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About the Banjo

Possibly one of the finest sounding banjos ever made and as rare as hens teeth to own. This has been my own personal banjo for over 15 years and I am now offering it for sale. It was built in 1928 and has the serial number ‘6838’. I have enjoyed playing this one over any other banjo I have owned, so why am I selling it? Well I now own 2 so one has to go!

The banjo comes with a quality new deluxe case but if preferred I have the original vintage case which is in good condition. The banjo has of course been stripped down and every part hand polished and set up with a new clear Remo head. The tone from this banjo is amazing, it has an incredible power and volume, the best instrument for traditional Irish Music.

Features:

• Brazilian Rosewood neck with center stripe
• Coloured pyralin & multi-colored marquetry neck binding
• 5-ply Gaboon Ebony fingerboard
• Mother-of-Pearl 4-point star fingerboard inlays
• Ebony headstock overlay with ornate Mother-of-Pearl inlay
• dark red tortoise shell pyralin veneered resonator & rear head plate
• Brazillian rosewood resonator sides inlaid with two rows of hand-carved wood marquetry
• Single ring of wood marquetry inlaid on resonator rear cover
• Grover DeLuxe tailpiece with spring cover & adjusting device
• Quadruple nickel plated & hand-burnished hardware
• Tone ring mounts on pillars
• Side-notched hoop
• Single coordinator neck adjustment rod
• New Remo 10 – 15/16″ clear head
• 4:1 Grover DeLuxe banjo tuners

SOLD

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An absolute gem of a vintage tenor banjo from the famous Vega Company. All original in excellent condition and so easy to play with low action and serious output fromthe 11 1/2″ rim. Fitted with the spun over tone ring and heavy 5/8″ tension hoop with 30 hooks and nuts and a newly installed Remo clear head which gives this banjo lovely sustain and cut, especially suited for Irish trad playing. The neck is straight with low playing action and good frets, also has upgraded geared tuners all working perfectly fine. Both neck and rim have the same serial number stamped and the beautiful pie crust resonator is also original. Fitted with original Presto brass nickel plated tail piece and fitted arm rest

• Rock maple 3 piece 17 fret neck
• 11 – 1/2″ rim with spun-over hoop tone ring
• geared tuners
• Presto tailpiece
• original vintage hard shell fitted case

For Sale £1100