Welcome to the tenor banjo emporium, where you’ll find some of the most exclusive, prewar tenor banjos of our time. The majority of my banjos are sourced from collections world wide and from private sellers. Before they can make it to the purebanjo pages they must be in perfect playing condition. This usually involves myself disassembling the banjo, cleaning/polishing, refretting, new head, bridge etc. Basically having the perfect trad banjo in hand ready for playing.
Just arrived in… Gibson TB3 19 fret tenor banjo : OME Mogal 19 fret tenor banjo : Parker 19 fret tenor banjo : Majestic Deluxe 19 fret tenor banjo : Fender Artist 19 fret tenor banjo : Sully 19 fret tenor banjo
Tenor Banjos for Sale
Epiphone Recording A Short Scale Tenor Banjo
Probably the only short scale (17 frets) Epiphone A in existence. The neck is made from rock maple, with a centre ebony strip and checkered wood marquetry side walls. The headstock is decorated with decorative floral designs with the Epiphone name & Style A branding.
Majestic Deluxe Tenor Banjo
19 fret tenor banjo from 1920’s made by the Puntolillo Company, New York. Top of the line model in gold plating with engravings and rosewood build. Intricate mother of pearl throughout and a tone unlike any other vintage banjo!
OME Mogul Tenor Banjo
1980’s Professional level OME Mogul 19 fret tenor banjo, built in Bolder Colorado. Beautiful Rosewood with elaborate pearl inlay on the headstock, nickel plated, Silver-Spun tone ring, ebony fingerboard with stunning pearl inlays. Beautiful condition. HSC
Special price discounted from £2300 to £2000
Sully Session King | UK made | For Sale
A beautiful 19 fret tenor banjo made by Tony O’Sullivan who won the All Ireland over 18’s tenor banjo in 1976. This was one of his own personal favourites with serial number N.09
1927 Vega Whyte Ladie Tenor Banjo
Vega Whyte Ladie Style R 19 fret tenor banjo made by A.C. Fair Banks Company in 1927. A real solid performer on the Irish Trad scene, very robust tenor banjo with great tone under the hood!
B&D Senorita Tenor Banjo
B&D tenor banjos are often the benchmark for “pro sound” in the tenor crowd. They’re loud, proud, punchy, they have great cut and sustain when you need it…
Aria Tenor Banjo
a beautiful Japanese made 19 fret tenor banjo in excellent condition. These were a copy of the Gibson mastertone banjos and they do host quality parts including the flathead tone ring. Mahogany neck with bound ivoriod side binding and inlaid black position markers. Rosewood fretboard with Gibson style MOP and good frets with hardly any play wear.
Lyon & Healy Washburn Tenor Banjo
A very classy mid-1920’s 19 fret tenor banjo from Lyon & Healy, labelled with their top-of-the-line Washburn name. The features are fairly high grade including a beautiful tiger-striped laminated maple neck, grained ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard with dotted pearl inlay position markers, headstock inlayed with with a pearl floral pattern. Tone ring is the elaborate “cupped” or sometimes called ‘donut’ Washburn style.
Wildwood Plectrum banjo
Hand built 22 fret banjo by Oregon luthier Mark Platin. Mark recently retired but has left his legacy of around 6000 hand crafted banjos, from 5 string to tenor open back. I happened to come across his work some years back and was fortunate to purchase a 19 fret open back tenor banjo from him which I still have to this day…
Vega Style M Short Scale
Vega Style M 17 fret tenor banjo approx 1926, made in Boston, Mass., serial # 76443. Lightly shaded maple finish, laminated maple neck and rim, ebony fingerboard. This is a fine-sounding Vega Tu-Ba-Phone tenor banjo, the Style M. It has a short 21″ scale fingerboard.
Calton Superior Tenor Banjo Flight Case
Extra strong fibreglass tenor banjo case with thicker interior padding, 3 original keys, will fit all Mastertone style / Epiphone 4 string banjos, handy accessories compartment. Very much sought after especially when they cost $1750 US dollars plus shipping and tax.
Parker Classic Tenor Banjo (SOLD)
Parker Classic Tenor Banjo An all-time classic from Alf Parker’s workshop in Cornwall serial #290. A beautiful mixture of maple and rosewood with gold-plated and engraved hardware, top tension, ebony fingerboard, engraved block pearl inlays in excellent condition. Comes with Parker hard shell fitted case.
Majestic Tenor Banjo
A very nice 19 fret tenor banjo made by the famous Majestic banjo company in New York in the early 20’s. Further information and photos coming soon…
