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Mystery 5 string...Slingerland???

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This banjo is puzzling me. I'd love to see what you all think.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1920s-The-Vernon-5-String-Open-Back-Banjo-/230725663566?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b8523b4e#ht_499wt_1412

 

The fretboard has been replaced and the neck has been refinished. The peghead shape and inlay looks like a typical Slingerland, but the size seems too narrow. I have never seen or heard of a Slingerland with a spun pot, so I find it unlikely that the pot is Slingerland. The head is marked Slingerland and it has a Slingerland style neck yoke. The head could of course not be original. "The Vernon" was a Regal brandname and I have never seen "The Vernon" on a Slingerland made banjo.

It does not appear to be a Frankenbanjo from the photos. I'm reluctant to say that Slingerland never made a spun pot just because no one has yet to uncover one.


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