Gold Tone OB-250: Lightweight Orange Blossom Banjo with Case

Want to lose three pounds and still play a banjo with traditional beauty and great tone? This Orange Blossom model, rather than employing a brass tone ring, features a "tone rim". The high-quality multi-ply maple rim is machined into the shape of a flat head tone ring, but its all-wood design puts your OB-250 on a diet. If you're troubled with neck or shoulder fatigue during those long parking lot jams, THIS is your banjo. All other OB-250 features are here, including curly maple binding on the maple neck and resonator, GT-Master planetary tuners, hearts & flowers inlay, one-piece curly maple veneer on the resonator, a gorgeous new tobacco-brown finish and a super setup done right here at the Florida Gold Tone shop. Available as left-handed model.

The OB-250LW (Light Weight) banjo rim is an easy way to shave a few pounds off your banjo. The all-wood‚Å“rim-and-tone-ring-in-one replaces the separate wood rim and the two-to-three pound metal tone ring in your banjo. You save your back and the banjo's sound stays punchy and satisfying with little loss of power and volume. The tone remains tight with a satisfying short sustain. The bevel at the top of the rim measures the same as on most bronze rings and creates the same effective head area as found on a standard flathead tone ring. The LW rim is a quick and inexpensive option for someone needing relief from fatigue during those long sets on stage, or even if you're just tired of lugging around a thirteen-pound banjo.

Headstock

Buttons C-Style

Nut Width 1-3/16" ZeroGlide Nut

Tuners GT Master Planetary

Neck

Fingerboard Ebony

Frets 22

Inlay Hearts & Flowers

Material Maple

Truss Rod Two-Way Adjustable

Body

Armrest Gold Tone Engraved

Binding Wood

Brackets 24

Bridge Maple w/ Ebony Cap

Coordinator Rods Dual 11"

Finish Vintage Brown

Flange One Piece Die Cast Zinc

Hardware Chrome Plated

Head 11" Remo HC Coated Topside

Resonator 14" Flamed Maple

Rim 3-Ply Canadian Rock Maple Lathed Tone Rim

Tailpiece Terminator

Tension Hoop Notched Brass

Tone Ring

Dimensions

Scale Length 26-3/16"

Weight 8.12 lbs.

Case Included

String Gauge .009, .020w, .013, .011, .009

Tuning GDGBD