Wildwood Minstrel Open-Back 5-String Banjo

Banjos don't come much better. This one has been very lightly used, and comes in its original rock-solid plush-lined case. There is one flaw: the fifth-string nut broke a while back, and I replaced it in the old-time way: with a tiny wood screw. Check the photos of the neck — front and back, where my hand drill pierced the finish when I made the pilot hole  — to see the results. 

I love this banjo, but I simply never, ever play it. It needs a better home — where it can actually make some music for a change.

• Eastern hard rock maple neck, lightly figured
• Eastern hard rock maple block laminated rim
• Ebony fingerboard, peg head, and heel cap
• Mother-of-pearl fret markers
• Bone nut
• Open back
• Adjustable truss rod
• Nickel silver frets
• 26.25” scale length
• Width at nut—1 1/4”
• Width at rim – 1 15/16”
• Gotoh geared tuning machines
• Nickel plated brass hardware
• Tubaphone-style tone ring