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Rettburg & Lange Paramount Aristocrat gold plated 19 fret tenor banjo made in 1928. Quality workmanship throughout this banjo, using the best tone woods and solid pure metals. These models were quadruple gold plated and still retains most of its original plating.

Banjo Details:

The neck is made from 5 piece walnut with centre maple and aqua blue dyed pear wood either side. The top laminates are matching maple and dyed pear wood with an ebony fretboard. The head stock is decorated in beautiful mother of pearl inlay floral design with ornate shaped MOP position markers along the fret board. The neck is straight and action is low, it has new wider frets with little wear to them. The original page geared tuners are gold plated with solid pearl buttons and in perfect working order.

The rim is constructed from multiply maple covered in walnut veneer which houses the metal supports holding the tone ring in place. The outer shirt is plated in gold (some plating fading) as is the flange with cut out circles. There are 28 shoes, bracket hooks and nuts, Paramount swivel tailpiece, hotdog armrest, fitted with a Remo clear head for a bright clear tone. The scale length of the neck is 23″. The resonator is made from laminated maple and walnut veneers with circular maple rings inlaid in the back with centred strip matching the neck. Set up with a new handmade walnut/cocobola rosewood tip bridge and new nickel strings. A very nice banjo to play, great looking and with a beautiful tone…

Comes with TKL deluxe solid case with crushed velvet turquoise liner

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This is one of the 1920’s professional Epiphone Recording range just under the Bandmaster B model. The 5 piece neck is made from rich walnut sandwiched with 2 outer maple strips and ebony centre with the headstock and fretboard made from mother of pearl pyralin, hand engraved, artistically tinted and set upon a foundation of 5 multicoloured veneers. The side of the fingerboard is bound with white pyralin and inset with position dots. The six ply resonator is faced with specially designed pyralin in a shell effect contrasted and enhanced by coloured checkered wood marquetry top edge. The metal parts have recently been professionally re-plated and it looks outstanding. The tuners are Gotoh 4: 1 ratio geared, The rear of the headstock has the famous Epiphone decal sticker in place. The resonator is also in excellent condition, with the rear and sides equally covered in green shell effect pyralin.

The heavy flange is the later ‘X’ style which slips over the 3/4″ thick multiply rim. The tone ring in the Alhambra is the same type fitted to all of the recording models. Fitted with the engraved Grover Deluxe tailpiece with spring cover and tension adjuster screw. Fitted with a new 10 – 15/16″ Remo smooth white head, new strings and a new handmade walnut / cocobola tipped bridge. The banjo is in excellent condition and sounds amazing, it is loud and has great sustain and comes with the original vintage case with blue velvet interior.

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