Bacon FF Professional Banjo Mandolin


  • Good Condition
  • Year: circa 1920s
  • Includes Original Hard Shell Case
  • Serial #: 9514

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All original Bacon FF Professional model banjo mandolin in original hard case; a wonderful mandolin, but a worthy candidate for conversion to five string. The flamed maple rim assembly is of lightly stained flamed maple, boasts the enclosed resonator design, with a flared mental tonering inside; two f holes present on back, hardware is original incld. Waverly tailpiece; light cosmetic wear present. The five piece maple neck has center laminations, with a 13-3/4" scale extended rosewood fingerboard, 1-7/16" wide nut; thin original frets present, with medium wear present; long pearwood peghead overlay shows chew marks near tuners, with Bacon script logo in thin pearl; finish wear present on back of neck. Plays well with medium/low action, light forward relief, ski-slope on extension.


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