Gold Tone 5 String Maple Mountain Openback Banjo

The Maple Mountain 150 exemplifies Gold Tone's mission: to give you the best instrument for your money. The MM-150 was our 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

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

Option 1: SMP+ Pickup

Option 2: Fishman Rare Earth Pickup

Hard Case: HD14 (Optional)

Bag: HPBO (Optional)

Left-Handed Available: No