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Majestic Deluxe Tenor Banjo
No serial number
Circa 1920's
Restore as needed to play.
Worn gold plating with patina
Hardware cleaned and sealed with brass lacquer
Refinish wood
Refret-Rebind-Side dots
Original tuners
Iucci Mute
Orig S.S. Stewart bridge
ABM fingerstyle tailpiece
(Orig. Presto broken)
Setup GDAE
INITIAL PICS
Circa 1920's
Restore as needed to play.
Worn gold plating with patina
Hardware cleaned and sealed with brass lacquer
Refinish wood
Refret-Rebind-Side dots
Original tuners
Iucci Mute
Orig S.S. Stewart bridge
ABM fingerstyle tailpiece
(Orig. Presto broken)
Setup GDAE
INITIAL PICS
Heavy Patina
Iucci Mute
Tailpiece is broken
Inlay piece missing
Repair Sequence
Some pics were lost in the rim disassembly/refinish/clean hardware and apply brass lacquer
So, I will start from here, completed, with new head installed.
Some pics were lost in the rim disassembly/refinish/clean hardware and apply brass lacquer
So, I will start from here, completed, with new head installed.
Tailpiece fell apart on disassembly
Removing old finish
Sealed up, ready for finish
Frets and binding out and off, board leveled.
Neck finish removed
Overlay dyed and inlays being cleaned
Now for the reverse overlay
Next is inlay repair
Inlay repair
New binding
2nd inlay repair, checking neck elevation
ABM Tensionator tailpiece, painted gold
Neck and resonator finish complete
Waverly tuners, reversed geared, and 2 turned around by the factory. Should be fun.
Thanks for looking and sharing.
Inquire for more details
VM
Inquire for more details
VM