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GB - 00200 ca. 1937 Gibson Charles McNeil original 5 string banjo. 1937 Charles Mc Neil - Gibson - 5 String Banjo
No serial number One piece flange. Completely original and un-tampered in amazing condition. Straight neck, great frets, tuners all work fine. Almost like a new banjo but for the one chip on the side of the resonator. Resonator is a bit deeper than the standard Gibson Mastertone ones. Sunburst inside and out and at the heel of the neck. Gorgeous flamey maple on the back of the resonator. Original case also in amazing condition with it's purple inside and faux alligator outside. PB - 00017 1923 Paramount
Style B Tenor Banjo EXC This is a fine
sounding excellent playing banjo. And it is the short 21" scale length
with the 17 fret neck and a 1 1/8" nut width ... so easy to play.
The Style B features a laminated
maple neck with
beautiful pearl inlays in the rosewood fingerboard as well as
the headstock. The hardware is in nice shape as
is the maple rim (serial # 1655) and resonator. The banjo
exhibits mild player wear throughout and has obviously been well played
and well cared for and it is an exceptionally full sounding one.
Original armrest and flip up
tailpiece. A previous owner put side dots below the neck
marquetry. The original Page Pegs are in the
case pocket and top quality two band planetary tuning pegs are installed
on the banjo and work great. And it has the top grade zipper lined hard shell case as well as
an attractive price.
Price: $1195.00
ON HOLD
EB - 00012 Stromberg Electric
Plectrum Banjo EXC- Well here's basically a
banjo shaped electric tenor guitar with 22 frets to the body! Even with
its 4" deep - 14 7/8" wide body with
the spruce top,
mahogany sides and fancy
rosewood back (the back of a Paramount resonator no doubt), it still
is not very loud played acoustically. But pleasant ... yes. And the
pickup
works fine and sounds good plugged in. The Gibson style neck
has the Granada hearts and flowers inlay pattern in
the ebony fingerboard and a 1 7/32 " nut width. Scale length is 26".
The headstock is
spectacularly adorned with rhinestones. It has nice old tuning pegs which work
smoothly and hold fine. And .... the case .... yep, a home
made coffin case for sure. Sturdy. I have heard from Vinnie Mondelo (Mr. Banjo and a
Stromberg expert (and relative even) that this is a Stromberg body with added pickup and
replacement neck.
Price: $1195.00
GB - 00039 1940 Gibson TB-
11 Tenor Banjo EXC - A fantastic example of
Gibsons pearloid delight. These come in many shades of color but I
really like the blue ones and this one is true blue from the headstock to the resonator. It is in fine
condition with just a couple of scratches on the side of the resonator and
one teeny surface crack in the side of the resonator at the heel. The hardware is in
very nice shape and the coveted original one piece flange is a
fine example as one can see from looking at it from both the bass side and the treble side as well as
at the heel.
Original Grover two tab tuning
pegs.
Interestingly this banjo was fitted with a guitar banjo tailpiece with 6 tangs.
It's original hard shell case is in decent shape as well.
Price: $4400.00 Reduced $3995.00
GB - 00035 1935 Kel
Kroyden (by Gibson) Conversion VG++ Here's the real deal
and you can hear it in the tone. You got your one piece flange full thickness
rim same as a
Mastertone without a tone ring. The flange is a Nashville Plating Co.
replacement since the old one (included) was broken. And we had Larry Cohea install a
Mc Peake flat head tone ring and a second co-ordinator rod (the KK
rim is originally drilled for it but has only one installed) as well as a
nice Wreath Pattern
five string neck and then set it up perfectly with spikes at frets 7,8,9, and
10. It plays beautifully and sounds incredible.
Gibson script on the
headstock and Planet
tuning pegs and the fabulous M.O.T. resonator with original lugs. Original
case and tenor neck
with original pegs,
flange (and broken pieces), and brass rod 'tone ring' are available if you so desire.
Price: $4950.00
PB - 00015 ca. 1924
Paramount Tenor Harp II VG While we do happen
to have a
pair of Paramount Tenor Harps in our Museum this consignment is the
only other Paramount Tenor Harp II we have ever run across. The spruce top provides a mellow
tone and won't drive folks away like a banjo might. And the whole rest
of it is pretty much rosewood. The back has the grain nicely
bookmatched in a "V". The
resonator and rim sides are rosewood with marquetry trim and the
neck is a 7 piece laminate
of rosewood and various colored dyed holly. Page tuning pegs of course.
And that typical yellowing peeling old lacquer on the ornate headstock. The original hard shell case is
pretty much a wreck that is held together by duct tape and will protect
the banjo.... err ... I mean harp ... for shipping.
Price: $1195.00
PB 00014 1925 Paramount "Leader"
Plectrum Banjo EXC A clean example of Paramounts upper middle of
the line banjo that features a lot of rosewood. The
neck is rosewood with
either maple or holly laminates. The rim is rosewood as well and
has on it's bottom edge
a rosewood cap. And the
resonator is classic bold grained brazilian rosewood both inside and out.
