Gold Tone ES-Banjitar: Electric Banjitar

Gold Tone
Code: ES-Banjitar
£899.99
RRP £1,089.00
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Telecaster style bodies electric banjo guitar. Features an electric guitar design, 8 inch pre-tensioned banjo head and a single coil pickup. Supplied with hard case.

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Key Features
Gold Tone Folkternative Design
Gloss Finish
Pickup fitted
Radiused Fingerboard
Supplied with Hard Case
Tone Ring Fitted

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Description

Following the success of the Gold Tone Banjitar line, requests were made for an on-stage solid body 6-string played like a guitar. The ES-Banjitar, like a normal banjo, has extremely fast response compared to a regular electric. 

Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides are accomplished with incredible ease. Even unplugged, the ES-Banjitar banjo guitar has an excellent banjo tone due to the hollow sound chamber within the body. This instrument is great for country music, blues, jazz, or any style where a banjo tone is desired without the need for learning the traditional 5-string banjo. Only a few years ago, a 6-string banjo would have been considered a 'cheater' banjo for guitarists, but today it is well accepted as its own instruments and you will hear the 6-string banjo in many genres of popular music!

The ES-Banjitar features an 8" tone ring and banjo head, dual pickup configuration with a stacked humbucker in the neck position and a hidden humbucking pickup beneath the banjo head in the bridge position, volume and tone controls, Straightline tailpiece, mahogany body, maple neck with bound rosewood fingerboard, and low string action. The ES-Banjitar has a scale length of 25-1/2" and uses standard ball-end guitar strings. Final assembly and complete setup performed at the Gold Tone Factory in Florida. 

Specification

Banjo Type
Guitar Banjo
Number of Strings
6 String

Pot

Pot Type
Solid Body
Banjo Head Type
White Smooth Top
Crown Height
High Crown (1/2")
Bridge
3 footed maple with ebony tip
Tailpiece
Gold Tone Straightline Tailpiece

Neck

Neck Material
Hard rock maple
Fretboard
Rosewood
Fretboard Binding
Yes
Number of Frets
22
Neck Inlays
Snowflake
Scale Length
25 1/2" (648mm)

Headstock

Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
1 11/16" (43mm)
Tuning Pegs
Closed geared side tuners
Tuner Buttons
Chrome

Finish

Finish
Gloss
Tuning
Standard Guitar EADGBE
Colour
Tobacco Sunburst

Electrics

Electro Acoustic Model
Yes
Pickup Type
Stacked single coil Humbucker pickup at neck and SMP Humbucker under head

Other

Right or Left Handed
Right Handed
Supplied with Case/Gig Bag
Hard Case
Weight
3.6 Kg

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