RK 35 maple neck and resonator. This is an "older' set, the fretboard is a very dark piece of rosewood, much prettier than the light brown rosewood currently being used.
Maple resonator has some interesting grain in it.
I used this neck and reso for several years, trying out various pots, tone rings, etc.
Was put together in this configuration about 3 yrs ago, and I left it this way.
Rim is one of the older un-turned, 3 ply rims that RK used to sell. Professionally turned for flange and flathead tone ring. Rim has had one coat of a light brown stain applied, long ago, but no finish.
I will honestly admit, I do not know what make of tone ring is on it, but I believe it is an older Sullivan "basic" pre-war style 20 hole rings. Nice, heavy ring that sounds good. Could possibly be an actual RK tone ring.
I have the truss rod cover somewhere....I'll try and find it and put it on.
Hardware is a combination of RK and Golden Gate.
Banjo sounds really nice. Deep, dry tone to it. Spikes at 7 & 9
I might be willing to tear this thing down and "part out" the neck and resonator, or pot......
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For Sale: RK 35 / parts banjo - $565 USD
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For Sale: Yates Ron Stewart mahogany - $3,275 USD
2010 Yates Ron Stewart mahogany, all original including the case with hydrometer in it. Has distressed finish and Keith standard tuners (before they went to Waverly) unplated no hole tone ring and fat boy rim. Probably the finest sounding new banjo I have ever played, rich even tone up and down the neck a wonderful bluegrass banjo. I prefer a radiused fingerboard these days so offering it for sale. As always 2% will go to the Hangout. Strap not included but the original Yates bridge is.
Thanks,
Barry
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For Sale: Vintage Pre War Washburn style C with full size donut tone ring! - $799 USD
Beautiful Pre War Washburn style C with the donut tone ring! Vintage circa 1920's pot mated to a custom 3 piece maple 5 string neck made to resemble the original .neck features 2 way adjustable truss rod(from heel end to preserve vintage appearance and allow the use of steel strings.3 piece neck maple with walnut stringer,walnut peghead overlay and walnut heel cap,solid ebony fretboard (26 1/4 scale)with period style mother of pearl inlays ,period style peghead with real pearl inlays,new geared tuners,new no not tail piece,original washburn arm rest mounted to original tension hoop with original hardware,bone nut and raised bone pip for clawhammer style,finished in laquer to match original finish,slightly wider neck 1/5/16 at nut and 1 7/8 at heel makes playing very comfortable,well balanced and great tone and volume, will hold its own at any jam...........you won't be disappointed !
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For Sale: Gold Tone OB250+ (JLS Tone Ring) GREAT ENTRY-INTERMEDIATE BANJO! - $999 USD
Very well cared for OB-250 PLUS. This is a sweet sounding banjo that is well suited for the intermediate market. It is a huge amount of banjo for under a thousand dollars- I would say the best sounding banjo I have ever had the pleasure of playing for under a grand. There is a little fret wear down the neck but no buzzing. Very tight instrument. 5th string capo is already installed and very well at that. Hardware is all chrome plated vs. nickel so that means super easy maintenance and your banjo will always be nice and shiny with no need to polish. Money back if not satisfied. HSC included.
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For Sale: Gibson 1949 TB/RB 100 - REDUCED Again - $2,100 USD
1949 TB 100 serial 882-5 all original with tenor case. It is set up as an RB100 with Gibson 5 string neck 511018. I have the original 10" brass ring but now it has an 11" Gibson brass ring with dimensions of a flat head. So, it is being sold as an original TB100 but set up with the 11" ring and Gibson 5 string neck fit to the pot by Robin Smith, comes with the 10" ring, original tenor neck and case. Has the original skin head. Great light weight banjo, sounds good and neck plays well
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For Sale: For Sale: Recording King Madison OT25 Openback Banjo - $425 USD
This is the popular Madison Openback with maple body, 'scooped' rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays, bone nut, 24 brackets around a Remo fiberskyn head, and planetary tuners. It has nickel plated armrest and dual adjustable coordinator rods. There is a fifth string capo spike at the 7th fret. I'm including a soft gig bag w/adjustable backpack straps.
