BANJO FOR SALE
Trujo Deluxe Plectrum
(Made for Truett-George, by the Gibson Co.)

Link to article on Trujo, by the late Russ Presting
 

Neck buffed and reattached, other parts cleaned and waxed

I thought....for a Truett-George banjo..........what a tasteful touch eh?
Action is at 4/32 at the 22, sweet.
 

MUTED TAILPIECE

This mute system /tailpiece  is awe inspiring, and for the talented player, a wonderful addition to the instrument.
I feel it offers a much better command of muting than either the standard Trujo, or the BD soft pedal mutes.
There is  a "Van Eps Recording" banjo tailpiece which sort of emulates the tailpiece design but it was not muted.

 I have seen them on Russ Prestings page, and it may be that he had them designed , or created them himself, I do not have all of the facts when it comes to Trujo, but it is not in the catalogs from the era.
 

MOP buttons polished, and strung with my own choice of strings
 
 

The armrest is of the 1920's Gibson Ball Bearing Mastertone style
 2 piece, with large mounting bracket
This is Gibson using up "floor sweep parts" that were still in bins even after designs were changed.
No waste!

The flange has to go up under the tailpiece bracket on this design
 

The difference on how a Gibson resonator mount works and the Trujo, is sort of neat.
 

On a Gibson, the entire thumbscrew goes into a lug in the resonator.
On the Trujo, they took the same bolt, cut it off, reversed it and threaded it into the rim, tap drilled and tapped the other end of the thread pattern and used it in reverse

BD SilverBell would have been good with this mount!
I always keep this design in my mind to retrofit for people needing mounts that are similar.

 It is a NOTE CANNON now.....really responsive with a proper setup
 

THANKS FOR LOOKING