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5-string banjo, no makers mark but likely made by Buckbee.
A very plain-looking, nice-sounding banjo. The fingerboard has an unfretted area just above the pot, and I put in a 15 mm MOP star to dress it up a bit.
Friction tuners. The 5th string tuner was missing and I replaced it with a Stewart-MacDonald friction tuner, took a vintage black button and shaped it to fit the modern tuner.
Now with Martin-Vega med-gage steel strings & Yellowstone head. Nothing special about the vintage tailpiece.
DIMENSIONS:
Head dia. = 11 1/8 in. 16 hooks.
Scale length approx. 26 in.
String span @ nut approx. 1 in
String span @ heel approx 1 9/16 in.
Bridge approx 1/2 in. tall
SETUP:
action @ octave approx. 1/8 in.
FLAWS:
Tarnish is typical for banjos of this vintage (my guess.... early 1900's)
I added an approx. 1/8 in. shim to the end of the dowel, pot may be very slightly out-of-round.
Tuner buttons are close, but not an exact match.
SOUND CLIP
