Lightweight banjo with maple tone rim.
The OB-250 Orange Blossom banjo from Gold Tone features a "tone rim" rather than employing a brass tone ring. The high-quality multi-ply maple rim is machined into the shape of a flat head tone ring, but its all-wood design puts the OB-250 on a diet. If you're troubled with neck or shoulder fatigue during those long parking lot jams, this is your solution. All OB-250 features are here, including curly maple binding on the maple neck and resonator, GT-Master planetary tuners and one-piece curly maple veneer on the resonator.
Specifications
Headstock
- Buttons: C-Style
- Nut Width: 1-3/16" ZeroGlide Nut
- Tuners: GT Master Planetary
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Frets: 22
- Inlay: Hearts and Flowers
- Material: Maple
- Truss Rod: Two-way adjustable
- Armrest: Gold Tone engraved
- Binding: Wood
- Brackets: 24
- Bridge: Maple with ebony cap
- Coordinator Rods: Dual 11”
- Flange: One Piece Die Cast Zinc
- Hardware: Chrome-plated
- Head: 11" Remo HC Coated Topside
- Resonator: 14” Flamed Maple
- Rim: 3-Ply Canadian Rock maple lathed tone rim
- Tailpiece: Terminator
- Tension Hoop: Notched Brass
- Scale Length: 26-3/16"
- Weight: 9.9 lb.
- Case: Gig bag
- String Gauge: .011, .024w, .016, .013, .011
- Tuning: GDGBD