Reiter long neck

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Long Neck Banjo

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... for those of us who prefer the tuning and singing differences the LN provides. All questions & help welcome!

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From john bange on 7/30/2014 2:15:11 PM

pretty nifty...don't know about the price though

http://mandoweb.com/Instruments/Bart+Reiter-Long+Neck+Tubaphone+open+back+five-string+banjo-1992/4050

7 Comments
	calypsojimmy says: 7/30/2014 2:52:55 PM I have always liked Bart's banjos, and his work in general. Always solid. A Reiter PS-style longneck is a pretty rare bird.
	raymond66 says: 7/30/2014 3:19:11 PM Looks pretty nice. a bit more oxidation than I expected to see. About half the price of a used Pete Seeger. I wonder how it sounds.
	mainejohn says: 7/30/2014 4:28:07 PM There's a BHO member here in Maine that owns one. I have seen it and played it and (IMO) the quality exceeds that of the post-1961 Vega PS-5's. I haven't seen the owner in 3-4 years...I'll try and contact him to see if it might be his.
	PickinFool says: 7/30/2014 6:29:52 PM Bart makes great banjos. For $1995, I'd buy that in a minute, no questions asked! Well, my wife might ask, "you bought another banjo"?
	R.D. Eno says: 8/2/2014 9:48:17 AM PickinFool, are we married to the same woman?
	PickinFool says: 8/4/2014 8:32:09 PM Maybe.
	boondocker53 says: 9/29/2014 6:06:20 PM I have a photo of the Reiter long neck to which Mainejohn refers. The owner stated that it was made in 1991, and the one on Mandoweb is listed as a 1992. The one in Maine has an armrest and what appears to be Bart's standard bridge, while the Mandoweb offering has no armrest and a different bridge with white inserts. They also have different tailpieces, and the head on the mando banjo appears to be a new Fiberskin. I think that they are two different banjos.
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