The grain shows nicely on the heel
as well. The
fingerboard is
rosewood with a bell theme inlay pattern. The hardware is all in fine shape
including the tailpiece
and the Page Patented tuning
pegs ... they work fine. Elegant engraved inlays grace the headstock. So if you're
looking for Piano-Volume-
Harp-Quality-Tone in a plectrum banjo here you go. Newer red line hard shell case.
Price: $1195.00
ON HOLD
PB - 0004 1924 Paramount
Style C Plectrum Banjo EXC What a beautiful piece this
is. Fine mahogany rim and laminated neck with exquisite
marquetry trim on the neck and
resonator and even the inside of the rim. The back of the peghead is
carved and the tuners are the original Page pegs. Intricate carved inlays abound
on the peghead and
in the Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with the theme being doves in various poses
with the exception of the first fret wherein resides either
Ludwig Von Beethoven or Cupid ... you decide. Original hardshell case.
Price: $2350.00
VB - 00015 1930 Vega
Tubaphone #3 with Wildwood #7 Style Neck EXC
Here's a fine sounding and playing and looking banjo for you. The 1930
Tubaphone rim which is
serial # 88860 has
been mated to a beautiful flame maple Wildwood neck that is finished to
match the original flame maple
resonator whose inside
is also quite flamey and bears the
Vega stamp. Exquisite Style 7 engraved inlays in the fingerboard and the
Wildwood engraved inlay on the
peghead. Original 4
piece flange and
tubaphone tone ring. New Weatherking head
. Newer planet type
tuning pegs. Hard shell case. Great banjo for either old timey or
bluegrass.
Price: $2250.00
PB - 0003 1930's Bacon
& Day Senorita Plectrum Banjo EXC +++ WOW! What Condition!
It's great to find them like this. And the case too ... what character!
Very comfortable and beautiful laminated neck with engraved
pearloid heelcap as well as engraved pearloid lower fingerboard
and, (wouldn't you know it)
upper fingerboard. The
rim looks practically new with pearloid
sides and cloverleaf
flange. The resonator
gleems as well. And even the
inside glistens. Orignal Grover pat.pend geared tuning pegs and beautiful
engraved headstock
complete the picture. And the sound is fantastic. Clear and bright and suitable
for anything ... even bluegrass.
Price: $1350.00
EB - 0007 Mid teens Clifford
Essex 5 String Banjo EXC With its 11 inch rim spunover what looks like mahogany and a simple hoop
tonering and nice skin head, this old feller gets a mighty sweet old
timey sound. Scale Length is 26 3/4" and the nut width is 1 3/16" and the
mahogany neck shows wear on the back and is very comfortable to play.
Ebony fingerboard has lovely abalone and pearl inlays in it as does the headstock. The tuning pegs work fine. All parts
appear original and match nicely and the 15a Grafton Street label proudly graces the dowel
stick. Oversize chipboard case.
Price: $1395.00
MB - 00011 Late Twenties
Slingerland Deluxe Tenor Banjo EXC+ Wow!
This banjo certainly lives up to it's "Deluxe" classification. Nest to the
top of the Slingerland line, it is indeed a
gorgeous piece of art and craftsmanship. The highest quality woods and
ornamentation are used throughout and the hand of Wm. L. Lange is
evident. Not only that, there is a very faint stamp inside the rim ..
"Lange Made". The rim
is rosewood and marquetry trimmed even on the inside bottom. The neck
is also rosewood with rosewood
fingerboard elaborately inlaid with the avian motiff. the name "A
Farland" is engraved at the last fret. Go figure. The resonator is likewise rosewood
inside and out with
colorful marquetry abounding.
Even the heel is adorned with
marquetry and capped with rosewood. All metal parts are gold plated and engraved.
The tension hoop has a fancy engraving pattern around the top and the
flange has lovely bells
engraved on it. The
armrest repeats the bells along with leaves with the center bell
having an "S" engraved in it. The tailpiece is decoratively engraved
with "Maybel" in script at the bottom. Original tuning pegs are lustrous gold
and the headstock is
resplendent with a peacock and other birds. This instrumnent has
recently been renovated by Vinnie Mondelo "Mr. Vintage Banjo" himself and
it plays wonderfully and sounds as good as any Vega or B & D Silverbell.
Brilliant and Loud but with the sweetness that a gold tone ring adds.
The original hard shell case is
in pretty good shape with it's faux aligator covering mostly intact and all latches
working fine.
Price; $1895.00
MB - 00032 1927 B & D Silver
Bell #1 Montana Special Mandolin Banjo EXF
This is an astounding instrument. Check out all the pictures of it on
it's page in the Museum.
Price: $3250.00
To contact Players Vintage Instruments, e-mail us at info@vintageinstruments.com
Or telephone: 415-669-1107 West Coast Time
Or write to: Box 445, Inverness, Ca. 94937
Lowell Levinger - Proprietor
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