenor Banjo. 10 13/16" Head 19 3/4" Scale Length. Planetary Geared Pegs. Excellent Used Condition. Straight neck, Low action. Original Hard Case.
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1920 Gibson CB-4 5-String Conversion

$2,600
Originally a 1920 Gibson GB-4 Guitar-Banjo. The 14" original rim was repurposed for a 5-String Cello-Banjo in 1983 by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo, SLC, Utah. Perfect Set-Up. 26 1/4" Scale Length makes for great playing ease and ideal bridge placement. Calf-Skin Head, Best-Quality German Planetary Geared Pegs. Suitable Gig-Bag by Road Runner
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2014 Gary Vessel A-5E

$3,100
From Famed Violin and Mandolin Builder Gary Vessel: A Top-of-the-Line A-5 model [E for ebony finish]. English Maple back, US Maple neck and sides, Canadian Spruce Top. Oil Varnish Finish. Randy Woods Ebony Bridge, James Tailpiece. Serial # 98 Best-sounding Mandolin! Superior Hard Case.
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1930 Gibson UB-1

$460
A particularly clean Gibson UB-1 Uke-Banjo from around 1930. 6" Head, Great action, Playability and Tone. Fits perfectly in a small hardshell violin case.
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1930 Gibson TB-1 Conversion

$3,495
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...
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1928 Gibson TB-3 Mastertone Tenor Banjo

$2,595
In As-Found Original Condition. Gibson TB-3 Mastertone Tenor Banjo 40-Hole Arch Top Tone Ring. Original Grover Geared Pancake Geared Pegs. Original Grover Presto Tailpiece. A Couple of Finish Issues. Missing Armrest. Original Red-Line Case.
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1914 Vega Whyte Laydie #2

$1,995
An interesting and plain version of Vega's famous Whyte Laydie #2 banjo. Stamped "Fairbanks Banjo by The Vega Co". All original banjo except for the older set of planetary geared pegs. Good neck, a little playing wear in the first position, with the odd ding and scratch typical of a well-treated but well-played 110 year-old instrument. Hard Case. I love playing this banjo!
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2017 Kevin Enoch Round Peak Tubaphone

$3,095
2017 Kevin Enoch Round Peak Tubaphone $300 off
A Unique Kevin Enoch "Round Peak" Banjo, 12" pot with Tubaphone Tone-Ring, added later by Kevin. Walnut Neck with Formica Fingerboard, Peghead Facing and Heel-Cap. Skin Head and Planetary Geared Pegs. Sharp, Crisp Tone, and in Ex-fine Like-New Condition. Original Hard Shell Case with Enoch Tag.
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1930 Gibson MB-11 Mandolin-Banjo

$2,750
A true rare bird. An All-Original and well-played MB-11 with original Red-Line Hard Shell Case. Worn finish on the neck. Worn frets testify to the serious musician-ship of the original owner. A little rust/corrosion on the hooks and on spots on the one-piece flange. Possibly after-market decal-detailing around resonator sides.
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1995 Bart Reiter Professional

$2,195
A prime example of Bart Reiter's Internal Resonator Banjos, featuring The Bacon-Style hollow rim and special Bacon Tone-ring. Unabashedly Bright and Natural-finished Figured Maple Neck and special rim with interior Marquetry. Ebony fingerboard. Stew-Mac 5-Star Planetary Geared Pegs. Original Hard Case. Near-Pristine Condition. SERIAL: #1249
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1970 Fender Artist

$1,250
A 70'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.
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1974 OME Triple-X 5-String Banjo

$1,595
An early OME Triple-X Bluegrass Banjo. Heavy Bronze Flat-head Tone-Ring. Mahogany Neck and Resonator. A nice used banjo with some modest playing wear. 5-Star Planetary tuners, OME tailpiece. Original Hard Case.
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1978 Gibson PB-800 Plectrum Banjo

$2,195
Top-of-The-Line Gibson Plectrum. Flying Eagle Pearl Pattern. 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.
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1980 Gibson RB-250 Mastertone

$1,595
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...
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~1920 Hollywood Concert Ukulele ultra rare

$1,000
Schireson’s Hollywood ukuleles were built by Robert E. Pearson, an English luthier who was once a well-known banjo-uke builder and also had worked for Martin Guitar prior to moving out to California to build for the Schireson Bros. I am not A ukulele player, but this one seems quite good. There are a couple of small cracks in the back that have been addressed.
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2014 Martin 00-21 Custom Shop

$3,595
2014 Martin 00-21 Custom Shop 28% off
Martin Custom Shop 00-21 with Adirondack Spruce top and Madagascar Rosewood Back and Sides. Nearly Mint and Unplayed with one finish blemish on the back of the neck, [from a guitar stand?] and one hairline top-crack at the treble waist. Great Tone and Playability. Original Martin Hard Case. Consignment Clearance. MAKER: Martin CASE: orig hsc CONDITION: Near...
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~1930 Larson Prairie State Jumbo

$13,000
~1930 Larson Prairie State Jumbo 13% off
Description Here we have a lovely Prairie state jumbo circa 1930, hard to figure the exact date, it does have the number 611 stamped next to the prairie state stamp and patent numbers. Measuring just under 15” at the lower bout, 2 3/4” depth at the neck, 3 3/8” at the end pin. It is an extremely clean, shiny example, shows very little use of playing, original pebble Hardcase in similar...
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1993 Slingerland Fretless 5-St. Conversion by Bob Flesher

$499
1993 Slingerland Fretless 5-St. Conversion by Bob Flesher 29% off
Early 1930's Slingerland [We Think] Banjo Pot with Fretless Neck by Bob Flesher in Georgia in 1993. Curly Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard and Peghead Facing. 10 13/16" Rim size, 22 1/2" Scale Length [Approx.], Total Length 32". Planetary Geared Pegs. Calf-Skin Head. Gig Bag. YEAR: 1930/1993 PRICE: 699.00
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~1999 Mossman Custom Brazilian style 41ish

$4,500
After being in the vintage guitar business for 40 something years, I’ve seen my share of Mossmans, but never ran into anything like this. Abalone bound body and peg head, stunning Brazilian rosewood. Not really sure how to date These, my guess is around 1990. There is a center seam reglue on the top and it appears to have had a neck reset,otherwise everything is clean and original, doesn’t really...
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