Gold Tone AC-1 – Acoustic Composite – 5 String Openback Banjo with Bag

Proclaimed “Best in Show / MUST Stock” instrument at the 2016 Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show in Nashville, Tennessee, the Gold Tone AC-1 sets the bar for an economical, well-made, great-sounding and durable beginner banjo.

No other maker on the planet offers so much to the novice banjoist for so little and with a gig bag! The gold Tone superior-sounding composite rim mated to a slim, playable neck, produces a banjo that weighs LESS THAN FOUR POUNDS.

The AC-1 is the perfect choice for beginners, travel use or for a child’s first banjo. Handsome, with its matching black neck, rim, Zero Glide nut and tuner buttons.

Specification

• Rim: Composite
• Tension hoop: Flat bar
• Head: 11″ LC Frosted
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fingerboard: Blackwood
• Fingerboard inlays: Dots
• Truss rod: Two-way adjustable
• Scale length: 665 mm (26 3/16″)
• Nut width: 30.2 mm (1 3/16″)
• Bridge: Maple with ebony cap, compensated
• Nut: ZeroGlide
• Tailpiece: Adjustable
• Tuners: Geared
• Tuning: G-D-G-B-D
• Weight: 1.7 kg (3.75 lb)
• Included: Bag
• Finish: Composite
• Plating: Chrome