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Maple Mountain Openback Banjo -Gloss Natural-No Style

Gold Tone

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The MM-150 was Gold Tone's first openback banjo and it still offers features found on many higher-priced banjos for less than you'd expect to pay. The half-inch-thick maple rim carries an authentically-designed Whyte Laydie-style scalloped three-piece brass tone ring under an eleven-inch Remo Renaissance head.

Premium parts include a comfortable maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with snowflake inlays and a frailing scoop, vintage Fairbanks-style headstock design, planetary tuners, a reproduction of the early 1900s armrest (secured by the banjo's bracket hooks), and No Knot tailpiece. The MM-150 is completely set up at the Gold Tone Factory.
Gold Tone Maple Mountain Openback Banjo Gloss Natural
Gold Tone Maple Mountain Openback Banjo Gloss Natural
Gold Tone Maple Mountain Openback Banjo Gloss Natural

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  • White Ladye Tone Ring
  • 1/2" Maple Rim
  • Planetary Tuners

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  • Neck: Maple
  • Finish: Natural Gloss
  • Fingerboard: Select Wood with Scoop
  • Bridge: Maple with Ebony Cap
  • Tuners: Planetary
  • Inlay: Snowflake
  • Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable
  • Tone Ring: White Ladye
  • Rim: 1/2" Maple
  • Tension Hoop: Notched Brass
  • Binding: Black ABS
  • Brackets: 24
  • Buttons: A-Style
  • Hardware: Chrome Plated
  • Pickups: Optional
  • Tailpiece: No-Knot
  • Armrest: Reproduction of early
  • Head: 11" HC Renaissance
  • Number of Frets: 18
  • Nut Width: 1-3/16" Bone
  • Scale Length: 26-3/16"
  • Weight: 6.5 lbs.
  • Tuning: GDGBD
  • Strings: .011, .024w, .016, .013, .011

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