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Banjo #461 5 string fretless Gourdie “Woodspirit”
$700.00Cherry neck with handcarved woodspirit
Hand painted
Oak fretless fingerboard tuned to open G
Corian nut
Ebony friction violin tuners… very smooth
Large Kettle gourd 9 1/2″ dia x 1/2″ deep
Natural goatskin head
Barry Sholder Std… -
Banjo #502 4 string Tenor Irish Banjo
$650.00Dark Brown Curly Maple fretted neck
22.5″ scale
Oak fretboard 19 frets
Abalone marker dots
Grover #88B friction tuners
Corian nut 1 1/4″wide
D’Addario Irish tenor string set #EJ63i
Canteen gourd 9″ dia x 4″ deep
Goatskin head
Fiberglass… -
Banjo #503 Left -Handed fretless Gourdie 5 string
$625.00Mahogany neck with oil finish
Ash fretless fingerboard 26 3/16″ scale
Kettle gourd 10″ dia x 5 1/2″ depth
1 3/4″ soundport
Natural goadskin head
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth operation
Corian nut 1 3/8″ wide
Barry… -
Banjo #513 Greenman 5 string fretless
$695.00Cherry neck With urethane finish
1/4 sawn Oak fretless fingerboard
26 3/16″scale ..same as a mastertone tune to open G
Hand carved and colored peghjead
Flat canteen gourd 10 ” dia x 4″ deep
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Banjo #529 Gourd 5 string fretless “Mosaic”
$849.00Curly Maple neck tung oil finish
Cherry fretless fingerboard 26 3/16″ scale..same as the Gibson Mastertone
Handmade paper mosaic gourd treatment polyurethane sealed
*** there is a texture to the gourd surface.
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Banjo #531 Gourd fretless “Radical Hot Rod”
$685.00Cherry neck wood with polyurethane
Oak fretless fingerboard ebonized
Kettle gourd 8″ dia x 4″ deep 1 1/2″ sound port
Natural goatskin head
Ebony friction violin tuners …very smooth
Corian nut 1 1/4″w
Barry Sholder gourd… -
Banjo #532 5 string fretless Gourd banjo”Moonman” Raku
$725.00Mahogany neck with Tung oil hand-rubbed finish
1/4 sawn Oak fingerboard
Raku moonman medallion 1 3/4″ diameter
Gourd is 10 1/2″ dia. x 4 1/2″ deep
1 3/4″ soundport
Corian nut 1 7/16″ w
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Banjo #534 Gourd Tenor 4 string Irish tuning EADG
$650.00Curly maple neck with tung oil finish
Ash fretboard 19 frets 22 1/2 ” scale
reconstituted stone offset white marker dots
Open machine tuners with wood kets and engraved brass
Goldtone #ITBS string set… -
Banjo #536 Fencepost fretless 5 string gourd banjo
$650.00Cherry neck w/tung oil finish
Ash fretless fingerboard w tung oil
The neck is raw wood except for the playing area
Gourd has fiberglass and epoxy bracing on the interior
Ebony friction violin tuners…very… -
Banjo #537 5 string Naked Maple fretless gourdie
$825.00All Premium Curly Maple wood throughout with hand-rubbed Tung oil finish
Big 10 1/2″ dia x 5″ deep gourd 1 3/4″ sound port
The gourd interior is epoxy and fiberglassed and cross… -
Banjo #538 fretless Bottle gourdie
$700.00Black Walnut neck with hand rubbed Tung oil finish
Fretless Ash fingerboard
Gourd measures 11″ x 6 1/2″ wide x 5″ deep
Classic minstrel peghead
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth
Barry Sholder std gourd string… -
Banjo #539 Skull Creek 5 string Woodspirit Fretted Gourdie
$825.00Cherry neck tung oil finish
1/4 sawn oak fretboard 20 frets
Hand-carved and colored skull peghead
Gourd measures 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
Epoxy and fiberglass internal cross bracing
real bone nut
Ebony friction violin tuners…very… -
Banjo #540 “Earthtone” fretted 5 string Gourdie
$725.00Cherry neck with Tung Oil
Rustic dye treatment
