New. This banjo from Will Williams was made with an original 40-hole tone ring from around 1932. It was mated with an old cured Jimmy Cox 3-ply Maple rim from the 1970's. Unfigured Maple was used for the neck and resonator. This wood was chosen to support the resonance from the rim and ring. One-piece pot metal flange. Rosewood flat fingerboard.
     Ivoroid bindings on top and back of resonator and along fingerboard. Elaborate yet tasteful pearl inlays in peghead and fingerboard.
     We've been having fun with this banjo since we picked it up from Will at a recent festival. It is set-up pretty tight, around a C pitch, and it has a great high-mid presence. I haven't heard it with a more relaxed head, but there is no reason to want to. This banjo has found a beautiful zone of "spang". In other words, if you are looking for a very cool sounding archtop, I would heartily recommend this one.

     Almost New Condition. There isn't any wear on frets. The only wear on head is from me having a blast playing this banjo. No dings or dents.
     Mahogany neck and resonator. "Old Factory Floor" 3-ply Maple rim. Jim Burlile flathead tone ring. Antique'd white bindings around top and back edge of resonator and along sides of fingerboard. Two white/black/white concentric circles in back of Mahogany resonator. Modified "Flying Eagle" inlay pattern inlaid in double-cut peghead and in flat rosewood fingerboard. Four Keith "Standard" tuning pegs in peghead, Schaller 5th string peg - all with matching ivoroid buttons. Solid pearl truss-rod cover. R.R. spikes installed at 7th and 9th position for 5th-string capo'ing. Bone nut.
     This is a really great banjo. It really is a joy to play a banjo and have so much presence and thump and growl. It really does make your sternum resonate while you are playing. Will Williams has  built about 21 or so of these "Kenny Ingram" models, using top grade components and taking care in thoughtfully mating these parts for maximum sound value.
     Kenny Ingram used this model extensively for several years when he was touring and recording with "Rhonda Vincent and the Rage".
     * Will Williams isn't making this model anymore, so if you want one it has to be a "pre-owned" one. This particular banjo is in great original condition and was really never played.

     Excellent(+) original condition. Hardly any sign of prior use. No fret wear. This banjo has been back to Will Williams and he's checked it all out and certified it to be in fine original condition.
     Select-grade Mahogany resonator and neck. Rosewood fingerboard with Flying Eagle inlay pattern. Double-cut headstock. Sullivan "Old Factory Floor" 3-ply Maple rim. Burlile pre-war style flathead tone ring. Keith tuners. Concentric circles in back of resonator. Tasteful inlay pattern in peghead and fingerboard.

     Exc.(+) Condition. There are some slight scratches on the resonator, and a couple marks on the top of the peghead, but the banjo is in great overall shape.
     "Old floor" 3-ply wood rim. Burlyle handmade,  pre-war style flathead  tonering. All 4 tuners are Keith standard pegs with Schaller 5th string tuner all with matching Ivoroid buttons. Neck was custom cut to show only the least amount of wood between the last fret and the tension hoop.

     New. Mahogany banjo with 140-year old Maple 3-ply rim.
     Double-cut peghead. Flat Rosewood fingerboard with diamonds and bows inlay pattern. Don Elkins' old wood 3-ply Maple rim. Prucha/Ptacek pre-war style flathead tonering. Pre-war style 1-pc pot metal flange. Fingerboard and resonator have white binding. Mahogany resonator back has 2 multiple concentric circles. Waverly 2-band tuners.
     Players are used to Will Williams hitting very close to the mark to the old pre-war sound in his Mahogany banjos. This is no exception. Mr Williams carefully mates tone ring weight with wood rim density, to make sure the vibrations that resound thru the tone ring are handed off in a manner to fully activate the wood rim. Again, its a very good Mahogany sound.