{"product_id":"1988-bart-reiter-whyte-laydie-no-2-5-string-banjo-used-1337","title":"1988 Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie No. 2 5-string Banjo - Used","description":"Bart Reiter retired from making banjos at the end of 2020 but in the past decade or so he didn’t build any of his engraved inlay Vega-style models like this Whyte Laydie No. 2. This example has serial number 313 so it's an early example of Bart’s work. The birds-eye figure in the maple neck is a nice plus and the condition is excellent. The lacquer has a fair amount of weather checking, especially on the headstock, but you can't have everything perfect in a 30 plus years-old banjo and the checking adds a nice antique patina to what is, after all, a reissue of an antique instrument. The ebony fingerboard has some wear but the frets are nearly perfect, and note the 5th string railroad spike at the 7th fret. There's a small nick to the finish on the rosewood cap to the back of the shell but no real handling wear. Comes in the hardshell case shown.","brand":"Bart Reiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40471591649479,"sku":"BARWHYTE-313","price":2350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0503\/4947\/3991\/files\/607811_10b79624-5bf6-40df-b766-479bd425726f.jpg?v=1780551708","url":"https:\/\/www.gryphonstrings.com\/products\/1988-bart-reiter-whyte-laydie-no-2-5-string-banjo-used-1337","provider":"Gryphon Strings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}