The banjo is in new condition, a year or so old, but with one slight cosmetic blemish that can be seen in the closeup photo of the peghead. This is a small (1/8") V shaped part of the 'Recording King" label missing. This is the way it arrived from the factory and it was so trivial that I ignored it. If the prospective buyer is concerned about it, it can be easily touched up so as to be virtually invisible.
The Recording King OT-25 has been a great banjo for me, especially for the Old Time clawhammer playing I prefer. My reason for selling is that, lately, the instrument just sits there neglected since I've devoted myself full time to playing the fiddle.
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Want to Buy: Huber Banjo Wanted
Lexington or Ron Block models preferred. Maple.
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For Sale: Vintage Kay Banjo - $301 USD
Collector’s item! This 1960's Kay is an open back 5-string banjo. It has 30 brackets/ hooks which allow you to tighten the Snuffy Smith head very easily and evenly. The banjo is in great shape overall. The black lacquer finish is lightly scratched here and there, but there are no cracks or splits; no severe gouges or dings. The chrome hoop and brackets are in very good shape and the tuning pegs all work smoothly and efficiently. Two of the tuning machine arms are slightly bent but could be straightened easily. The fret board has a very small chip at the upper end of the neck, and the 11th fret wire has a slight ding in it and just needs to be filed smooth. A couple of the upper frets need adjusting. I put a brand new bridge on it and it works quite well. Except for the new bridge and head, this banjo is all original. Kay was once a high volume company that produced and sold a lot of banjos. This one was made in Chicago in the early 1960's. The 30 bracket models, like this banjo, were higher end Kays. This banjo has good sound and has many an old time tune like Sourwood Mountain and Cripple Creek under its belt. Will consider any reasonable offer! :-)
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For Sale: For sell, Osborne Chief - $3,000 USD
Maple Chief Banjo Serial # 11-08-44 Picture on my home page.
Cushman setup
Keith gold tuners If interested, may play it all you want.
Price Case I'm located in N Central IN .
Osborne leather strap
Elliott capo, engraved Osborne Chief
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For Sale: Bonefaas Banjo - 12 - $3,000 USD
For sale is a Bonefaas classic 12" banjo. After more than a year I got my beautiful Bonefaas banjo a few weeks ago. It's a piece of art and looks and sounds great. I just found out after some hours of playing it, that it is somehow not "meant" for me. Difficult to explain, but you banjo people might understand, what I mean.
Find more information and specs on the Bonefaas website: johannesbonefaas.com/
The banjo is in mint condition. There are no returns. The banjo is in the US now, I can offer free shipping.
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For Sale: Ome Trilogy open-back -2nd one made by Chuck Ogsbury - $2,500 USD
This banjo still has the price tag on the case. It was bought as a collectable piece rather than to play.. There is no fretware
on it. It is in Execellent condition.. Its been played maybe all of 2 hours. The letter from Tanya Ogsbury
confirming it is the 2nd Trilogy ever made is included.
It is beautiful and plays wonderful. But is more banjo then I need. I would like to get some of my money back out of it
I am not that good of a clawhammer player. And I have bought a lower end Bart Reiter that serves my playing purposes
No Scratches, Dings or Dents on instrument or case. RR Spikes at 7th and 9th Frets. Full brass tone ring. Curly Maple Neck and Rim. Ebony Fingerboard.
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For Sale: **SALE PENDING**CUSTOM MADE PETE SEEGER STYLE LONG NECK BANJO WITH VEGA POT & CASE - $750 USD
HI, AND THANKS FOR LOOKING AT MY AD
I HAVE HERE TODAY A CUSTOM MADE EXTRA LONG NECK "PETE SEEGER STYLE" 5 STRING BANJO USING A VEGA POT WITH A SPECIAL BRASS TONE RING, AND CUSTOM MADE LONG NECK.
I BOUGHT THE VEGA POT ON EBAY, AND IT HAD THE BRASS TONE RING IN IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THE TONE RING, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD UPGRADE FROM THE BRASS ROD THAT THESE POTS USUALLY HAVE, AND REALLY SOUNDS AMAZING.
