2020 Gold Star GF-100JD JD Crowe Bluegrass Album Banjo w/ Case

In 1980, five musicians went into the Arch Street Studio in Berkeley, CA and Bluegrass recording history was made. “The Bluegrass Album” with Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks, Doyle Lawson and Todd Phillips redefined the direction of the music for the next generation. The banjo pictured on the cover and recorded on the Bluegrass Album was a prewar RB-3 that has been with Saga for more than 30 years. For the past five years, we have charted a course which has finally resulted in the recreation of that legendary banjo…an instrument that produced some of the finest examples of banjo tone that have ever been recorded. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the continuing tradition.

• Traditional V-shaped neck with single truss rod
• Deep arch, tapered wall resonator
• Period-correct twin purfling rings
• Deluxe Gold Star 4:1 Pancake Planets for precise easy tuning
• Bound Santos tonewood fingerboard
• No-hole, cast, machined flathead tone ring

FEATURES:

Flathead Resonator
Single Leg 1930's Nickel Plated Brass Arm Rest
Maple Bridge w/ Ebony Top
Dual Coordinator Rods
White ABS Fretboard and Peghead Binding
Santos Rosewood Fretboard
Mother of Pearl Style 3 Inlays
Natural High Gloss Finish on Resonator/ Satin Finish on Neck
One-Piece Zinc Alloy Flange
Nickel Silver Frets
Frosted Remo Head
Mahogany Neck
Bone Nut
1-3/16" Nut Width
Signed Label by JD Crowe
Mother of Pearl Style 3 Peghead Inlay
Ebony Peghead Overlay
Mahogany Resonator w/ Concentric Rings
Multi-Ply Hard Rock Maple Rim
Presto-Style Tailpiece
Sand-Cast No-Hole Alloy Tone Ring
Gotoh Vintage Style Planetary Tuning Machines 
Certificate of Authenticity Hand-Signed by JD Crowe
Superior Hardshell Case