Can anyone help me id this banjo.
It was originally sold as being a Paragon Tenor conversion but not too sure if that is correct , I think the confusion lays that it has a scalloped hoop but not too sure if they used what looks like an all metal pot in their banjos .
The back of the neck is stamped BD 9 95 which attaches to the curved back cover with a single screw .
Looking to sell it on but do not want to mislead anymore , it does sound amazing and sustains / loud possibly due to i weighing a tonne.
Edited by - Joel Hooks on 01/29/2023 07:28:11
The paragon in found in the above catalog with full description. What you have is not that.
Oh, also not a tenor. This is a plectrum. If I had to guess, it was cobbled up for the fad created by Shakey’s Pizza in the late 1960s or 1970s.
There is a similar Barnes and Mullins banjo here:
https://www.purebanjo.com/2015/11/
JG Abbot used the lyre tailpiece and scalloped hoops with 22 hooks where Clifford Essex instruments have 24 or 28.
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Originally posted by nickllThere is a similar Barnes and Mullins banjo here:
https://www.purebanjo.com/2015/11/
JG Abbot used the lyre tailpiece and scalloped hoops with 22 hooks where Clifford Essex instruments have 24 or 28.
There you go... parts banjo.
Thanks for the comments , will get it up and listed and see what happens
Perhaps not cobbled together or a parts banjo, I think Nick11 is very close to the mark. The rim is very close but not quite a Lyratone pot used by Barnes and Mullins and the Lyratone range were built by Abbott who worked for several makers.
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