High-end banjos (part 1 of 5)
For the past 35 years I´ve taken several thousands of photographs of banjos and banjo related items and thought it would be nice to share them with you. Most of my collection and what you can see displayed on my homepage is sold but I still have a couple of hundred instruments left and also I have good connections and instincts when it comes to locating rarities. I hope you enjoy looking at these fine instruments and the details of the artwork put to them. I will continue adding photographs of interesting items for display at times.
1) B+D Symphonie #8 33) B+D Silver Bell #8 Ne Plus Ultra
2) B+D Silver Bell #8 Ne Plus Ultra 34) B+D Silver Bell #5
3) B+D Symphonie #6 Ne Plus Ultra 35) B+D Silver Bell #5 made for Ralph Gallati
4) B+D Sultana #7 Ne Plus Ultra plectrum 36) B+D Montana #8 Ne Plus Ultra early version
5) Very rare B+D Silver Bell #7A 37) B+D Silver Bell #9 Ne Plus Ultra
6) B+D Silver Bell #9 38) B+D Silver Bell #9 Ne Plus Ultra
39) B+D Silver Bell #9 Ne Plus Ultra
8) B+D Symphonie #6 Roy Smeck 40) B+D Silver Bell #9 Ne Plus Ultra
9) B+D Silver Bell #7 Roy Smeck stage model 41) B+D Silver Bell #9Ne Plus Ultra
10) B+D #7 Roy Smeck custom stage models 42) B+D Silver Bell #9 Ne Plus Ultra
11) Lions head and elephant head heel carving #1 43) B+D Montana #6 Ne Plus Ultra
12) Lions head and elephant head heel carving #2 44) B+D #6 Ne Plus Ultra
13) Lions head and elephant head heel carving #3 45) B+D #9 drum decoration
14) B+D Symphonie #4 12" 46) "Mitzi" Silver Bell #8 Ne Plus Ultra plectrum
15) B+D Montana Silver Bell #7A Ne Plus Ultra 47) "Mitzi" Silver Bell #8 Ne Plus Ultra tenor
16) Ludwig "Big Chief" 48) B+D Silver Bell #8 Ne Plus Ultra custom made for Pat Terry senior
17) Ludwig Black Hawk #1 49) B+D Montana Silver Bell #7
18) Ludwig Black Hawk #2 50) B+D Ne Plus Ultra #8 5-string custom made for Charles Frink
19) Leedy Spanish Girl 51) Gibson "All American" dark version
20) Majestic Beauty 52) Gibson "All American" blond version
21) Paramount Imperial 53) Gibson "Florentine"
22) Paramount Ensemble King 54) Details and variations of Ludwig standard art models
23) Paramount Special style "F" #1 55) Pegheads of different Gibson models
24) Paramount Special style "F" #2 56) Vega De Luxe custom with ivory carving and Fairbanks dragon inlaid peghead
25) Slingerland pegheads 57) Paramount artist´s Super Supreme
26) S. S. Stewart carving 58) Vegavox Ultra De Luxe custom made for D. M. Roberts
27) Stromberg pegheads 59) Gibson Florentine with rare butterfly peghead decoration
60) Ludwig standard art model
29) Trujo pegheads 61) Epiphone recording De Luxe
30) Vega pegheads 62) Epiphone De Luxe art model
31) Washburn pegheads 63) Stromberg custom made for Brent Hayes #1
32) Stromberg De Luxe 64) Stromberg custom made for Brent Hayes #2
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