Carved Heels

 

Because heel carvings are such interesting and beautiful features of many of these banjos, I have assumed that viewers might want to survey and compare carving designs and workmanship. Therefore, in addition to appearing with the other photos of each carved-heel instrument, I have clustered all of them here for your convenience. They appear here in the same order that they are found on the site.  For almost all of the carved heels displayed here, the photos posted of each banjo will include additional views of the heel.

 

 

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Fairbanks & Cole

S/N-1535 -

Elaborate Fretless:    

 

Fairbanks S/N 9986
Early Electric

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 14393

Electric No. 3

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 20270

Special Electric No.6

Fred Martin Line

 

Fairbanks S/N 763

Custom Electric

 

 

Vega S/N 27158

Style C

 

 

Vega S/N 67411

Tubaphone DeLuxe

 

 

 

Bacon S/N 427

FF Professional

No. 2 Special

 

 

Bacon S/N 221

FF Professional

Custom Dragon

 

Stewart S/N 51601

Presentation

Special Thoroughbred

 

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Fairbanks & Cole

S/N 1928

Custom "early style"

 

Fairbanks S/N 251
Early Electric

 

 

Fair banks S/N 19049

Electric No. 3

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 22296

Whyte Laydie No. 7

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 17167

Custom Imperial Electric

 

 

Vega S/N 25744

Tubaphone No. 3

 

 

Vega S/N 59331

Tubaphone DeLuxe

5 String Pectrum

 

 

Bacon S/N 193

FF Professional

No. 2 Special

 

 

Stewart S/N 6357

Orchestra No. 2

 

 

Cole S/N 2429

Eclipse No. 4000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 15405

Imperial No. 3

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 16353
Electric No. 2

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 18320

Special Electric No. 5

 

 

Fairbanks S/N 1792

Columbian Prototype

 

 

Fairbanks S/N None

Robinson No. 2

 

 

Vega S/N 25566

1909 Tubaphone No. 9

 

 

Vega S/N 27817

Custom Tubaphone No. 9

5 String Plectrum

 

 

Bacon S/N 67

FF Professional

No. 3 (Dragon)

 

 

Stewart S/N None

Presentation "Enigma"