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Banjo

Deering Sierra recent Used $1,150.00
A 5 string resonator banjo in most excellent condition. Comes with original hard case.

Gibson RB100 60's Used $1,200.00
Good sounding, excellent condition. Resonator has been refinished. With hard case. Good starter instrument for the budding picker who wants the right name on his or her ax.

Gibson TB3 1929/1970's Used $2,200.00 New Listing
This is a married piece as they say in the furniture world. The neck is a TB3 from the late 20's and we wish the pot were too-she would be worth about a million dollars- but alas it's not. The pot and resonator are probably from the 70's. 20 hole Mastertone with tube and plate flange. Never the less this is one fantastic sounding tenor- a punchy screamer. Not a collector's piece but a great player for sure. Original 20's case that's in not too bad shape-definitely functional. More detailed photos on request.

Haynes Baystate Piccolo 1890's? Used $1,200.00
This little lady has a 7" head and 15" scale length. The maple rim is wrapped with plated brass; the neck is I believe dark stained maple. All original including 5 very cute ebony friction pegs (violin style) with pearl dots. Excellent condition. The tailpiece is bent at a funny angle, and so not wanting to break it, I haven't put strings on her. If you want her with a new noknot, I'll put a set of nylon strings and a bridge on her. Very rare.

Huss and Dalton Singletree New Please call or email for price New Listing
This is a custom H&D banjo, an employee design made for the Namm show. A truly fine instrument, solid beautiful walnut with a Dobson tone ring. Brazilian fret board and head stock overlay- scoop-hard case. 25 3/8" scale with a big ole 12" rim. Sounds fantastic! The more I play this the more I like it- one fine banjo. HSC.

Stelling Virginian 2007 Used $4,500.00
The ultimate bluegrass banjo. Perfect condition, old maple wood rim. With hard case. The curly maple in the neck and on the resonator is exceptional; the inlays are exquisite. More Photos on request!

Vega Little Wonder 30's-recent neck Used $2,200.00 New Listing
This is a very interesting banjo. The Little Wonder pot is from the 30's sometime and she has a fairly recent neck with the full #2 style inlay with Chickenhawk, star and engraved dots. . I don't know who made the neck but it is a most excellent job! 27" scale and 11 3/4 rim. This is a fine playing and sounding instrument for sure. New tweed hard shell case with furry brown lining! More photos on request.

Eastman
The best mandolins for the money that we have found as of yet. The woods, the workmanship, and the sounds are impecable.

Eastman 504 New Please call or email for price
A great all solid wood maple old-time mandolin. Oval sound hole, radiused fret-board, clear highs and lows with plenty of volume. Set up perfectly. All the Eastmans come with case. On order.

Eastman 505 New Please call or email for price New Listing
A style Mandolin the F holes- on order.

Eastman 605 New Please call or email for price
Curly maple back and sides, "F" hole A style mandolin with hard case.

Eastman 614 New $1,240.00
A round sound hole F Mandolin. Woody and classy! With rectangular hard case.

Eastman 615 New $1,240.00
A bright clear Bluegrass F style mandolin with great treble and cutting power. The 815 has a slightly more song-like quality but is more mana. More photos on request. Priced with rectangular hard cas.

Eastman 815 New Please call or email for price
An F style with F holes. Lots of volume, a nice bluegrass chop with good cut. Highs are very clear; it is extermely well set up.

Five String Banjos
As a former owner of the Arthur E. Smith Banjo Company, 5 string banjos are our specialty. Come and visit the Banjo Lady! I also welcome any news of AES banjos out there in the world. Maybe I'll find time to do a web site someday!

Gold Tone BC350 New Please call or email for price
This Bob Carlin model Gold Tone is the finest new frailer available for the money. Rim and neck are maple. A Big old 12 inch renaissance head gives that funky plunky back porch sound. She has a wide (1 3/8 at nut) ebony board, scoop, gloss finish and top quality tuners. Even more- a no knot tail piece, arm rest, and for sound a rolled brass tone ring. We include a custom made to fit case in the price, as it's not easy to find a 12" non-resonator banjo case in this world.

