c.1910 Bacon Professional FF Special
$3995 CAD
($2996.25 USD)
For more details contact us at info@folkwaymusic.com or 855-772-0424.
This Lange-built Bacon Professional FF Special features a 10-7/8”internal resonator rim, with wave soundholes, intricate marquetry, 24 brackets, and original Rogers skin head. The 5 string neck features a bound pearwood fretboard with intricate sea snail inlays and an engraved flowerpot on the headstock. The scale is 27-1/8”, and the nut width is 1-5/16”. The original frets play cleanly despite a bit of back-bow in the neck. We have the banjo set up with Aquila Nylgut strings, a ½” bridge and an action of 5/32” at the 12th fret, which frails nicely.
The banjo is in excellent condition and is original but for newer inlays on the back of the headstock and on the heel-cap.
Grained ivoroid ‘Forest Dale, VT’ plate, Bacon Professional, FF, and Special all stamped on to the neck stick. No serial number.
With modern hardshell case
The banjo is in excellent condition and is original but for newer inlays on the back of the headstock and on the heel-cap.
Grained ivoroid ‘Forest Dale, VT’ plate, Bacon Professional, FF, and Special all stamped on to the neck stick. No serial number.
With modern hardshell case