Grafton Clipper A convertible resonator 5-string banjo

High quality hand made 5-string resonator banjo, with Grafton padded gig bag, 3 steel finger picks and spare set of strings.

Virtually as new – hardly ever used.

For Sale: £250 plus postage (approx. £10 to £15)

(Was, at one time, selling on andybanjo.com for £565. (Andy has since retired and the shop has closed down)).

See one in use, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4lkeXpPQso

If interested, please contact me, Chris Granger, chris@chrisgranger.co.uk

Specification:

Scale length: 26.25″ with 22 frets

Rim: 11″ diameter x 15mm thick laminated maple

Brackets: 24 x heavy-duty brackets with 24 notch heavy-duty tension ring

Tone ring: Rolled brass tone ring 11″ diameter x 10mm deep x 4mm thick

Head: Standard Remo 11″ head

Neck: Solid maple neck with separate wide hardwood fingerboard; diamond-shaped position markers; solid 2 point neck-to-rim fixing

Binding: Smooth ABS binding down both sides of the neck with dot position markers

Truss Rod: Double action steel truss rod, fully adjustable in either direction

Fretting: 22 frets, carefully levelled, crowned, polished and hand-dressed for smooth playability

Top nut: Bone, precision hand-slotted for the gauge of strings fitted for optimum action at the first fret

Neck attachment: 2-point neck attachment with twin co-ordinator rods for optimum stability

Tuners; Good quality planetary tuners with 4:1 ratio; worm-geared 5th string peg

Armrest: Solidly mounted Gibson-style armrest

Tailpiece: Good quality cast “New Kerschner” style

Strings: Top-grade hand-made strings (Standard gauges 10/12/14/22w/10). Standard set-up/tuning for this banjo is GDGBD.

Bridge: Top quality maple and ebony bridge, precision hand-slotted for optimum playability and action

Resonator: 13” nominal outside diameter with 4-point thumbscrew fixing