Gold Tone BG250F New Please call or email for price
Bell brass Mastertone-type tone system, planetary tuners, maple body and neck with dark stain. Full flange resonator, heavy duty tail-piece and arm-rest. Great value and sound for a reasonable price. With Gig Bag. Also known as the Bluegrass Special.

Gold Tone CB100 New Please call or email for price
A new Little Wonder type banjo made of maple with a scoop, and a 1/4 brass tone ring. A darn nice beginning frailing banjo for a reasonable price. This is not a crude cheapie. Geared tuners, no know tailpiece and engraved arm rest. Plays and sounds great- take it from someone who knows banjos. (that would be me).

Gold Tone CC100 New Please call or email for price
The best value in a simple maple beginner's frailing banjo.We recommend that you get the CC100P, P being the designation for geared planetary tuners. They make it a cinch to tune! It is also available for a litle less money without the planets.

Gold Tone MM-150 New Please call or email for price
A solid maple 5 string frailing banjo with a Whyte Ladye tone ring in the rim. All geared tuners, arm rest, heavy duty tail piece. The best value availabletoday in an open-back frailer with weight, sound and great playability.With scoop.

Gold Tone OB-250+ New Please call or email for price
Gold Tone's 250+TP has to Tony Pass block rim and the JLS#12 tone ring. Upgraded to make the best affordable bluegrass banjo on the market today. Scale: 26 3/16, weight 13.5lbs, nut width 1 3/16. With hardshell case.

Gold Tone TB100 New Please call or email for price
The Goldtone travel banjo is the answer to size and weight when you need a banjo on the road. 10" head, sealed tuners, maple neck and body, 19 frets and only 4lbs! Good also for a beginning kid's banjo. Cute to boot!

Gold Tone WL-250 New Please call or email for price
Dark-stained maple neck and rim with rosewood fingerboard. Whyte Ladye tone ring, heavy duty tail-piece and arm rest. Beautiful cloud inlay in the fingerboard. A real nice frailer! They usually come with the scoop these days, but the one in stock now does not have the end-of-fingerboard scoop.

Gold Ttone CC100R New Please call or email for price
The least expensive beginning 5 string bluegrass banjo that's worth playing. Beats the heck out of the imports at a comparable price. YES! Cripple Creek with resonator.

Huss and Dalton Singletree New Please call or email for price New Listing
This is a custom H&D banjo, an employee design made for the Namm show. A truly fine instrument, solid beautiful walnut with a Dobson tone ring. Brazilian fret board and head stock overlay- scoop-hard case. 25 3/8" scale with a big ole 12" rim. Sounds fantastic! The more I play this the more I like it- one fine banjo. HSC.

Goldtone
Mostly made in China and assembled in the states, these instruments, particularly the banjos, are exceptional and fill a long empty space in their price point on music store racks. We especially like their Bluegrass models and their Bob Carlin designed frailer. They also have lots of weird stuff- lap steels, banjo ukes, James Beard resonator guitars….the list goes on and on. Do check out their Web Site for inspiration!

Gold Tone GM-110 New Please call or email for price
Rigel mandolins has liscenced their unique design to Gold Tone to produce an affordable amplified mandolin. Solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides with ebony fingerboard. Rigel style tailpiece, transducer pick-up and fingerboard scoop. A real value in the mandolin world! We have one on sale now- old stock- for $500 with case.

Gold Tone OB-250+ New Please call or email for price
Gold Tone's 250+TP has to Tony Pass block rim and the JLS#12 tone ring. Upgraded to make the best affordable bluegrass banjo on the market today. Scale: 26 3/16, weight 13.5lbs, nut width 1 3/16. With hardshell case.

Gold Tone Paul Beard Resophonic Guitar New Please call or email for price
Designed by legendary maker Paul Beard, these signature model resonator guitars and handmade and provide unmatched tone in their price range. The soundwell body design utilizes genuine USA Beard cones and spiders. The fit and finish is immaculate- no reso-gremlins! Priced with Hard Case. The PBS is the square neck, the PBR is the round neck version. Mahogany top, back and sides.

Gold Tone Paul Beard Resophonic guitar New Please call or email for price
The round-neck version of the Paul Beard/Gold Tone resophonic guitar. A real value for the money-- clean, handsome and great sounding!

