Instrument Details
New Banjo reclaimed maple Maple/
SOLD
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Mendel
- Product Year
- 2013
- Model
- Banjo reclaimed maple
- Serial #
- 99999
- New/Preowned
- New
- SKU
- 3739
- Condition
- Brand New Rim Diameter 12"Rim Depth 3 1/8"Total Length 38"Fingerboard Width at Body 2"Solid Maple ConstructionIntegral Tone RingBone Nut and 5th String PipNo-Knot TailpieceRim and Tone Ring made from Michigan Hard Maple from 80-100 Year Old Farmhouse Attic Floor
- Body Type(s)
- Banjo
- Back & Sides
- Maple
- Top
- Acacia
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Bridge
- Maple
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- None
- Fret Markers
- Side Dots Only
- Frets to Body
- 18
- Headplate
- Rosewood
- Headstock Inlay
- None
- Tuners
- Grover
- Tuner Finish
- Nickel with Ebony Buttons
- Pickup
- None
- Body Length
- 12 in
- Upper Bout
- 12 in
- Lower Bout
- 12 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 3 in
- Scale Length
- 25.5 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 647.7 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.25 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 31.8 mm
- String Spacing
- 1.69 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 42.9 mm
- Weight
- 0 lb. 0 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell Case - Superior
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- Description
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Here's a great open-back banjo by Joe Mendel of Chesterfield, MO. It features solid Maple (reclaimed from a 100 year old Michigan farmhouse) construction, with and integral tone ring. It's perfect for clawhammer-style playing, and has excellent projection and sustain, thanks, in part, to the laminated maple neck. It's a whole lotta banjo for not much scratch!
If you're looking for a great-sounding, hand-crafted banjo that won't break the bank, this is the perfect instrument. It's open-back style is great for frailing, and it's got a simple elegance to it that I find very appealing. I also really like the look and feel of the maple neck, and this one features maple that comes from a 100 year old farmhouse! 
I really like these banjos. The tone is bright and has lots of ring which can be dampened per each user's particular taste using a towel or duct tape on the head. For the samples, I used a paper towel folded up in a square and placed between the head and the tension bar on the neck end. All in all, the maple tone rings and maple bodies are a great sound combination. - Accessories
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