Instruments for Sale
About George Banjo Sales
George Banjos offers banjos for sale in three categories - custom banjos hand-crafted by Tommy George and Christian Stanfield, banjos from other manufacturers that have been restored or had reproduction necks made by Tommy and Christian, and occasionally Tommy or Christian will make available for sale a banjo or other instrument from their personal collection.
All George custom banjos are warranteed for life against defective manufacture. Reproductions are guaranteed for the work Tommy and Christian have done; all other banjos are sold as-is.
Update, April 2012: A quick scroll down this page reveals that we are pretty much sold out of almost everything in stock except banjo ukes and one lone 5-string long neck. Do not let that deter you - custom order your own George banjo today and let us build to your specification or needs! Current wait list is about two to four months to get started, and we can have you banjo ready within about four months after getting started.
How to Buy
Click the contact link above to send a message to George Banjos. Indicate the model you are interested, and Tommy will get back to you to make arrangements for payment and shipping. George Banjos accepts checks and money orders, and we have a Paypal account as well. Happy banjo shopping!
Art Deco Banjo Uke (1 of 4)
Tommy just finished the first of a set of four identical Art Deco model banjo ukes. These ukes feature a new peghead design, loosely based on the Chrysler building architecture. Fingerboard, peghead overlay and all inlays are of beautiful polished pearloid material. This uke has a concert scale length of just under 15".
Price: $800 (includes gig bag)
Premium George Longneck!
This is a top-shelf custom creation by Tommy George, and it won't be here long! Built in 2009 on spec, it was played by Randall Morton of Devil Train for two years while we tweaked it up and got it just right. This banjo is made of premium dark-stained curly maple, with a wenge fingerboard, custom inlay pattern and a gorgeous fluer-de-lis resonator.
Price: $1,200 (includes hard shell case)
2011 Concert Banjo Ukulele
New for 2011, Tommy has starteed building concert-scale banjo ukuleles, with a slightly longer scale than the standard banjo ukes we have been building over the past several years. One of these has gone to St. Louis, another is in Somerville, and we have five more on the way - see the In Progress page for some photos of concert necks currently being built!
This banjo uke features a maple neck, tone ring, rim and bridge. Grover tuners.
Price: $650 (includes gig bag)
"Black Beauty" (2011)
Have you ever played on old-time tune on an open back banjo and had to fake part of it because you ran out of low notes? Christian's new Black Beauty banjo remedies that problem by adding an extra bass string - now you can capo up to D and play "Whiskey Before Breakfast" in the standard register and actually play all the notes! This banjo is constructed of premium maple, and finished in black lacquer. Note the intricate marquetry that adorns the bottom edge of the rim! The tension hoop was made by Bill Rickard in Canada, and the tuners are top shelf Gotohs. The 25.5" ebony fingerboard is radiused for easy playing up and down the neck. Fiberskin head, dowel stick neck attatchment.
Price: SOLD
2010 George Walnut Banjo Ukulele
This banjo ukulele feature a three piece walnut-curly maple-walnut neck and a bent 8" solid walnut rim. Wood granadillo tone ring. Grover tuners, and rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay pattern. Click on thumbnails below to see full-size photos of the entire instrument.
Price: SOLD
1962 Gibson RB 100 (TB Conversion)
Tommy took a 1970's Gibson RB 100 neck with hearts & flowers inlay and attached it to a 1962 Gisbon TB 100 pot for this 5-string conversion project. Bound peaghead features a classic Gibson flower pot inlay.
Price: SOLD
Baldwin Style 2/C
This banjo is an early 1970's Baldwin Style 2 pot with a reproduction neck made by Tommy George. It features a Style "C" inlay pattern on a bound neck, offered here with a hard shell case.
Price: $1,200.00 (includes hard shell case)
Vega Senator
Tommy built a reproduction Vega Senator mahogany neck for this old Vega Style F pot, resulting in a banjo similar to the old Vega Senator. Ebony fingerboard.
Price: SOLD
1950's Vega Folk Model
This is an original Vega neck and pot that Tommy restored. This is a Vega folk model from the 1950's.
Price: SOLD
"Man In The Moon"
This is a Festival Favorite model (25 1/2" scale, 12" rim open back banjo) that features a more traditional peghead, with a handcut and engraved "man in the moon" design. Curly maple neck and rim, ebony fingerboard and Gotoh tuners.
Price: SOLD
2010 George Curly Maple Banjo Ukulele
Culry maple neck, rim and fingerboard, with Grover tuners and a granadillo wood tonering. Click on thumbnails below to see full-size photos of the entire instrument.
Price: SOLD
2010 Cherry A-Scale Banjo
Just finished in the shop, available for Christmas! This cherry beauty sports abalone inlay and a moon bridge.
Price: SOLD
Maple Banjo Ukulele - Bracket Band
This superb, dark stained banjo uke features a nickel-plated brass bracket band hand crafted by Tommy George. Maple rim, ring and bridge for superior tone.
Price: SOLD
2008 George Long Neck
This banjo is constructed from curly maple (neck) and features a bound ivoroid maple block rim. It has a 1/4" hand-rolled brass tonering, and an ivoroid bound rosewood fingerboard. It has a 25 frets on a 32" scale length and it measures 1 1/4" at the nut.
Price: SOLD
2009 George Whyte Ladye Open Back Banjo
Curly maple neck and rim. 27" scale, width is 1 1/4" at the nut. 11" rim, Whyte Ladye tonering and narrow bracket band. Brazillian rosewood fingerboard. Gotoh planetary tuning machines.
Price: SOLD
2010 Mahogany Slothead
Based on the same specs as the Joe Robertson 12" rim, 25.5" scale open back banjo, this frailer features a rosewood fingerboard and mahogany rim and neck. The headstock is slotted for pegs, which makes the instrument unusual and attractive.
Price: SOLD
2008 George A-Scale (12" Rim)
This banjo was built in May of 2008, and it features a curly maple neck and rim with a strip of rosewood inlaid into the rim. The 22' scale neck is a three piece laminate with maple on the outside and rosewooed down the center. Width at nut is 1 3/16". Rosewood fingerboard with a frailing scoop and pearl dots with a pearl accent at the twelth fret.
Price: SOLD
2008 George/Vega "A-scale" Open Back Banjo
Short "A-scale" (22 1/2" scale) curly maple neck constructed in 2008, with a 1920's Vega Style F Pot (Serial #69926). Width at nut is 1 1/8". Ebony fingerboard with ivoroid binding. Yellowstone head, 1/4" hand-rolled brass tonering.
Price: SOLD
2008 George 11 1/2"
Birdseye maple neck built by Tommy George, with a 1920's 11.5" pot, which is also made of birdseye maple. Ebony fingerboard, frailing scoop, Gotoh tuners. Moon and comet peghead inlay. 1/4" hand-rolled brass tonering, which was original to the pot.
Price: SOLD
Early 1970's Deering
This is an early example from the Deering company in California, which started in the early 1970's. This banjo features a mahogany neck and resonator.
Price: SOLD
