5-String Banjo - Professional Performance Quality -

Banjo is a top quality, fine professional instrument; neck is made from two pieces of 150 year old curly maple, built by gifted Luthier craftsman, Dean Shultis; designed with opposing grain to prevent neck bowing; real ebony wood fingerboard with beautiful mother of pearl in-lay in the Gibson Florentine pattern; ornate inlaid peg head with top line gold encased, geared, Gibson Grover tuners and Keith Tuners for D-tuning and string bending; ivory nut; dressed frets; double truss rods for connection to rim; three ply solid maple rim with top line Stuart MacDonald flat top bell brass tone ring gives a very bright pre war banjo sound; Remo standard banjo head, with gold plated head rim, grommets and arm rest. Resonator is maple and finished with beautiful sunburst pattern. Includes hard shell case. Banjo was used professionally in over 200 performances in Europe and Puerto Rico on two USO performance tours; and in many bluegrass shows throughout Florida and the southeast. Price: $5,000.00 cash or certified cashiers check. Owner: CWAnkerberg; Phone: 727-864-1308 / 727-415-0260.