Below (from left to right): 4-string Tenor banjo 1930s; Auto Harp 940s;5th string open back banjo made by Jim Trantham; (left) F-Style Mandolin 1950s (right) Lute Style Mandolin—aka "Tater Bug"—because the back is the same shape of the shell on a potato bug. 1940s; 5th string open back banjo made by Jim Trantham; 1850s Fretless Mountain Banjo(pre-civil war) made by Jim Trantham; Folk guitar made by Jim Trantham.

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