This is a Bacon & Day Silver Bell Serenader from the 1930's.
Neck - the neck is made from walnut with a 3 piece center stripe, 19 fret ebony fingerboard with 9 pearl inlays, carved and painted celluloid peghead veneer, and catalin buttons on the tuners.
Rim - 1/2" thick rim with a no hole flat head tone ring, painted silver inside and covered in celluloid on the outside, typical Silver Bell flange on the restonator.
Setup - this is currently setup in CGDA tuning but can be changed to GDAE tuning at buyers request.
Case - new hard shell case included
Notes - a piece of the peghead veneer has been patched, there is a shim at the neck connection to lower the action, some minor fret wear is present.
On Consignment - this banjo is in our inventory and will get the same service as all banjos that Trad Banjo sells.
Specs:
- Scale length - 22-7/8"
- Nut width - 1.10"
- # of frets - 19
- Weight - 8lbs 2oz
- Action height - .070" @ 12th fret
- Strings - unknown
- Bridge - 2 leg Grover
- Head - Remo Renaissiance
- Serial number - 34483