This model is a full scale (26-3/16 inches), and is ideal for that plunky, old-time sound.
It comes in a hardshell case, for $1850. Now in Stock.
Richard Brown of Laredo, Texas is making banjos of native woods including mesquite and Texas ebony, Pithecellobrium flexicaule.
Hear this banjo, or, if you prefer,
see and hear one played (4mb).