Hi there! I'm a beginner looking to buy a starter banjo for Irish Tenor work. I found a good Banjo on reverb that claims to be a Deering, but the neck/headstock do not look like any of the current version of a Deering banjo, and the banjo has no brand ID's on it. I've asked for the serial number, but I'm curious if anyone here can eyeball this? Thank you in advance!!
Edited by - amwolanin on 11/11/2026 13:12:41
I can tell you it is an Ode sr2 pot, neck unknown .
I agree with okbanjobill. Looks like an Ode 2SR pot (a heavy, well-made aluminum cast integral pot, not to be confused with bottlecaps) with who-knows-what build of neck on it. What DOES seem clear is that the neck has been repurposed - looks like earlier, cheaper tuners were replaced with planetaries.
The neck looks like a Kel Kroydon tenor with all the peghead and fretboard markings removed. Can you post photos showing the insd=ide of the pot and how the neck attaches to the rim?
Thank you both so much!!
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Originally posted by banjonzThe neck looks like a Kel Kroydon tenor with all the peghead and fretboard markings removed. Can you post photos showing the insd=ide of the pot and how the neck attaches to the rim?
Unfortunately not, he didn't post it. I did wind up buying it though, so once I receive I'll come back with pics! :)
I have a tenor that started like that. Newer Sullivan/FQMS pot... with a KK10 neck on it. The neck ended up not being any good and in the end wasn't usable. Someone had redone the pearloid really poorly (like curling up where you couldn't fret it). Once I took it off to replace with wood parts... I realized the neck was warped and beyond my abilities to rescue.
I just recently found a 1932 gibson TB1 neck to replace it that had an absolutely perfectly matching heel cut and it's playing great now.
You can tel it's a Kel Kroyden and not gibson TB-10/11 neck because there's no adjustable truss rod. Of course, both were made at gibson, but they only put adjustable rods on banjos actually sold as "gibson".
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