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View AllGold Tone EB-5 Electric Banjo Demo
The EB-5 and F-6 at NAMM
Description
As the five-string banjo has migrated across many genres of music, amplified or electric banjos have increased in popularity. Gold Tone's EBT/EBM models have been employed by many popular artists (including Mumford & Sons, and Melissa Etheridge) to broaden and deepen their sonic pallets.
The EB-5 Electric Banjo is a lower-cost edition with simple appointments and a penetrating onstage presence. Gold Tone uses a custom-made Remo 8" pre-tuned banjo head that needs no tensioning hardware. This choice greatly enhances tuning stability. The contoured maihogany body is well-balanced and features a slimline Canadian maple neck. A stacked humbucking pickup eliminates feedback problems and the EB-5's heavy-duty “Terminator” tailpiece will accept loop-end or ball-end strings.
The EB-5 Electric Banjo is a lower-cost edition with simple appointments and a penetrating onstage presence. Gold Tone uses a custom-made Remo 8" pre-tuned banjo head that needs no tensioning hardware. This choice greatly enhances tuning stability. The contoured maihogany body is well-balanced and features a slimline Canadian maple neck. A stacked humbucking pickup eliminates feedback problems and the EB-5's heavy-duty “Terminator” tailpiece will accept loop-end or ball-end strings.
Features
Tonewoods
- Neck: Maple
- Body: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Radiused Rosewood
- Bridge: Ebony/Maple
- Wood Finish: Mahogany
- Fingerboard Inlay: Dot
- Nut: Bone
- Tuners: Planetary
- Tailpiece: Straightline
- Strings: GDGBD - .010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
- Plating: Chrome
- Head: Remo Pre-Tuned Head B1104-8
- Pickup: Humbucker at Neck Position
- Gig bag included