ZEPP Country Music, Inc.

P.O. Box 306
4 East Third St.
Wendell, NC 27591-0306
Local: 919-365-5189 or Call Toll Free within USA: 866-365-5189
Fax: 919-365-5179

Lewis Brandt

Used Lewis Brandt bluegrass banjo; "Lamp Unto My Feet" Christian inlay pattern. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

Crafters of Tennessee

Used Crafters of Tennessee TBC-W Walnut Classic Very good condition bluegrass banjo; 3-D flamed walnut! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

Deering

2006 Deering Golden Wreath Good condition bluegrass banjo Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

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Dobson

ca. 1880s Dobson 11-inch spunover pot. Good condition. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

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Doc's Banjos

Doc's Banjos Custom 12-inch unique banjo. Frailing platform, internal resonator, etc.! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

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ca. 1880s J. Farris "E & F Tenor Banjay." Unusual collector's piece. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

2002 Ome 12-inch Ome Bright Angel A truly spectacular example of Ome's Custom Series. Flamed maple and Silverspun tone ring=killer. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

2007 Ome Juniper Megatone A fine mahogany bluegrass banjo in near-new condition. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

2004 Ome Silver Juniper Deluxe Megatone Excellent condition--like new. "Silver" means chrome plated in Ome parlance. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

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ca. 1915 Rettenberg & Lange Orpheum 12.25-inch pot with reproduction neck. That unique Orpheum sound! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

1995 Reiter Standard Fretless 11-inch, maple banjo. VG condition. Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

ca 1890s S.S. Stewart "Pony" banjo Definitely not a museum piece, but a fun little player! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

ca 1890s S.S. Stewart Special Thoroughbred Great condition for its age and mostly original! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

Sullivan

Sullivan Jam Series Maple Open Back Very nicely made and very affordable. Great beginner's banjo! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

Vega

ca. 1925 Vega Little Wonder pot with Mike Ramsey Repro Neck 10 inch pot with a gorgeous, natural maple neck! Click on link or on thumbnail for more photos and information

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1926 Vega No. Little Wonder Style N with original used-to-be-a-tenor-now-it's-a-5-string neck.

This is a truly strange instrument. It is pretty much a low end, 17-fret Vega tenor banjo that is in so-so shape, except: Someone, somewhere along the line, glued a piece of rosewood along the side of the neck, drilled a hole in the mahogany, stuck a 5th string tuner in there, and made this into a functional 5-string!

Now, admittedly, this is not the neatest job, although whoever did it took pains to make the added piece fit around the tension hoop. It is, though, sorta cool.

It still has the original 4 friction tuning pegs in its rather simple and unadorned peghead, and all of those 17 frets are in good shape. Its 22-inch scale length would make it happy to be a "Bb" banjo, so it's a cool travel instrument, or would be good for a child.

It has a (soft) 10-15/16th inch skin head on it, and the bridge is sitting up on a thin sliver of rosewood, so it's a bit weak and thumpy sounding at the moment, but that's quite all right for a travel instrument, after all! It's also missing its dot inlays at the 5th & 7th frets. It plays easily (though there's not much to be gained by trying to "fret" the 5th string, as they don't extend over there...) Here's an MP3 of how it sounds (played right up against the mic; it's really not that loud!). And, in Oct 2007, I did this video of it (9 mb .wmv).

Anyway, it's here, and it's for sale (I kept it a few years)! $725, no case.