Our apologies to those who called inquiring about this banjo in recent months, but it disappeared in our attic and was just re-discovered in early December. Whew! We were pretty sure it hadn't been stolen, but couldn't find it (if you saw our attic, where we store instruments and take photos for the website, you'd understand)

This Epi Plect has original finish throughout, and the tortoiseshell celluloid on the back of the resonator is in excellent shape.The frets have moderate wear, and the engraved inlays are also somewhat worn but the engraving could be re-filled with black to look far better than shown here. One inlay has a corner missing. The gold plating is tarnished, but only worn through to the brass on the armrest. Some of the steel hooks, however, have lost most of the gold. The neck is remarkably straight, and the skin head is strong and tight, just discolored. A nice, solid, plectrum banjo with lots of colorful wood marquetry.