1/4 sawn oak fretted fingerboard 26 3/16″ scale Open G
Natural Goatskin head
Gourd 10″ dia x 4 1/2″ deep 1 3/4″ soundport
Offset malachite marker dots
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Banjo #541 Naked Maple fretted 5 string Goudie
$900.00All premium Maple construction finished in tung oil
20 frets
Corian nut
Gourd measures 9″ x 6″ deep 1 3/4″ sound port
Natural goatskin
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth operation
Barrty Sholder std. Gourd string set… -
Banjo #542- Tall Gourd, 5 string fretted gourd banjo
$675.00Cherry Neck with Ting oil finish
Black walnut fretboard with 13 frets
Turquoise marker dots
Burned and painted soundport Rossette
Curly Eucalyptus veneer peghead overlay
Corian nut
Natural goatskin head
Ebony friction tuners…very smooth operation
Aquila Classical Banjo… -
Banjo #543 The Blackout 5 string fretless Gourdie
$650.00Cherry neck finished with Tung oil
Sweeny Minstrel peghead
1/4 sawn Oak fretless fingerboard
Natural goatskin head
Gourd measures 9 1/2″ x 5 3/4″ with 1 3/4″ soundport
Corian nut
Barry Sholder stand gourd string set… -
Banjo 476 Radical
$698.00Curly Maple neck lacquer finish
Cherry fretless fingerboard std. 26 3/16″ open G scale
Large Kettle gourd 11.5″ dia x 7″ deep
fiberglassed reinforced gourd
Cocobolo veneer peghead
Ebony friction violin tuners
Corian nut 1 1/4″… -
Banjolele 105B Baritone “Fiddlehead”
$550.00Premium Curly Maple neck
Ash fret board with offset turquoise marker dots
18 frets…. Corian nut
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth
Canteen gourd 9 1/4″ dia x 4 1/2″ deep
1 3/4″ soundport
Goatskin head
Aquila Baritone… -
Fretted 5 String Gourd Banjo #467 “Mini 5 Woodspirit” Travel banjo 17″scale
$475.00Cherry Neck with oil finish
Handcarved woodspirit peghead
Oak Fretted Fingerboard Oil Finish
17″ scale 15 frets
Mother of Pearl position dots..12 th dot turquoises
Special Barry Sholder Mini 5 string set
Corian Nut 1 3/8″… -
Gourd Banjo #507 fretless “Hot Rod”
$675.00Curly Maple neck lots of figuring with oil finish
Fretless fingerboard is quarter-sawn Oak similar to what you see on Antique furniture
Kettle gourd 8″ dia. x 5 1/2″ deep
Carbonfiber/epoxy gourd interior
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Just finished. Left-Handed .#525 5 string Fretlless Naked Maple Gourdie
$700.00Premium curly maple construction throughout
Tung oil finish
Fretless fingerboard
Kettle gourd 9 1/4″ x 4″
1 3/4″ soundport
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth operation
Corian nut 1 3/8″ wide
26 3/16″ standard banjo scale
Barry Sholder standard… -
Left-Handed #525 5 string Fretlless Naked Maple Gourdie
$700.00Premium curly maple construction throughout
Tung oil finish
Fretless fingerboard
Kettle gourd 9 1/4″ x 4″
1 3/4″ soundport
Ebony friction violin tuners…very smooth operation
Corian nut 1 3/8″ wide
26 3/16″ standard banjo scale
Barry Sholder standard… -
New Banjo #521 “Raven” 5 string gourd Fretless banjo
$750.00Cherry Neck with tung oil finish
Quartersawn Oak fretless fingerboard
Violin style handcarved Ravens head with ebony friction pegs
Ebony nut 1 5/16″ wide
Barry Sholder Std. gourd string set w/wound 4th
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New Banjo #524 Five string fretless Wormy Ash Irma
$680.00Wormy Ash neck lots of worm holes with tung oil finish
Black Walnut fretless fingerboard
Irma peghead
26 3/16″ scale
12″ Canteen Gourd with fiberglass and epoxy interior support
2″ sound port
Ebony friction violin tuners…very…
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