Description
Lovies Guitars is Stoked to offer up this Deering John Hartford 5-String Banjo! People ask why Deering has a non standard inlay pattern on this banjo. It was once the standard pattern and fairly common to just have the inlays grouped right in the middle and out on the ends of the fingerboard. Some of the old banjos like the Farland, and some of those old banjos made before 1900 had this, so John asked the guys at Deeering to do that. John was a licensed river boat captain and wanted them to put some sort of a riverboat theme into his banjo. And they were kind of stumped a little bit, not wanting to just put inlays of riverboats in the fingerboard. Then they had a really neat opportunity because when Chuck, the head craftsman and artist at Deering, was growing up and learning to play music his main banjo hero was John Hartford. Chuck grew up in Minnesota and when John Hartford would come to town to play he would never miss a concert and he thought John Hartford was the coolest musician. So Chuck took the riverboat architecture and used that classic form to develop inlays for the Hartford banjo. It ended up having a very riverboat type of flavor because it uses that architecture and that art form without having to have pictures of riverboats on it. We accomplished a really classic design for John and Chuck was able to have a wonderful time working with John on the inlay. This instrument is in Great Shape with some minor indents on the body, some minor headstock wear, and a couple minor indents on the neck. ALL Original-No Breaks, Cracks or Repairs! Includes Original Hard-Shell Case!!!!!!
SPECS:
Neck:
Curly Maple with Walnut Stain.
Beautiful Steamboat Scroll Mother of Pearl Inlays
Slender Deering Neck Shape
Ebony Fingerboard
Bone nut
22 Glued In Nickel Silver Frets
Adjustable truss rod
Deering Planetary Banjo Tuners
Deering Geared 5th String Tuner
White Binding with Black/White Trim
Pot:
Hartford Grenadillo Tone Ring
Deering Premium Violin Grade 3-ply Maple Rim
Brass Notched Tension Hoop
11″ Top Frosted Medium Crown Head
24 Round Hooks with ¼″ Hex Nuts
One Piece Cast Zinc Flange
5/8″ Deering Maple/Ebony Bridge
Deering True Tone Tailpiece Resonator:
Curly Maple with Dark Walnut Stain
Resonator Sides are Specially Tapered on the Inside for Projection of Tone
White Binding with Black/White Trim
Vintage Satin Finish
Optional Pop-On Resonator
Tone:
This Hartford has a big round tone that is full bodied with great bass and sweet highs. With the Grenadillo tone ring it has a more woody ringing tone.
.826″ at the 1st fret
.836” at the 12th fret
Nut Width: 1 5/16″
Serial: 0811195-4290
SKU: 3443
14 Day Money back return policy. Buy with confidence.
All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.
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