Details
The Pisgah Tubaphone combines a vintage-style tubaphone tone ring with a shorter string scale (25.5", same as a modern steel string guitar like the OM or the Dreadnought.) The shorter scale not only makes for an easier-playing banjo with less fret stretch but also adds a more mellow tone, yet the tone ring lends a nice clarity. The dark stain to the maple combined with aged brass hardware keeps the glitter to a minimum. We ordered this one with a fretless fretboard just in case you're thinking of going back to the earliest days of the banjo, back before those new-fangled metal frets made an appearance. The Richlite fretboard has a frailing scoop. A nice-looking, and sounding, banjo that won't break the bank.
Specs
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Fingerboard
Richlite
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Neck material
Maple
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Nut width
1 5/16"
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Scale length
25 1/2"
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Tuners
Gotoh
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Diameter
11"
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Shell
Maple
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Tone ring
Tubaphone
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Case type
Gig Bag
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Serial number
2548
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SKU
PISTUB11FL-2548
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UPC
111446