I BOUGHT THE LONG NECK ON EBAY TOO, AND DON'T KNOW WHO MADE IT, BUT WHOEVER BUILT IT DONE A VERY NICE JOB ON IT. THE NECK IS A LITTLE THICKER THAN THE AVERAGE NECK, AND WOULD BE GREAT FOR A PLAYER WITH BIG HANDS. IT HAD NEVER BEEN INSTALLED ON A POT, AND I MATED IT TO THE VEGA POT, AND PUT ONE OF MY CUSTOM BUILT SPILLWAY DAM BANJO BRIDGES ON IT, AND IT REALLY CAME TO LIFE.
IF YOU WANT A LONG NECK BANJO LIKE NO ONE ELSE HAS, OR WILL EVER HAVE, THIS MAY BE THE ONE FOR YOU.
IT WILL BE WELL PACKED, AND SHIPPED TO THE LOWER 48 STATES, INSURED, FOR A FLAT FEE OF $50
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For Sale: GOLDTONE OB-500 REDUCED again from JLS BANJOS COLLECTION Item #7. FREE SHIPPING IN US! - $2,990 USD
REDUCED AGAIN!! Gold Tone OB 500 JLS Banjos Collection Item #7. Looks Like New and Significantly DISCOUNTED at an Incredible Price of $2990. That Is Over $1200 Discount from a Previous BanjoTeacher Listing. The OB 500 was Personally Designed by Gold Tone Owner Wayne Rogers, has Become a Collector’s Item, & is Difficult to Find. This Beautiful Gold Plated and Highly Engraved Banjo Features Abalone Engraving and Binding; MOP Inlay with Tree of Life Fingerboard, 3 Layer Wood Inlay on Back of Head-stock and a JLS #12 Tone Ring, Hard Case.
Here is a link to hear Greg Earnest playing an OB 500 banjo at banjo.comyoutube.com/watch?v=fqu-Y32PNFE
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For Sale: Price Tradition Banjo. - $2,900 USD
This is a top of the line Banjo built by Gary Price, as you know he always builds fine Instruments with the best materials, it features a Tony Pass 500 TS thin skirt Birch rim, Genuine Honduran Mahogany neck and Resonator with concentric rings inlaid in back.hand-rubbed lacquer finish. Genuine Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and capo spikes at the 7,9 and 10th frets. Nickel plated Cox hardware with an engraved SL-5 Tailpiece and the Price Classic 20 hole Flathead.Original MOP Inlays and truss rod cover. Excellent condition. Comes with hard case.
The Tradition Model is my newest design, from summer 2003, with a traditionally styled peghead that is richly inlaid and bears the G. H. Price name. This one is mahogany and is equipped with the highest quality tuning machines and the fine SL-5 tailpiece, the Price Classic tone ring, nickel plated hardware, hand-rubbed lacquer finish, white binding, The Brazilian rosewood fingerboard is inlaid in a distinctive tradition-based pattern. The resonator back features white/black/white concentric rings. A genuine handmade mother of pearl truss rod cover graces the ebony peghead overlay.
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For Sale: Gibson new century top tension reissue banjo - $6,500 USD
The serial number is 18 05-04 02 .its a Collectors Piece the RB-18 is the king of the Top Tension, the finest, the best, most fancy, well you get the idea. Has a Charlie Cushman set-up. The is 11 years old and it has been played, so there is some wear on the Banjo. Capo spikes installed at the 7th and 9th frets. Vintage sunburst,24K Gold plated engraved hardware,Radius Rosewood fingerboard with a curly Maple neck and carved solid wood Resonator. Comes with a TT wrench,Gibson case, and factory paperwork.
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For Sale: STELLING, VIRGINIAN REDUCED from JLS BANJOS COLLECTION Item#30 with FREE SHIPPING - $3,590 USD
Reduced $400. This Banjo is from my Late Husband's JLS Banjos Collection and is Beautifully Finished. Was originally appraised at $4000. Serial Number 3211. Nickel Plated, Honey Colored Walnut Resonator, Truss Rod Cover, Stelling Hard Case included.
