Gold Tone ES-Banjitar Electric Banjitar 6-String Banjo / Guitar
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ES-Banjitar: Electric Banjitar
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 w/ 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 w/ 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, nyatoh body, maple neck w/ 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. Available as left-handed model.
Specifications
ES-Banjitar: Electric Banjitar
- Folkternative Design
- 8" Aluminum Tone Ring
- Humbucker & SMP Pickups
- Tobacco Sunburst Finish
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 w/ 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 w/ 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, nyatoh body, maple neck w/ 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. Available as left-handed model.
Specifications
- Neck: Hard Rock Maple
- Finish: Tobacco sunburst
- Fingerboard: Radiused Rosewood
- Bridge: Maple w/ Ebony Cap
- Tuners: Sealed Guitar-Style
- Inlay: Snowflake
- Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable
- Tone Ring: 8" Aluminum
- Tension Hoop: Top Tension-style
- Binding: White ABS
- Hardware: Chrome Plated
- Pickups: Stacked Single Coil Humbucker at Neck & SMP Humbucker Under Head
- Tailpiece: 6-String Straightline
- Head: 8" HC Smooth
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Width: 1-11/16"Bone
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Weight: 8 lbs.
- Tuning: EADGBE
- Strings: .052w, .042w, .032w, .020w, .016, .010
- Hard Case: HDE
- Left-Handed Available: Yes