Gold Tone CC-OT Cripple Creek Banjo Clawhammer Package Vintage Brown

Description

The Cripple Creek CC-0T is Gold Tone’s recommended entry-level open-back banjo. This CC-0T comes in a complete package designed to learn clawhammer-style banjo. They sound and play the way a real open-back banjo should. The banjo includes a maple neck, scooped rosewood fingerboard with 5th string capo spike, a Fiberskyn banjo head, No Knot tailpiece, Vega-style armrest, vintage Fairbanks headstock design and geared tuners. The package also includes a gig bag, a banjo strap, an installed capo spike and the popular Banjo & Play: Clawhammer Banjo DVD by Ben Carlin, where he discusses the fundamentals of clawhammer banjo techniques and teaches several traditional songs with tablature. With a complete setup at the Gold Tone Factory in Florida, the CC-0T is durable, has low string action, and is a pleasure to learn on.

Features

Tonewoods

• Neck: Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood with frailing scoop
• Bridge: Maple with ebony cap; 5/8"
• Rim: 1/2" maple

Appointments

• Wood Finish: Vintage Brown; Satin
• Fingerboard Inlay: Dot/Star
• Neck Binding: Celluloid

Hardware

• Nut: Composite
• Tuners: Guitar-Style, Sealed
• Tailpiece: No-Knot
• Strings: GDGBD - .010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
• Plating: Chrome
• Tension Hoop: Steel
• Tone Ring: Rolled Brass Ring
• Arm Rest: "Gold Tone" Engraved

Dimensions

• Scale: 23-9/16"
• Weight: 5 lb.
• Nut Width: 1-3/16"
• Frets: 18 Medium
• Head Size: 11" Remo Fiberskyn; Low Crown
• Total Length: 37"