Up for sale is a exceptional custom Tubaphone banjo built by master luthier Carl Arcand.
This instrument combines classic vintage-style tone with top-tier modern hardware, featuring incredible craftsmanship and precision setup throughout.
The combination of Carl's rim construction with a Rickard Tubaphone tone ring and bracket band gives this banjo incredible clarity, punch, and volume, while remaining smooth and balanced across the entire fretboard.
Key Specifications & Features:
• 11" Maple pot with aged bracket band & brass armrest
•Aged brass hardware
• Genuine Rickard Tubaphone tone ring
• Aged Maple neck with lightly figured Ebony fingerboard
•Standard 26 1/4" scale | 1 5/16" nut width
• Rickard 10:1 Cyclone ratio tuners (ultra-smooth precision tuning)
• Gold fret wire with Mother of Pearl inlays
• Fyberskin head
• Arcand sound opener tailpiece
• Moon bridge
• Superior hardshell case (included)
• Extras:
• Banjo bolster (50.00) cad
• Custom Romero bridge (75.00) cad
Ships safely packed in its Superior case. Buyer pays actual shipping/insurance costs.
• Information for US Buyers
•Import Duties: $0 (Hand-crafted instruments made in Canada enter the US duty-free under CUSMA/USMCA).
•Brokerage / Customs Fees: ~$6–$10 USD flat postal handling fee upon delivery when shipped via Canada Post / USPS.
•Sales Tax: No automatic tax collected on direct peer-to-peer sales via PayPal / Banjo Hangout.
•Shipping: Shipped via Canada Post / USPS Priority Mail with full tracking, insurance, and signature confirmation.
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