Mandolins
Exciting things are happening in the world of new American mandolins today with the advent of the incredible new line of Collings mandolins. And we love the all solid wood Made in America Big Muddy (formerly Mid-Missouri) mandos. Recently added to ourWe also carry as many used instruments as we can find!

Collings MF New Please call or email for price
This F style matte finish flamed maple Collings mandolin is graced with an ivoroid bound top. That's what makes er a custom, though I don't know if Collings uses that term. Nicely balanced woody chop, great for bluegrass but melodic enough to also make a fine jazz mandolin. Sweet tremolo and tons of volume. Cast tailpiece, radiused fret board. And the binding adds pizzazz that's for sure! Check out the photos.

Collings MF-5V Deluxe New Please call or email for price
This baby is undoubtedly the most beautiful new mandolin We’ve ever seen. From the exquisite curly maple back and neck to the lovely tasty sunburst varnish finish to the gold tuners- all we can say is WOW. This is the top of the line for Collings mandolins, which is saying something for a company that's built it's reputation on care and precision. Bright beautiful sound matches the visual asthetic- huge woody choppy sound to delight the most discerning picker. Elegant, balanced and bold. This baby's a winner! More really great photos on request.

Collings MTO-W New Please call or email for price New Listing
An A style mandolin with an oval sound hole and wide fret board, on order for sometime in November- we hope. As close to the old Gibson A's as you can come these days!

Eastman 504 New Please call or email for price
A great all solid wood maple old-time mandolin. Oval sound hole, radiused fret-board, clear highs and lows with plenty of volume. Set up perfectly. All the Eastmans come with case. On order.

Eastman 505 New Please call or email for price New Listing
A style Mandolin the F holes- on order.

Eastman 605 New Please call or email for price
Curly maple back and sides, "F" hole A style mandolin with hard case.

Eastman 614 New $1,240.00
A round sound hole F Mandolin. Woody and classy! With rectangular hard case.

Eastman 615 New $1,240.00
A bright clear Bluegrass F style mandolin with great treble and cutting power. The 815 has a slightly more song-like quality but is more mana. More photos on request. Priced with rectangular hard cas.

Eastman 815 New Please call or email for price
An F style with F holes. Lots of volume, a nice bluegrass chop with good cut. Highs are very clear; it is extermely well set up.

Eastwood Mandocaster New Please call or email for price
The ultimate affordable electric mandolin! Two singel coil pickups, Volume and tone with 3 way switch. 2-tone sunburst

Gold Tone GM-110 New Please call or email for price
Rigel mandolins has liscenced their unique design to Gold Tone to produce an affordable amplified mandolin. Solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides with ebony fingerboard. Rigel style tailpiece, transducer pick-up and fingerboard scoop. A real value in the mandolin world! We have one on sale now- old stock- for $500 with case.

Martin Style 2 1908 Used $1,200.00
A superb example of the genre. Most excellent condtion for her age- no broken or even repaired bouts. Good action and sweet sound. Many more photos on request. Brazilian of course- there was nothing else in those days!
We have the falling apart original tooled leather case and are ordering a new hard case to protect her best.

Rigel A+Deluxe New Please call or email for price New Listing
We are honored to be a dealer for Pete Langdell's Vermont made Rigel mandolins.This is our first in several years- for a while the company only sold directly to pickers. This is their deluxe A model with flame back and sides, gold hardware and a built-in pickup. Woody and wonderful!

Tenor Banjos

Gibson TB3 1929/1970's Used $2,200.00 New Listing
This is a married piece as they say in the furniture world. The neck is a TB3 from the late 20's and we wish the pot were too-she would be worth about a million dollars- but alas it's not. The pot and resonator are probably from the 70's. 20 hole Mastertone with tube and plate flange. Never the less this is one fantastic sounding tenor- a punchy screamer. Not a collector's piece but a great player for sure. Original 20's case that's in not too bad shape-definitely functional. More detailed photos on request.

Gold Tone IT-250 New Please call or email for price
An Irish tenor banjo with a Whyte Laydie tone ring, Ebony fingerboard, cloud inlay, geared tuners and fyberskin head. 11 inch head, 19 3/4" scale. Reasonable priced, good sounding instrument. It's officially called the Maple Mountain Irish Tenor.

