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SLINGERLAND 5 STRING BANJO HI QULITY
Estimated price for orientation: 750 $
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Description Brand: Maybell Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Banjo Type: Tenor Banjo Era: 1936 Number of Strings: 4
THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY BANJO, THE RIM MADE BY SLINGERLAND, AND THE NECK MADE BY B&D. LOOK AT THIS BANJOCLOSELY. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS A BANJO MADE BETTER THEN THIS AS FAR A QUALITY. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT BANJOMADE IN THE 30'S ERA. IT HAS A 5/8' THICK RIM, WITH 2 TONE RINGS. ONE IS VISIBLE, AND IS SIMILAR TO THE BEACON INTERNAL TONE RING. AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ROLLED RING WHICH SITS ON THE TOP OF THE RIM. LOOK AT THEWAY THE HOOKS ARE ATTACHED TO THE RIM. NOT SITTING INSIDE NOTCHES WHICH WAS THE STANDARD ON ALL OTHERBANJO, BUT SIT INTO A SEPARATE GROOVE. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE INDEED. IT ALSO COMES WITH A CURLY MAPLE RESONATORWHICH IS EASILY INSTALLED AND REMOVED WITH ONE SCREW THRU THE CENTER.THE SCALE IS 26.5 INCH, WITH AN 11 INCH STANDARD SIZED RIM, WITH A NEW FROSTED HEAD. IT COMES WITH A SOFT SHELLCASE. ALSO NOTICE THER BACK OF THE NECK THE WAY IT HAS 3 LAMINATIONS. MOST BANJO WERE LUCK AT THE TIME TO GETONE.. IT ALSO HAS AN EARLY STYLE VEGA ARM REST. NOT SURE IT IT IS OLD OR NEW. BASIC FRICTION TUNERS THAT HOLDVERY WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THIS BANJO, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 2,500 FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS BANJO, AND IT DOUBTLOOKING AT THE SIMPLISTIC BANJO BEING MADE NOW, THAT IT WD BE POSSIBLE. BANJO PLAYS VERY WELL AS AN OPEN BACKAND ALSO RESONATED. GREAT VALUE FOR A QUALITY BANJO. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
Description
| Brand: | Maybell | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Banjo Type: | Tenor Banjo | Era: | 1936 |
| Number of Strings: | 4 |
THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY BANJO, THE RIM MADE BY SLINGERLAND, AND THE NECK MADE BY B&D. LOOK AT THIS BANJOCLOSELY. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS A BANJO MADE BETTER THEN THIS AS FAR A QUALITY. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT BANJOMADE IN THE 30'S ERA. IT HAS A 5/8' THICK RIM, WITH 2 TONE RINGS. ONE IS VISIBLE, AND IS SIMILAR TO THE BEACON INTERNAL TONE RING. AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ROLLED RING WHICH SITS ON THE TOP OF THE RIM. LOOK AT THEWAY THE HOOKS ARE ATTACHED TO THE RIM. NOT SITTING INSIDE NOTCHES WHICH WAS THE STANDARD ON ALL OTHERBANJO, BUT SIT INTO A SEPARATE GROOVE. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE INDEED. IT ALSO COMES WITH A CURLY MAPLE RESONATORWHICH IS EASILY INSTALLED AND REMOVED WITH ONE SCREW THRU THE CENTER.THE SCALE IS 26.5 INCH, WITH AN 11 INCH STANDARD SIZED RIM, WITH A NEW FROSTED HEAD. IT COMES WITH A SOFT SHELLCASE. ALSO NOTICE THER BACK OF THE NECK THE WAY IT HAS 3 LAMINATIONS. MOST BANJO WERE LUCK AT THE TIME TO GETONE.. IT ALSO HAS AN EARLY STYLE VEGA ARM REST. NOT SURE IT IT IS OLD OR NEW. BASIC FRICTION TUNERS THAT HOLDVERY WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THIS BANJO, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 2,500 FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS BANJO, AND IT DOUBTLOOKING AT THE SIMPLISTIC BANJO BEING MADE NOW, THAT IT WD BE POSSIBLE. BANJO PLAYS VERY WELL AS AN OPEN BACKAND ALSO RESONATED. GREAT VALUE FOR A QUALITY BANJO. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.