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A little bit of history

The Stelling ‘Flagship’ model ‘The Staghorn’ was introduced In 1975,  Alan Munde introduced the Stelling banjo to an international audience by playing the second Staghorn ever made with the Country Gazette. Since then, the Staghorn has remained one of the most desired banjos in the world and has become the trademark model of Stelling Banjo Works. The increasing rarity of the materials such as the highly figured Claro walnut used in the neck and resonator, and the colorful abalone shell out of which the inlays and trim are cut make this model one of the ultimate sound investments. Built from fancy walnut with gold engraved plated hardware. Complete with a Stelling deluxe TKL emerald green crushed velvet plush lined case.

Not many tenor banjos were built by Stelling, this particular model with a serial number 0f #4085 was constructed in 1994 and has many custom upgrades i.e. matt gold plating and Albalone inserts to fingerboard and resonator.

The Pot Assembly:
• Tony Pass 600TS Old Wood Rim
• Stelling Bell-Bronze tone ring
• Double Stelling design 3/8” diameter coordinating rim rod set
• Highly figured Claro walnut detachable resonator bound with ivoroid and natural abalone.  Has the ‘Stag Horn’ emblem in the centre
• Ivoroid and black binding on resonator with Stag emblem
• Stelling design intricate cut die cast flange
• Stelling cast polished & matt gold plated tailpiece – with Stelling logo
• Stelling birch hand crafted  ebony tipped bridge
• Stelling armrest – highly polished matt gold plated – with Stelling logo

The Neck Assembly:
• Claro walnut neck – fully bound to match the resonator in ivoroid and natural abalone
• Ebony fingerboard with polished nickel silver frets
• Intricate Abalone ‘Staghorn’ inlay design in fingerboard
• Compensated ‘Stelling’ Bone top nut• Black side dot markers
• Stelling Professional gold plated planet geared tuners
• Ivoroid tuner buttons
• Stelling ‘Staghorn’  abalone inlaid ebony faced headstock
• Adjustable neck truss rod
• Black bell truss rod cover

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Once in a lifetime you’ll come across one of these rare beauties. Have you ever held a banjo with a solid ebony neck, well the Double Dragon neck is totally built from ebony. This banjo was completely restored by Gil Draper from Tennessee, check out Gil’s handmade mandolins, bouzouki’s and guitars https://www.draperstringedinstruments.com/

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