Ukuleles
We carry the Fleas and Flukes from Connecticut and as many used ukes as we can find. Hot sellers these days are the Chinese Ukes in yellow, purple, green, blue, pink, orange and black that sell for $29.95 with matching gig bag. There's nothing cuter than to see a proud 4 year old march out of Maple Leaf with her pink ukulele! We're also now carrying Ko'lau ukes, made in Hawaii along with their imported Ponos- fabulous instruments. Last but now least Collings is making exquisite ukes for the true conniosseur.

Collings UC1 New Please call or email for price
A concert uke in Koa with a flat nitrocellulose finish. Again, the straight through tuners from Peg Hed, which Tucker now tells me are being widely used on fiddles. Single point head stock. This is a wonderful bright jumping flea. With hard case. If Tiny Tim were still with us, he'd be playing a Collings!

Collings UT2-K New Please call or email for price
This fine tenor Collings ukulele is the nicest we've ever seen in every way- woods, workmanship and sound. Traditional rope binding around the curly Koa top, ivoroid binding- I can't list enough wonderful accolades about this fine instrument. The uke of a life time- how's that!

Ko'olau B-1 New $989.00
A Hawaiian made Baritone uke. The wood is a native wood called Ulawood- similar in appearance to mahogany but tighter grained. The price is the same as the Koa B-1, but the sound is different- this Ohai uke is sweet and trebley and crystal clear. Flat finish, hard case. Comes with free ticket to American Samoa. ( of course to qualifying individuals only…hmm..)

Ko'olau B-1 New $989.00
An incredible Koa baritone uke with flat finish and hard case. Makes you want to jump right on a plane to the islands! Check out the wood in these photos.

Ko'olau KC New $449.00 New Listing
A Hawaiian made all Koa Concert uke with hard case.

Ko'olau S-1 New $629.00
A great little soprano uke, made on the big Island of Ohau. Cuban species mahogany with a flat finish. A loud, punchy little uke with a great sweet ring to it!

Pono MCD New $411.00 New Listing
Deluxe Mahogany Concert uke with abalone rosette and gold tuners with ebony buttons. A handsome instrument and sounds ever so sweet and bold. Hard case too!

Pono MCDE New $387.00 New Listing
Gloss finish mahogany concert uke from Pono's most excellent new line. With pick-up from Fishman.

Pono MCE New $416.00
Mahogany concert uke; flat finish. These are fine, good looking ukes. Pre-installed Fishman pick-up.Hard Case.

Pono MS New $315.00 New Listing
A sweet little soprano in solid mahogany. With hard case.

Pono MSD New $387.00
Soprano Deluxe mahogany uke with a gloss finish. We also have this model with a Fishman pick-up for $463.00. Hard case.

Pono MSE New $391.00 New Listing
Flat finish mahogany uke with pick-up and hard case.

Pono MT New $387.00 New Listing
Mahogany tenor uke with flat finish. Hard case too!

Pono MTD New $459.00 New Listing
Jump right up with this fine flea! Mahogany tenor deluxe with a gloss finish- one of our best selling models. Hard case too!

Pono PB New $295.00 New Listing
A new all solid mahogany baritone uke with a rope rosette and gloss finish. This is a discontinued model so we can offer it at a rock bottom price with a hard case. Ko-olau is changing to an all natural color uke with no stain on it. All most all of the mahogany instruments in the universe have some stain on them except for Froggy Bottoms; Ko'loau is following in Michael's footsteps! These are stock photos (we took them) so the instrument on the wall may vary slightly in grain pattern.

Pono PBO New $400.00
Solid Mahogany baritone uke with flat finish. Comes with hard case and a strong desire to sit on the beach. We also have one of these on sale as a discontinued model for $250 with HSC.

Pono PSM New $450.00
This soprano uke, now discontinued by the company, looks like spalted maple but is actually mango! Hard case.

Pono PTO New $445.00
A mahogany gloss finish tenor uke with hard case. A handsome uke with a rope rosette.

Pono RT New $620.00 New Listing
A rosewood and cedar topped tenor uke with hard case. Bright full sound. More photos on request.

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