All Gold Tone Banjos

The best selling Gold Tone Cripple Creek CC-50RP Deluxe 5-String Banjo complete with a range of best quality banjo accessories. Please see below for more details.

Bob Carlin has taught hundreds of people to play Old Time banjo, so it's only logical to make his signature banjo specs available to new players by way of a Cripple Creek (CC) version. Undeniably a world-beating value in a twelve-inch clawhammer banjo, the CC-Carlin12 has all the right stuff: a nut width of 1 and 3/8", a two-way truss rod in the maple neck, scooped black-bound fretboard with dot inlays and a three-ply maple rim.

Winner of the "Best in Show" award at Summer NAMM 2018, these Little Gem Banjo Ukes feature a composite see-through plastic rim and resonator and are available in 4 "gem" colors (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, and Amethyst). The Little Gems also have a maple necks, penetrating tone, and sealed tuners. Includes gig bag.

The Light-Up version comes with LED lighting around the rim, that has 3 different settings: Always On, Sound Activated, and Pulse. Equipped with rechargeable batteries and USB charging cable.

A 'Best in Show' product from the Summer NAMM Trade show in Anaheim California 2016! Affordale, well made, lightweight 5 string openback banjo with gig bag. Left hand also available, check options box below.

Like its cousin the AC-1 (proclaimed "Best in Show / MUST Stock" instrument at the 2016 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, Tennessee), the Gold Tone AC-4 is an economical, durable and great-sounding 19 fret beginner tenor banjo. Designed for the tenor banjoist. The AC-4 features our snappy-sounding composite rim, mated to a slim and easy-playing neck that's equipped with Gold Tone's patented Zero Glide nut. The AC-4 weighs in at LESS THAN FOUR POUNDS and is the perfect choice for beginners, for travel use or for a child's first banjo. Can be tuned Irish GDAE,  Jazz CGDA or Chicago DGBE. Select tuning above

The Gold Tone AC-12 is the latest addition to Gold Tones ever-more complete lineup of clawhammer banjos. It has everything the new old-time banjo player could want: a generous 1 7/16" string nut width ( ZeroGlide nut as standard), a separate rosewood fretboard on a Nato mahogany neck with frailing scoop, an adjustable two-way truss rod with peghead-located adjuster, a durable and great-sounding 12-inch composite rim with coordinator rod for fine action adjustment, a good-looking and functional tailpiece for easy string-changes and proper down-pressure. Ultra-light at just FIVE POUNDS (!!!), this featherweight can save your back while you trudge around the festival grounds.

A 'Best in Show' product from the Summer NAMM Trade show in Anaheim California! Affordable, well made, lightweight 5 string openback banjo with gig bag. Please note this banjo is fitted with nylon strings.

Excellent value electro acoustic concert scale banjo uke. Fitted with a Remo Fibreskyn head, zero glide nut system and a Hot Dot contact pickup. Stage Ready!!
Supplied with a Gold Tone gig bag

The Gold Tone CC-OT has everything you need to start playing clawhammer. The Remo Fiberskyn head is mounted on a half-inch-thick maple rim topped with a rolled-brass hoop (Old Timey). The comfy maple neck has a rosewood fretboard complete with scoop, and both the neck and the rim wear a rich brown satin finish.

Gig Bag, strap and picks included.

A 'Best in Show' product from the Summer NAMM Trade show in Anaheim California! Affordable, well made, lightweight 5 string openback long neck banjo with gig bag. 

The Gold Tone AC-Mini 5 string banjo packs more punch than you might expect from an entry-level banjo. The rim is molded from a composite material that is strong, consistent, and durable. The Nato mahogany neck features a rosewood fingerboard and (like all of our banjos) a two-way adjustable truss rod. The composite construction of our AC pot means maximum power and projection for minimum cost and weight. All of this comes at a price that ANYONE can afford.

Tuned top open G and supplied in gig bag.

Gold Tone 'Cripple Creek' CC-50 Deluxe 5-String Banjo complete with a Gold tone Gig bag. A fine entry level Open Back Banjo. Please see below for more details and Gold Tone build specification

 The Closed back Banjo Uke is an affordable alternative to the Gold Tone Banjolele series. Tuned GCEA for the concert or Tenor and DGBE for the Baritone, this model features a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard, geared tuners, a single adjustable coordinator rod, and Flat plate-style resonator. Aquila strings fitted as standard. Includes Gold Tone logo'd hard shell case.

Gold Tone CB-100 5 String banjo. Clawhammer 5-string openback banjo 11". A scooped fingerboard, rolled brass rod tone ring, and vintage design makes this banjo great value. Supplied with Hard case.

Gold Tone Banjola+ electric-acoustic 5-string banjo neck with A-style mandolin body. The Banjola is a beautiful instrument with exquisite tone and sustain that you won't find in a standard 5-string banjo. Supplied with Gig Bag

Gold Tone CC-IT Cripple Creek 17 Fret Irish Tenor Banjo. The Cripple Creek Irish Tenor includes a removable resonator for increased tone and volume. Supplied in a padded gig bag.

The Gold Tone BG-150F brings the beautiful appearance of the great pre-WWII banjos to a new, lower price point. This banjo offers the player the lovely hearts-and-flowers fretboard inlay and the fully-bound neck and fourteen-inch resonator of the Gold Tone BG-250F combined with lightweight playing comfort (made possible by installing a quarter-inch brass-rod tone ring rather than the nearly three-pound bell brass ring in the BG-250F). Little is lost in sound quality or power, and long gigs played standing up become much more bearable. Supplied with a gig bag! 

A true lightweight backpacker banjo weighing in at only two lbs (0.907 Kg). This 5-string banjo also brilliant for getting children started on bluegrass and other styles of 5-string banjo.The Plucky is a backpacker's dream!  It is tuned to open C (CGCEG) or open D (DADF#A) as standard or you can tune it open G by changing to strings gauged 016, .034, .024, .019, .016. Set up perfectly in our on-sight workshop just like the big boys. Supplied in a bag.

Winner of the "Best in Show" award at Summer NAMM 2018, these Little Gem Banjo Ukes feature a composite see-through plastic rim and resonator and are available in 4 "gem" colors (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, and Amethyst). The LED versions also have flashing lights when you play. Little Gems also have a maple necks, penetrating tone, and sealed tuners. Includes gig bag.

An A-scale short neck version of our popular AC-1 5-string banjo. The composite makes it very durable. The size makes it lightweight and easy to transport, which is perfect for travelling, taking to the beach or for a child to play on. Includes gig bag.

MM150 featuring a half-inch-thick maple rim which carries a Whyte Laydie-style scalloped three-piece brass tone ring under an eleven-inch Remo Renaissance head. Supplied with case.

The IT-250F is THE banjo for the Irish tenor banjoist that wants to be heard! Gold Tone's loudest tenor banjo features a 40-hole brass arch-top tone ring and a brass resonator flange.Banjo

Popular with Banjo Orchestras in the early 1900's the Cello Banjo has once again been brought back by Gold Tone in the CEB-4 Cello Banjo Marcy Marxer Signature Model (see Marcy's video below). Features a 3 ply 14" pot, Rolled Brass Tone ring and Nylon strings. Includes Deluxe Hard Shell Case. See below for more details

The Gold Tone EB-5 electric banjo features a Remo pre-tuned eight-inch banjo head that never needs re-tensioning. With a contour-carved mahogany body and Canadian maple neck.