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Custom Built Banjo w/Tunnelled 5th String Neck, Lightweight Stelling Sound

Estimated price for orientation: 1 700 $

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Description
Brand: Custom Exact Year: 2016
Banjo Type: Resonator Banjo Model: Custom
Number of Strings: 5 Country/Region of Manufacture: United States


Custom built, professional grade 5 string resonator banjo.  Curly maple neck with tunnelled 5th string by Clancy Mullins. Bryan England "Bluegrass Special" inlay.  EVO gold frets that like stainless steel do not wear out but I personally find easier to play.  Waverly V-2 tuners.  Resonator is flame maple by Gill.  (Hard to see in the picture but beautiful flame to it).  The pot hardware is all Prucha including the flange, tension hoop, armrest, hooks & nuts, TP bracket, coordinator rods.  The tailpiece is a genuine heavy brass Price.  The rim is a custom cut Pass "submerged birch timber" block rim that is the same dimension as his famous "Thin Skirt" but cut straight up inside to increase the air chamber size.  A prewar Gibson tone hoop sits on top.  The head is a "FIrst Quality" branded Ludwig.  The resulting tone is very powerful and similar to a new Stelling, but super lightweight at the same time.  I had this banjo custom built for me a year ago but I am downsizing as part of a move out of state and can only take one banjo with me, so unfortunately this one along with a few others are being put up for sale.  It is a breeze to play, notes strongly and evenly up and down the fretboard, and you can play it for hours without your back hurting.  Comes in a like-new TKL "Professional" series case which is the higher priced TKL case with leather handle, arched top, and D rings to attach a strap.  Buyer to pay $50 shipping.  I will only ship in the continental USA.