can you post more photos showing different angles, all the hardware? It looks like a recreation on an old gibson banjo, or a parts banjo with some real gibson parts. Depending on what parts are there the value could be anywhere from 1 to 4k
If nothing is broken and it's playable (meaning well made by Mr. Bumgarner), it ought to be worth $1000 anyway. If it has a tone ring.
Good photos of the interior of the rim would be helpful, also close ups of all the metal parts.
Spacing of concentric rings on res back are typical Asian , Not Gibson
Center stripe is not a Gibson construction detail.
Bob Smakula
smakulafrettedinstruments.com
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Originally posted by heavy5Spacing of concentric rings on res back are typical Asian , Not Gibson
i know saga did aluminum rim kits, did they do mastertone style ones too? maybe one of those.
Looks like decent craftsmanship but could be Stew Mac, Sullivan, or Japanese. What area of the country did this come from? Low valuations are safest unless a hands on is possible.
Edited by - lightgauge on 12/10/2024 16:07:03
Glen Bumgarner lived in Wilkesboro NC and died about ten years ago. He made his own necks, rims and resonators.
He bought a lot of the other parts from Bill Sullivan at First Quality Banjo. He outsourced fretboards and peghead
overlays pre inlayed, probably from First Quality.