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For Sale: STELLING MASTER'S CROSS REDUCED $600 from JLS BANJOS COLLECTION Item #71. FREE SHIPPING! - $4,790 USD
This Banjo is from my Late Husband's JLS Banjos Collection and is the Master's Cross: beautiful fancy walnut wood and nickel plated. According to the Stelling information, "The Christian cross on the peghead of this model is displayed as a thankful testimony to the part that God has played in Geoff's business and personal life. Fancy Claro walnut on the neck and resonator, exquisite engraving on the metal parts, and an inlaid quilted maple cross surrounded by a ring of purfling on the resonator back. The same purfling is inlaid next to the ivoroid binding along the sides of the neck and resonator."
This banjo is in excellent condition, and priced to sell at a $600 discount from its original appraised $5400 value.
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For Sale: GIBSON RB-6 from JLS BANJOS COLLECTION Item #8. REDUCED $1000 & FREE SHIPPING!! - $5,900 USD
This Gorgeous Gold Sparkle RB6 Mastertone has just been reduced $1000 from its original appraised value of $7000. Beautiful Gold Engraving with Gold Sparkle Binding, Curly Maple and Modified Hearts and Flowers. It Has an Excellent Sound and Finish and Very Unique. Serial # 8945-22. With FREE SHIPPING in the Continental US it is a Super Deal!
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For Sale: DAN KNOWLES EBONY BANJO - $5,575 USD
Perhaps the finest banjo of its type the SHERRY LYNN ebony banjo , I built it for David Emery in 2007. When David picked up this banjo it was all I could do to not reach out and say "No you can't have this one!" Even now although I am no longer carrying it with me to perform with on the riverboat, I am having the hardest time clicking on the 'post this add' button. This one is so very special, so elegant with a big, big voice.
Please note this is an instrument that has been played professionally on riverboats for the past couple of years and so exhibits normal wear including minor scratching, dings and finish wear. Additional photos are available upon request.
The banjo features:
Gabon Ebony neck with Macassar ebony fingerboard, backstrap & peghead overlay and a maple centerstrip, peghead underlay & backstraps.
Figured maple binding
Fossil walrus nut
Custom hand carved heel
Custom "S" shaped "Frailing" scoop
Hand made wood marquetry peghead & scoop inlay. This design was taken from an 1880 Cubly banjo'
5-Star planetary tuning machines with ebony buttons.
12" Gabon Ebony block rim with maple & Macassar ebony cap bound with figured maple.
Rickard, White Ladie tonering
26 Hand carved bracket shoes
Grooved tension-hoop with flat brackets
Fiberskin head
Hand carved Gabon Ebony dowel-stick
Gabon Ebony bridge
Spirit varnish finish
Nickel plating
Hard shell case
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For Sale: GOLD PLATED STELLING STAGHORN (Serial #973) From JLS BANJOS COLLECTION item# 48 & FREE SHIPPING!! - $6,975 USD
This Exquisite Stelling Staghorn Banjo is being Offered from the JLS Banjos Collection, JLS Item #48. The Banjo is Gold Plated and has Gold Engraved Armrest & Tailpiece, a Beautiful Black Walnut Resonator, and Keith Tuners.
I sent this banjo to Geoffrey Stelling to authenticate it and get his opinion about the banjo. He identified the banjo for me and wrote me back with the following information and assessment:“(The banjo’s) serial number is #973 which was sold thru Baltimore Bluegrass on 1-25-79. So it is definitely an original Stelling that was made in our shop in California in 1979. The gold plating, engraved arm rest and tail piece, and the Keith tuners were installed after the original sale.” Mr. Stelling goes on to say, “I hope you are selling it for a good price because today that banjo would cost about $7000 if discounted thru a dealer. The gold plating (by itself) adds $1000 to the value”
Geoff Stelling set up the banjo and he adjusted the truss rod, changed out the head to the original Ludwig, and the bridge to the original. He said that “It is in very good condition. I played your Staghorn to make sure it sounded like a Stelling and it does. Best of luck selling this old beauty.”
Special Holiday Offer: FREE SHIPPING in continental US
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