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Banjola: The Gold Tone Banjola is a full-scale 5-string banjo neck on a mandolin-like body. It has a solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides, to produce a warm, softly sweet tone.
Custom MM-150 Long Neck .
- The MM-150 ("Maple Mountain") uses the same blond maple neck that is used for the MC-150 ("Maple Classic"), but it is attached to an open back pot having an Electric (a.k.a. "Whyte Laydie") style tone ring.
- That long blond maple neck is fashioned in the Pete Seeger style of the 1950s and '60s, having an extra three low frets. When tuned to the same tension as a standard, 22-fret banjo in "G" tuning, this instrument is tuned eBEG#E, which, of course, is an open E chord. Reflecting the original splicing-on of extra frets, the diamond inlay pattern in its rosewood fingerboard is "normal" when one has a capo at the 3rd fret (which, not coincidentally, places you in G). The peghead is "fiddle" shaped, and has a flamed maple peghead overlay; it comes standard with planetary tuners.
- The blond laminated pot is nicely appointed with chromed hardware, and, as mentioned, has an "Electric" tone ring (my favorite!).
- A gig bag or hardshell case can be ordered with this instrument. Available on special order. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery within the 48 contiguous States..
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Custom MM-150 Long Neck - BC-350: "Bob Carlin Signature Model" .
- Gold Tone has given us old-time music fans a banjo designed with clawhammer guru Bob Carlin's input and advice. It's a 12" maple pot with a rolled brass tone ring hooked up to a nice, natural maple neck. Befitting an OT banjo, the striped ebony fingerboard is scooped, and it has a cleverly recessed ebony trussrod cover, too. Bob likes a wide fingerboard, so this model is 1-3/8" at the nut for easy fingering.
- For this new model, Gold Tone has a simple, but very comfortable flat armrest.
- It is the Bob Carlin model so the faux dowel stick (which covers a coordinator rod) bears Bob's signature.
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BC-350: "Bob Carlin Signature Model" 
WL-250: White Ladye - Essentially an "Electric-style" banjo, as it uses the Electric tone ring Fairbanks patented in 1890 (later called the "Whyte Laydie" tone ring), and like an Electric, it has no bracket band and has a dark finish. The Electric happens to be my favorite banjo sound, so as you might imagine, I like this model!
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see and hear one of these banjos (7mb).This banjo is available in a "
ZEPP Music Recommended Starter Package" .
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- OT-700A: A-Scale Vega Tu-Ba-Phone replica
- A short-scale version (23-1/8 inches) of Goldtone's very nice Tu-Ba-Phone, this openback banjo is scooped and ready for the serious Old-Time player.
OT-800: Vega Tu-Ba-Phone replica - New in 2008, and the flagship of Gold Tone's (also new for 2008) "Old Tone" lineup of open backs. At last, an affordable Tu-Ba-Phone!
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OT-800: Vega Tu-Ba-Phone Long Neck - New for 2009, A 25-fret Pete Seeger-style version of Gold Tone's Tu-Ba-Phone, complete with bracket band!
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OT-6: 6-string Banjo - New in 2008. This banjo is not a guitar-banjo, but is in essence a 5-string with an extra bass string. In addition, a huge, 14-inch pot really lets that bass string sound out!
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OT-10: 10-string Banjo - New in 2010. This banjo is essentially a 5-string banjo with doubled courses of strings. One of the "5th" strings attaches as normal, while the other is tunneled to the headstock. Its 11-inch pot has a Tu-Ba-Phone tone ring and a bracket band.
CEB-5: 5-String Cello Banjo - A huge, 14-inch pot with a short, 16-fret neck and classical nylon strings, this thing is a real thumper!
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OB-250: "Orange Blossom." This is a traditional-looking bluegrass banjo, with a flathead tone ring. The maple neck and resonator have a nice fit and finish. It has nickel-plated parts, including the one-piece flange, a Price-licensed tailpiece, and a 3-ply(!) maple rim. Has both a very nice "hearts and flowers" inlay pattern and a great price!
BG-250F "Professional Bluegrass Special." Not quite as fancy as the OB-250, but a good-sounding, easy to play bluegrass instrument with a brass, flathead tonering. Dark Stained,
maple neck and resonator, Bound, rosewood
fingerboard with snowflake inlay; fiddle-cut headstock. Traditional-appearing one-piece flange between the rim and the resonator, three-ply maple rim.
- MC-150R "Maple Classic":
- Resonator model Has an alloy, flathead tone ring. This
natural maple instrument has a crisp bluegrass sound, and a great price.
Rosewood fingerboard with snowflake inlay and a fiddle-cut headstock.
The instrument figured has optional, planetary tuning pegs, a $50 upgrade.
- CC-100 "Cripple Creek":
- All natural maple. with a simple, rolled brass tone ring, a rosewood fingerboard, two coordinator rods, an adjustable neck, an armrest, a Price-licensed tailpiece, and a good sound. It has a fiddle-shaped headstock, which is fitted with enclosed, guitar-style tuners(more accurate than planetaries, and, unlike planeteries, they can't slip backwards).
- CC-100R "Cripple Creek" Resonator model:
- Essentially the same banjo as the CC-100, but with the addition of a resonator for that brighter, louder, bluegrass sound.
- Essentially the same banjo as the CC-100, but with the addition of a resonator for that brighter, louder, bluegrass sound.
- CC-100+
This is effectively the same instrument as the CC-100 (above), but with some rather significant upgrades. As you can see, it has a brown stain on its maple neck and pot. The peghead is the same shape as the CC-100, but it has a stained maple overlay, and comes standard with Gold Tone's new planetary tuners. The 5th string peg seems also to have been redesigned, and the 5th string pip relocated to correct the 5th string's intonation.
The pot is the same as the standard CC-100's, having a small, rolled brass tone ring, but it has a new, engraved armrest. While it has Gold Tone's standard, Price-licensed tailpiece, you'll note that this one came with the new, made-in-Taiwan Remo frosted head. The frosting on these is a bit thicker than on the US heads, and this gives a tone similar to that of a Ludwig-made head.
CC-OT Package - This Cripple Creek banjo is set up for the beginning Old-Time player: it is scooped, comes with a Fiberskyn brand head, and, as part of its package, it includes a gig bag, a strap, a Bob Carlin instructional video, and even a 7th fret spike for playing in A and D.
- CC-100R+
This is the bluegrass version of the CC-100+ as described above, the only functional difference being the resonator present on this model (that'd be the "R" in Gold Tone's parlance, get it?).
- OT-700A: A-Scale Vega Tu-Ba-Phone replica
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