I have a Suitcase Banjo For Sale. I bought it for when I was travelling on the road. I decided to retire and am not on the road anymore. The banjo is great for practice (especially in the hotel where you don't want to upset the neighboring rooms). I didn't use it much so it's in mint condition. It cost $169 new ($159 plus $10 for the armrest) I am asking only $125 plus shipping. I am also including an inexpensive gig bag that I had cut down to fit. Here are the specifications from the Backyard Music website:
Suitcase Banjo is a light weight, 28.5" long, fretted 5-string open-back banjo designed for travel or backpacking. The tuning gears are tucked under the pot; ball-end strings are threaded through holes at the first position end of the banjo, pass over the bridge, and through grommets into a stringing channel under the pot of the banjo. It takes a few days to get used to tuning the banjo but you soon get the hang of it. We include an entire exta set of ball end medium gauge banjo strings with each suitcase banjo, because they may be hard to find when traveling or backpacking.
One-piece neck of solid, legally-harvested Nicaraguan Mahogany, with 19 frets and a vibrating string length of 23.25" (same scale length as our basic banjo);
Side-of-neck fret markers at 7th, 10th, 12th, 15th and 17th fret.
Geared tuning machines for all 5 strings;
Pot is 9.25" in diameter, and made of 1/8", 3-ply Italian poplar plywood held on a hoop made from industrial-strenth mailing tube (1/4" thick wall, protected by a layer of shellac and waterproof paint)
Strings on banjo are medium gauge (.010", .012", .016", .023", .010") nickel-silver
Total weight is less than 2 lbs!
Tunes to G or A major in standard G tuning.
Has two screw eyes installed for attaching a strap as shown in picture. strap not included
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