If you teach banjo to kids or have a child that REALLY wants to get serious about the five-string banjo, you are faced with a problem. Your eight- or ten-year-old is crazy talented, but playing the banjo that's bigger than he or she is can be a hurdle that's very hard to manage. You've perhaps gone the route of the "bargain" banjo; it's still full-sized and maybe it didn't play or sound that terrific, either. If you want to encourage a little picker, the Gold Tone BG-Mini is the only way to go.  

The Mini is a for-real, actual Bluegrass banjo that's been scaled down in size to provide pint-sized pickers with a professional-grade banjo. Its design echoes that of Gold Tone's BG-250F and features an eight-inch diameter head sitting on a rolled-brass rod tone ring, a two-way adjustable truss rod, bone nut, planetary tuners, geared fifth-string peg, and a complete pro setup in Gold Tone's Florida shop. The BG-Mini is tuned to open C (like the fifth fret of a standard banjo). This is NOT a novelty banjo; it's the real deal and adult players can use it as the ultimate travel banjo! Available as a left-handed model. 

Features: 

• Folkternative Design.
  
• Planetary Tuners.
  
• One-Piece Flange.
  
• Maple Construction.

Important Specifications:

• Neck: Maple.
  
• Finish: Vintage Brown.
  
• Fingerboard: Blackwood.
  
• Bridge: Maple with Ebony Cap.
  
• Tuners: Planetary.
  
• Inlay: Snowflake.
  
• Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable.
  
• Tone Ring: Rolled Brass.
  
• Rim: Multi-Ply Maple.
  
• Tension Hoop: Flat Bar.
  
• Flange: One-piece Die Cast.
  
• Binding: White ABS.
  
• Brackets: 16.
  
• Buttons: A-Style.
  
• Hardware: Chrome Plated.
  
• Pickups: Optional.
  
• Tailpiece: No-Knot.
  
• Resonator: 10" Mahogany.
  
• Armrest: Vega-Style.
  
• Head: 8" LC Smooth.
  
• Number of Frets: 19.
  
• Nut Width: 1-3/16" Bone.
  
• Scale Length: 19-3/4".
  
• Weight: 5 lbs.
  
• Tuning: C5, G3, C4, E4, G4.
  
• Tuning (Alternate): GDGBD.
  
• Strings: .011, .024w, .016, .013, .011.
  
• Strings (Alternate): .016, .034w, .024w, .018, .016.
  
• Option 1: SMP+ P.
  
• Option 2: Fishman Rare Earth Pickup.
• Left-Handed Available: Yes.
  

Accessories Included:

• Hard Case.

Special Note B-Stock

B-Stock instruments play and sound perfect and meet our quality standards, but may have some slight cosmetic wear/blemishes that prevents us from selling it as A-Stock. These instruments are still set up by our luthiers and come with a full warranty!

Note: This Banjo has various finish blemishes