Intermountain Guitar and Banjo

A 70's Fender Artist Bluegrass Banjo with Flathead Mastertone-Style Tone-ring. Walnut Neck and Resonator. Planetary Geared Pegs. Excellent Original condition with minor playing wear. Made in So. California. Hard Case.

Top-of-The-Line Gibson Plectrum. Flying Eagle Pearl Pattern. Gold-Plated and Engraved [note some missing gold on the armrest] The rest of the gold-plating is bright and fresh. Original engraved Gibson pegs, original Gibson Tailpiece and Armrest. Minor playing wear. Gibson Case.

This Mastertone features Gibson's 1980 huge improvement in Banjo construction: Instead of the multi-ply plywood rim they used for about 16 years previously, now the rims were 5-ply Maple. Added to this was the Gibson Bell Bronze flathead tone-ring which in this case is a beefy nearly 5 lbs. in weight. A small well-repaired peghead crack and some minor playing wear add some reality to an...

Schireson’s Hollywood ukuleles were built by Robert E. Pearson, an English luthier who was once a well-known banjo-uke builder and also had worked for Martin Guitar prior to moving out to California to build for the Schireson Bros. I am not A ukulele player, but this one seems quite good. There are a couple of small cracks in the back that have been addressed.

Description Here we have a lovely Prairie state jumbo circa 1930, hard to figure the exact date, it does have the number 611 stamped next to the prairie state stamp and patent numbers. Measuring just under 15” at the lower bout, 2 3/4” depth at the neck, 3 3/8” at the end pin. It is an extremely clean, shiny example, shows very little use of playing, original pebble Hardcase in similar...

After being in the vintage guitar business for 40 something years, I’ve seen my share of Mossmans, but never ran into anything like this. Abalone bound body and peg head, stunning Brazilian rosewood. Not really sure how to date These, my guess is around 1990. There is a center seam reglue on the top and it appears to have had a neck reset,otherwise everything is clean and original, doesn’t really...

An uncommon Earl Scruggs model from Gibson. #85 of around 300 made. Excellent Used Condition with some finish-checking and finger-nail marks in the fingerboard in the first position. Keith D-Tuners, Shubb long-bar sliding capo. Custom engraved Presto Tailpiece and Armrest. Original Gibson Hard Case. Serial #4985 PRICE: 3995.00

This is the second time I’ve owned this guitar,, having taken it back in trade about five years ago. It has received the prerequisite neck reset. It’s obviously been played a great deal, but there are no cracks issues, or anything unoriginal to the guitar. Extremely rare to find an original arched hard case that comes with one of these. Not a great deal to add to this description, please reach...

This is of the cleanest almost unplayed examples of one of these. But there are several issues that are not obvious to the eye that need to be revealed. It plays extremely well, as it has had a neck reset. The bridge has been replaced with a a correct size replacement. Two of the braces towards the bottom of the guitar on the back have been replaced. There is a crack on either side suffered in...

Lange Langstile III banjo, dating from around 1920. Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo. Curly Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard. All-original pot. A Vega-style brass bracket-band on a 12" Maple rim. No metal tone-ring. Subtle Power.

An Original 14" Orpheum pot with a Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar. 26 1/4" Scale. "Sounds Like a Whole Orchestra" Hard Case.

All-Original Orpheum Brass Band 5-String Banjo. 13" rim with Skin Head. A Nice Straight Banjo with good Neck and Playability. A Rare Find Indeed. Hard Case SERIAL: #8509 YEAR: 1919 PRICE: 2095.00

Fairbanks By Vega Co 6-String Guitar-Banjo, Whyte Laydie Model. 11 13/16" Pot, 25 3/4" Scale 1 3/4" width at nut Pretty Much All-Original Good Neck and Playability. TKL Hard Case

An early Martin Style 2 Mahogany Soprano Uke from the late '20's. Light playing wear on the top, Well-Repaired single short back crack. Good neck, Low Action, Great Player. Nice homemade hard case, looks like Popular Mechanics work to me. MAKER: Martin CASE: hsc CONDITION: Excellent SERIAL: None YEAR: ca. 1929 PRICE: 995.00

