I am selling a 1970's vintage GTR five string banjo. It is in excellent condition and sounds very nice. All of the metal is in great shape and the wood as well. There is one small spot on the left side of the neck where there is a very thin piece of finish/wood missing.
The banjo has a mahogany neck, double white-bound resonator, white-bound fingerboard with hearts and flowers inlays, flathead style tone ring, 2-piece flange, Presto style tailpiece, chrome hardware, 5 geared tuners, spikes installed and HSC.
This is one of the first high quality Japanese masterclones to come to the US.
From Paul Hawthorne.com:
"GTR - Japanese masterclone: first offered in 1974 they were sold through approximately 1978. They were made for GTR by Iida. GTR stands for George Gruhn, Tut Taylor and Randy Wood, three dealers/ builders in the Nashville scene in the mid 70's. They were available in one finish only, dark mahogany, with 2 piece flange and flat head tone ring. There were "a few hundred" of them made, but Gruhn has said he doesn't remember exactly how many."
↧