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It’s not too often a vintage Epiphone Dragon Head comes up for sale, so this is a great opportunity to own one. Epiphone began its’ “Recording” series in 1925 and this is the Deluxe Art Model, commonly called the Dragon banjo for obvious reasons. The sound from this banjo is incredible as you can see from the 4th picture to the right it has the 2nd generation Epiphone tone ring. The banjo was originally a plectrum banjo and was professionally converted to a tenor banjo by Edinburgh luthier Jock Westwater.

Banjo details:

• 19 fret ebony fretboard with diamond inlays
• Brazilian rosewood 5 piece neck with centre laminates and trust rod installed
• Ebony headstock overlay with  mother of pearl dragon etched inlay along with Epiphone Recording in lettering
• Grover type 2 geared tuners
• Oettinger  tailpiece
• 10 -15/16″ renaissance head
• Beautiful multiply ply sunburst design resonator and wood marquetry side walls

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Some beautiful vintage banjos, mandolins and bouzoukis just recently in that are on sale, check out the for sale page

  Banjo Servicing

Is your banjo sounding like it should. Banjos will need a periodic set-up to keep them playing at their best. If you can’t carry out this work yourself then this is what I do best. Just drop me a quick email and I can arrange a time slot to setup your banjo. Typical setups will include

• disassembly for cleaning & reassembly including resetting/replacing the head
• Changing strings
• Action height
• Bridge slots
• Nut slots
• Fret conditioning
• Tailpiece position/condition
• Loose hardware

If you are on the lookout for something different I have a few vintage tenor banjos for sale. I may also be interested in trade-ins against a vintage banjo I may have for sale, click on the photo