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Ode D-6500

Used Ode D-6500
Rings like a bell!
A beautiful vintage Ode from the past. This is an early Baldwin example with Walnut neck and resonator and the patented tone ring as first developed by Chuck Ogsbury. In very nice condition including the addition of Keith-Bump tuners. For a melodic style player, the tone is that perfect combination of bell like overtones and ringing highs. With hard case.

 

 

$3500 UBB30552 View photos OTM
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Recording King Osborne Scout

New! Recording King Osborne Scout
Bluegrass monster!
The result of intense collaboration between Recording King's master designer, Greg Rich, and Bluegrass legend Sonny Osborne, has produced this "kick a**" Bluegrass banjo that has everything a player could want. No wonder so many players of national stature are currently using the Osborne Scout in their personal appearances. This Bluegrass monster has a one-piece flamed maple resonator, matching neck, a bound Rosewood fretboard, with the Sonny Osborne Arrowhead fretboard and peghead inlay. The killer tone comes from the 3-Ply Maple Rim, with flathead Mastertone style tone ring. The entire instrument responds easily to the touch, yet can produce festival filling volume and projection as well. With hard case.

 

 

$1699 NBB30963 View photos OTM
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Tennessee Crafters Flathead Deluxe

Used Tennessee Crafters Flathead Deluxe
A true bluegrass classic!
The folks at Tennessee Crafters, under the watchful eye of Mark Taylor, know how to build Bluegrass instruments. In the heart of the Bluegrass country, with a lineage that stretches back to Dobro playing legend Tut Taylor, they have the feel for making them right. This gold plated, beautifully inlaid 5-string Deluxe model features a cast flathead tone ring that will make you sit up and take notice, even if you are across the parking lot at a festival! Great piercing high end, plenty of solid D string bass, and that edge that has the ability to sterilize birds at 100 yards! With hard case.

 

 

$3000 UBB14125 View photos OTM
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Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone

Used Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone
Want to sound like Earl?
Used Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone: Earl started it, so it is fitting that the Gibson folks should honor him with an instrument befitting his legendary status in the musical world. The Mastertone flathead tone ring is at the heart of this 5 string monster, backed with the neck profile that fits the master's hand to a T. Aspiring Scruggsters can do no better than to own this nicely maintained example of the art of Gibson. With gig bag.

 

 

$2800 UBC30576 View photos OTM
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FPO

1952 Gibson RB100

1952 Gibson RB100
Punch and power at a great price!
The RB100 was made alongside the RB250 Mastertone with the same construction. The RB100 differed in that it did not have the Mastertone style tone ring and had simple dot inlay on the unbound fretboard. But savvy pickers know that with the addition of a Mastertone tone ring (such as the one installed here) you have a "stealth" Mastertone with all the punch and power at a reduced price. Our theory (also held by such banjo gurus as Tony Pass) is that the wood rim, the aged hard rock Maple rim, is part of the secret to the tone. The Maple rim in this banjo is over 50 years old, the tone ring is an Arthur Hatfield cast bell bronze flathead. This is the combination that produces the tone pickers love. With original hard case.

 

 

$1950 UBB30546 View photos OTM
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Fender Leo

Used Fender Leo 5 String
Clever headline here
A terrific sounding Bluegrass banjo with a sand cast flathead tone ring. Lots of volume and excellent tone in an instrument named for someone whose name is synonymous with electric guitars. With hard case.

 

 

$1250 UBB28702 View photos OTM
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Iida 5 String

Used Iida 5 String
Great sound and great price too!

This banjo is a step up from your very basic instrument, and offers a lot of tone and playability for the buck. This generation of Iida was made in Japan and features a sand cast flathead tone ring, with dark Mahogany neck & flamed maple resonator.  With hard case.

 

 

$499 UBB31017 View photos OTM
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More Open-back Banjos

c. 1890's Luscom

c. 1890's Luscomb
The "Silver Chime"!

Built in Boston by Thompson and Odell sometime in the 1890’s this sweet little banjo has a short 24” scale and a 10 1/8” rim. Nicknamed the “Silver Chime”, the Luscomb rim is made of bell metal with a wood tonering rabbeted into the edge so that the head contacts wood giving the banjo a sweet, bell-like tone. With gig bag.

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$650 UBB30678 View photos BB
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Tenor Banjos

1927 Gibson TB-0

1927 Gibson TB-0
Conversion ready?!
A spanky sounding resonated tenor, or a prime candidate for a 5 string conversion. This 11" Maple rim has a shoe and diamond plate flange set up, a full thickness rim, and single bound resonator. Leaning into it with a flatpick, you get loads of projection and volume. Enough to be heard at even the most raucous Ceili! But we bet there's a Bluegrasser out there who can't wait to get his hands on this rim & resonator combination too! With hard case.

 

 

$1150 UBC30511 View photos OTM
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