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Sep 28, 2026 - 6:47:26 PM
8 posts since 2/14/2015

Anybody have any ideas about this banjo ? Looks like a cheapie but for the peghead shape. There is no pic of the back. Thanks

Sep 28, 2026 - 7:57:18 PM
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16778 posts since 10/30/2008

We need a link or a photo please.

Sep 28, 2026 - 8:34:18 PM

1081 posts since 4/28/2012

quote:
Originally posted by The Old Timer

We need a link or a photo please.



He has a picture on his media page.

Sep 28, 2026 - 8:51:14 PM

804 posts since 2/15/2015

Is the fretboard dyed?

By the machine heads position,  lack of doodads... and if the fretboard is dyed...

This might be representative of the 50's  folk boom instrument , and it could possibly be called some type of a "Rambler" banjo. 

Today's Recording King  Dirty  30's might a comoarable design. 

Edited by - geoB on 09/28/2026 20:59:15

Sep 28, 2026 - 9:45:25 PM

30127 posts since 6/25/2005

Looks like a lower-end Chicago-made banjo. Maybe Lyon &. Healy. Also looks as if it could be a plectrum that someone just stuck a 5th-string peg in. My read: wall-hanger.

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