| More Resonator Banjos |
Flatiron Montana Rose
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| Bluegrass Powerhouse! |
| Although the Flatiron Company was known for their outstanding mandolins, they made some pretty nice banjos too in the nineties. This one is the Montana Rose a Mahogany rim and resonator, without a flathead styled tone ring. (Similar to the Gibson RB-100). The neck is straight and true, the tuners work well, and.......you or a talented woodworking friend can drop in a tone ring anytime you choose and have a great Bluegrass powerhouse banjo. With hard case. |
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Fender Leo
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| Rock on with a Fender banjo! |
| 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. |
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Recording King Osborne Scout
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| 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. |
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Recording King RK-75 Elite
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| RK's most traditional Pre-war style banjo ever! |
| Modeled after the original Mastertone banjos of the 1930's, the Recording King RK Elite offers players vintage sound and handcrafted construction. Classic Mastertone-style flathead tone ring, 3-ply maple rim. Double-cut Recording King peghead and custom Flying Eagle-style peghead and fretboard inlay. Mahogany resonator and neck, with dual 1930s style coordinator rods. A terrific sounding, elegant looking banjo. With hard case. |
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Rich & Taylor
Classic
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| Huge tone and well crafted |
| This is a terrific sounding, somewhat unusual instrument from the shop now known as Crafters of Tennessee. The person who originally ordered this instrument specified that the resonator be Mahogany, but asked that the neck be one of the newer designed Sonny Osborne Maple necks. R&T did a magnificent job in matching the finish of the Maple to the Mahogany. The banjo seems to have more sustain than the usual Mahogany instrument, probably because of the Maple neck having more mass than a Mahogany one. At the same time, the Mahogany rim gives the banjo that more traditional sound similar to the highly desirable tone of the '30s Gibson style 3 flathead. A great choice for a player who is interested in the most tone for the money. With hard case. |
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1952 Gibson RB100
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| 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. |
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1964 Gibson RB-250 |
| Highly desirable Mastertone |
| This mid-'60s Bow tie Mastertone has a terrific sounding flathead Gibson tone ring. All the punch and power you could desire and an unbelievable amount of ringing clarity. This verswion has the full thickness rime and was recently set up by Jesse Baker of the Michael cleveland band. The gears were changed in the eighties and there is evidence of a repaired break in the peghead which was professionally repaired. This'uns a good'un! |
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Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone
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| Want to sound like Earl? |
| 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. |
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Tennessee Crafters Flathead Deluxe
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| 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. |
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Ode D-6500
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| 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. |
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