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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 9439071, member: 84&quot;]I found this banjo (along with a smaller, open back 1 that looks like it might say Ella or Stella on the head) at my local thrift store - when I opened the case &amp; saw BACON on the top I thought it was some kind of joke; I&#039;d never heard of a Bacon banjo (or guitar), but then I saw the plaque &amp; I thought it was a custom made piece or a prize until I read &#039;Folk Model&#039; - googling that I found out that I had a Bacon - Gretch circa 1960&#039;s folk model banjo &amp; it was a good thing!</p><p>I also noticed that there were not that many Folk Models (there were a lot of Bacon - Day?) and even more unusual is that as I read about it I saw I could date it by the serial number on the dowel, but googling banjo dowel showed it was a support in the back of the banjo frame/skin and mine was a &quot;closed&quot; banjo with a wood backing &amp; not a open back banjo - which is what every other Folk Model Bacon banjo I found was!</p><p>Looking at the photo of the back of the banjo where the neck meets the frame, you can see the wood back&#039;s opening for the neck is not straight; it looks like it was put on a little off center.</p><p>Are there other closed back folk model banjos like mine or could mine be a &quot;Frankenstein&quot; model someone made?</p><p>Are these as rare as they seem? (I&#039;ve seen ones that sold but not 1 for sale (except mine now on eBay!)</p><p>Any information on this would be a great help &amp; appreciated.</p><p>Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438281[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438282[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438283[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438284[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438288[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]438289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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