Gold Tone Banjola+: Woodbody Banjo with Pickup

Description

The golden-voiced offspring of a mandola (the mandolin-family equivalent of the viola) and a five-string banjo, The Gold Tone Banjola+ is yet another of our banjo variants that are meant to expand the player's tonal vocabulary. Light in weight and easy to finger, the Banjola+ is wonderful for fills and solos in all kinds of music. The super-comfortable curly maple neck has a bound rosewood fretboard and the curly maple mandola body is bound top and back as well. It comes with a passive bridge-mounted pickup for easy amplification and the natural-finish solid spruce top picks up the energy from the moveable ebony bridge and multiplies it into a lovely, expressive sound that will enhance ballads and instrumental music equally nicely. The planetary-gear tuning machines and the mandolin-style tailpiece are chrome-plated and the nut and bridge saddle are made of real bone for the best tone possible.
Headstock
Buttons:  A-Style
Nut Width:  1 -3/16" ZeroGlide Nut
Tuners:  GT Planetary
Zero Glide Installed:  1
Neck
Fingerboard:  Rosewood
Frets:  22
Inlay:  Dot w/ Shooting Star
Truss RodTwo-Way Adjustable
Body
Back & Sides:  Curly Stained Maple
Binding:  White ABS
Bridge:  Adjustable Bridge
Finish:  Natural / High Gloss
Hardware:  Chrome Plated
Tailpiece:  Vintage w/ Cover
Top:  Solid Spruce
Dimensions
Scale Length:  26-1/2"
Weight:  4 lbs.
Other
Bag:  Included
Pickups:  Bridge-Mounted Transducer Pickup
String Gauge:  .012, .026w, .018 , .016, .012
Tuning:  GDGBD