An Excellent and Little-Played Early 1920's Fairbanks by the Vega Co. #9 Tubaphone. 10 15/16" Rim with 27" Scale. All Original except for Old Neck Refinish. Skin Head. Fitted with Original Grover Geared Pegs Fine Player. Modern Hard Case. Serial: #40926 Condition: Excellent

An All-Original Gibson RB-3 Mastertone From 1926. Early Version with Ball-Bearing Arch-Top Tone-Ring. This is Not one of the notable original 5-String Mastertones of the '30's as beloved by Earl Scruggs and Jim Mills; This IS the notable and beloved original 5-String Mastertone as played by Charlie Poole and Dock Boggs, both of whom helped set the stage for everyone else. This...

Rare Cole's Eclipse with spectacular engraved mother-of-pearl inlays [possibly by Consalvi] and carved heel. The 3rd fret inlay appears to be a replacement. A couple of old repaired heel-cracks. 10 15/16" rim with 26" Scale Length. Calf-Skin Head. The pot is all-original with the H&N sets apparently re-plated at some time. A period and possibly original Elite tailpiece. Original...

Striking Reproduction 5-String neck from Padouk Wood with Ebony fingerboard by Steve Sutherland. 10" Original Cole Rim from a Banjo-Mandolin. 9 7/8" rim with 24 3/4" Scale Length. Boat Heel. CONDITION: Excellent SERIAL: #6322 YEAR: 1895 PRICE: 1200.00

Maker: Vega Year: 1921 Nice original Vega Regent 5-String with Little Wonder tone-ring. A serious players' instrument that is not super-heavy. Some appropriate engraved-pearl inlays have been added. Modern Planetary geared tuners.

A prime Vega Whyte Laydie, originally a plectrum and now a fine 5-string using most of the original neck. Great technique by Master Banjo Maker, Dick Powell. Maple neck, 27" scale, 10 15/16" head size. A great [almost] all-original Vega 5-String banjo. Not a lot of these around. New Hard Case. Serial: 56262 Condition: Excellent Case: hsc Price: $1995.00

All-Original Style M Tubaphone Pot with 11 13/16" Rim. Reproduction 5-String Neck by Intermountain Guitar and Banjo [#367, 1976]. Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard and Engraved Pearl Inlays. 27" Scale with 20 Frets. Used, Partial Refret. Low Action. Presently has a Calf-Skin Head, but other options are available. Stew-Mac 5-Star Planet Pegs. New TKL Arched-Lid Hard Shell...

Tubaphone Plectrum #3 Converted to 5-String, Retaining Original Heel Carving. Conversion and Flowerpot Peg-Head Inlays by Steve Sutherland. Original Tubaphone Pot with Replaced Nuts. Banjo has been fitted with a narrow-spacing bridge to accomodate the slightly narrow fingerboard profile. 10 15/16" Rim with 26 1/4" Scale Length. Serial: #58330 Condition:...

From a Style S Tubaphone Banjo-Mandolin. Tubaphone #9 20-fret 5-String neck with Chubby Dragon by Steve Sutherland. 10 1/8" Rim with 24 1/2" Scale Length. Planetary Geared Pegs. Serial: #86518 Condition: Excellent Case: gig bag Price: $2795.00

A Largely Original Cole's Eclipse Banjo... The peghead Man-in-the-Moon pearl inlays have been replaced and the neck refinished. 10 5/8" Rim with 27" Scale Length. A Really Fine Players' Instrument. Serial: #7536 Condition: Excellent Case: gig bag Price: $2000.00

Mahogany Style 2M Soprano Ukulele. Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard. All Original and Mint and Unplayed Condition except for a couple of tiny dings in the back. Original Martin Hard-Shell Case. Condition: N. Mint Case: orig hsc Price: $995.00

Arched-Lid Hard Case for Concert Uke. Good Fit for Martin Concert Uke 24" Total Length 8" interior lower bout 5 1/2" interior upper bout. Condition: New Old Stock Price: $45.00