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 Posted: Thu Apr 9th, 2009 09:56 am
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Rosepunkclown
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 Ok, I have a banjo, that my mum said I could have as she was going to throw it out.

The only writing on it painted onto the head next to the tuning pegs, it just says 'life'. There is a sticker on the back of it that sayd 'HB-75', it has 5 strings and it is made out of solid wood.

I tried to find info on net but can't seem to find much. I know there is a brand called 'tree of life' is this one of them?

Does anyone know when this may have been made and how valuable this is? I don't have a camera, can't take any pictures.

Cheers

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 Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 11:12 pm
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'tree of life' is a style of fingerboard embellishment, not a brand.

HB-75 is a model number for a Japanese or Korean-made banjo sold under the 'Hondo' brand in the 1970s and 1980s. These Japanese banjos are generally superior to the recent Chinese ones, solid playable instruments but not particularly collectable or valuable, on the whole.

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