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Bacon & Day Special Tenor banjo Style No 2 built in Groton, Connecticut around 1930. The B&D Special series was the next model down from the Silver Bell series. These banjos are very comfortable to play, and perfectly suited for playing Irish Trad. Beautiful deep rich tone with punchy bass on the G and D strings, A and E strings are also pure in tonal sound. The action is low and the neck is straight all of the way up the fretboard. This banjo has been very well cared for and I would consider in very good condition, it has a few aged surface scratches on the resonator but not noticable. If you own another vintage banjo and have never played a B&D you should definitely check them out. They are robust and you can play them hard and they will hold their tune and tone. Not too many around these days especially in this condition. Have a listen to the video to hear for yourself

Comes with new hardshell case

For Sale: £1400

Banjo Details

• Scale length, 28.5 mm | nutwidth, 34 mm
• 5-piece maple neck with bound ebony fretboard
• Pearl fretboard inlays, pearl B&D Special and flower inlays on the headstock
• Straight neck with good frets and low action
• Bacon original bridge
• Original Presto tailpiece and new Gibson style armrest
• laminated stained 1/2″maple rim with 24 nickel plated shoes hooks and nuts
• Grover pancake geared tuners (all working perfectly)
• New Remo 11″ clear head
• Maple resonator with rosewood laminate back and tulip pattern nickel plated flange
• B&D Special name plate to back of resonator

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1920’s Epiphone Rialto 19 fret tenor banjo. All original and in great condition, has been upgraded with a Tomann tone ring producing an amazing tone. The Rialto, Peerless and Mayfair featured in the 1930’s Epiphone catologue along with the professional recording models. Basically you had the same rim used in the Recording range but a fraction of the price, and this was most attractable to many customers living in the jazz hay days of the 1920’s.

Banjo details

The 5 piece neck is made from dark American walnut sandwiched with 2 centre strips of maple. The ebony fingerboard is bound with white Pyralin and inlaid with neatly designed mother of pearl position markers. The peg head is pearl Pyralin with attractive hand engraved and coloured ornamentation. Fitted with original Grover Tab 2 geared tuners all working perfectly. The frets are original with very little play wear and the action is set very low, measuring 2.5mm at the 12 fret. The resonator looks very similar to the Recording A model, made from walnut with double rings of maple wood inlay on the back and also on the side walls. The rim sits on a heavy nickel plated flange which house the 24 hooks and nuts. Waverly style tailpiece and new armrest, recently fitted with new Remo renaissance head and bridge, new strings gauged 12,17,26,36.

It is a very easy banjo to play and has been setup for Irish Trad playing, would suit a student 12+looking to upgrade to a quality vintage banjo.

Comes with a new hardshell case

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