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Up for sale is a great sounding 1927 No-hole Gibson banjo. She's almost 100 years old, but plays and sounds super. I have a Mitchel's Tone Ring Mate. This mate was designed to approach the weight of the original prewar flathead. The original rim has NOT been cut or altered. If you do not like the sound of the Tone Ring Mate, you can return it to me and I will refund you 200.00 I'm pretty sure you will like it, unless you're specifically looking for the Archtop sound.

A few years back, I took this banjo down to Curtis McPeake for him to set it up. He once posted on-line that if you need the flathead sound, you need a flathead banjo. The first thing that came out of his mouth was "This sounds like a flathead." I will try to post a video soon so you can hear it. Or if you live around the Louisville area, I encourage you to try it out before purchase.

I purchased this from DIV on this forum several years back. It has a mahogany neck and resonator. I have posted the serial numbers that all match to verify authenticity.

The frets have little to no-wear, and the metal components are in outstanding shape for a century year-old collectable.

SHIPPING: I am willing to ship, but prices are very high now. Let me know where you live, and I will provide cost estimate. If you live in the vicinity of IN/KY/OH/IL/TN/MO, I am willing to meet in person in order to keep shipping costs down.

With the original plectrum neck, some luthiers are offering to add wood to it and convert it. As far as I know, the pot is all original except for one resonator screw that is colored differently. It could have come that way from factory, but I took a picture of the screws to be transparent.

I have the same user name on eBay, so I encourage you to look up my selling feedback (nearly 400 100% positive transactions). I also just sold a banjo for a friend here on BHO, and they love it.

I am looking to sell this outright, as I recently retired, and don't play all that much anymore. Please, no trade inquiries.

I am adding my phone info here because I had issues with receiving emails from the last sale.

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