Welcome To Trader-Bobs sales. Allow me to introduce myself. I am a professional seller. This is what I do full time, for a living. I have been involved in retail sales for over 30 years, the largest portion, of these years, having been my own succesfull retail auto sales / parts / repair business, which I started from scratch. I take your satifaction, AS A BUYER, VERY SERIOUSLY! If there is any problem with this item you have purchased from me, I want to hear about it FIRST, before response is left! So that the problem can be resolved. RESTORABLE 5 STRING, 11\" CALFSKIN HEAD BANJO. I CANNOT FIND A MAKERS NAME ON IT. APPROX 24\" SCALE LANGTH. THE CALFSKIN HEAD SAYS \"JOS. ROGERS CO.\" \"DAISY BRAND\" ON THE BACKSIDE. THIS WAS THE HEAD MAKER, NOT THE BANJO MAKER. THIS IS THE ONLY ID ON THIS INSTRUMENT. SOMEONE HAND WROTE THE NUMBERS, 1,2,3,4,5 ON THE INSIDE OF THE HEAD. THIS BANJO ORIGINALLY HAD WOODEN TAPERED TUNING PEGS, NOT THE NEWER FRICTION TUNERS. ALL THE TUNERS NEED REPLACED. 38 TENSION RODS, ALL THE LUGS ARE THERE, BUT 11 OF THE THREADED ROD AND NUTS ARE MISSING. 21 FRETS, (2 MISSING, #s 18 & 19), STRAIGHT NECK. MOP FRETBOARD INLAYS, ONE MISSING A LITTLE, SEE THE PICTURES. MOP INLAY ON THE PEGHEAD, SIMILAR TO A FLEUR-DE-LIS. THE TAILPIECE LOOKS ORIGINAL, THE CALFSKIN HEAD IS WORN, BUT IN GOOD SHAPE, NO HOLES. THE MAIN RING IS METAL, (PROBABLY PLATED STEEL) OVER AN INNER WOODEN RING. OVERALL LENGTH, 35\" TO HELP WITH POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION, I WENT TO MUGWUMPS WEBPAGE, THIS IS WHAT I FOUND; THE SHAPE OF THE PEGHEAD IS SIMILAR, BUT NOT IDENTICAL TO REX or CLARIPHONE BRANDS, BOTH PRODUCED BY GRETSCH. WHO ALSO PRODUCED; TWO OTHER BRANDS, WITH VERY SIMILAR PEGHEAD SHAPES, ORCHESTRELLA AND AMERICAN, BOTH OF THESE HAVING ALL METAL MAIN RINGS. NO CLAIM THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS, BUT IT IS THE CLOSEST I HAVE FOUND. I NO LONGER SHIP INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONALLY.
INDIANA RESIDENTS ADD 7% SALES TAX.
FOR LARGE AND HEAVY ITEMS, I ALSO OFFER SHIPPING THRU GREYHOUND. EMAIL ME FOR A QUOTE
I ACCEPT, PAYPAL, ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS OVER THE PHONE, AND CASH ON PICKUP
ON THIS ITEM ! ! ! ! BE THE HIGH buyer ! !
COMBINED SHIPPING, NO PROBLEM
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WE SHIP WORLDWIDE, ON MOST ITEMS. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. IF YOUR COUNTRY CHARGES ANY IMPORT DUTIES, THEY ARE YOURS TO PAY!!!
INSURANCE IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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