Beautifully Engraved Wildwood Balladeer Open Back Banjo. This banjo is in excellent shape and sounds as good as it looks. I'm only selling because I don't have time to learn clawhammer!
Mark Platin made these open backs for 50 years. There's no serial number, so dating is an educated guess. His banjos were excellent in style, tone, and construction.
This banjo is clean with no marks on the finish from capos, picks etc.
Year c. 2005
Fingerboard Ebony
Neck material Maple
Frets to body 22
Total frets 22
Scale length 26 1/4"
Finish lacquer
Binding grained Ivoroid
Inlay Pearl & Abalone
Tuners Gotoh
Shell Wildwood Block Laminated Rim
Tone ring Tubaphone
Diameter 11"
Case type Original Hardshell
