A Division of Olive Branch Records
Gold Tone Banjola or PC Banjola
Gold Tone PC Banjola
Built in Pickup
Free Shipping in USA!
List Price - $1,679
Your Price - $1,269
These puppies have a standard 5-string banjo neck and a teardrop shaped mandolin (or mandola) body. These Banjolas are beautiful instruments with exquisite tone and sustain that you won’t find in a standard 5-string banjo. Nice warm tone!
Outside USA email Us for shipping and availability.
It has a Maple Neck
The Bridge is Floating Ebony
It's Fingerboard is Rosewood
Sides and Back are Curly Stained Maple
The Top is Solid spruce
The Fingerboard Inlay is Dot/shooting star
It's Neck Binding is Celluloid
Wood Finish is Vintage Brown
The Body Binding is Celluloid
The Headstock Inlay is a Shooting star
The Nut is Bone & saddle
It's Plating is Chrome
It has Planetary Tuners
The Strings are tuned to GDGBD
Gauges 010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
It has a Mandolin Tailpiece
It uses a Scale of 26-1/2"
It Weighs 4 lbs.
It's Nut Width is 1-3/16"
The Frets are Med
And has a Total Length of 38 1/4"
The Bridge is Floating Ebony
It's Fingerboard is Rosewood
Sides and Back are Curly Stained Maple
The Top is Solid spruce
The Fingerboard Inlay is Dot/shooting star
It's Neck Binding is Celluloid
Wood Finish is Vintage Brown
The Body Binding is Celluloid
The Headstock Inlay is a Shooting star
The Nut is Bone & saddle
It's Plating is Chrome
It has Planetary Tuners
The Strings are tuned to GDGBD
Gauges 010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
It has a Mandolin Tailpiece
It uses a Scale of 26-1/2"
It Weighs 4 lbs.
It's Nut Width is 1-3/16"
The Frets are Med
And has a Total Length of 38 1/4"
Each Gold Tone banjo undergoes a 12 point
final assemble before being shipped to you!!
1-Instruments with Heads are adjusted
to proper tension for good tone
2- Truss Rod is adjusted to correct relief
3- All frets are leveled
4- All frets are hand polished
5- Coordinator rods are properly adjusted
6- Nut slots are filed to correct depth
7- Fingerboard is oiled
8- Any surface scratches are polished
9- Tailpiece is adjusted
10- Bridge feet are sanded for fine adjustment
11- Tuning machines adjusted
12- All final adjustments and quality control
Making Gold Tone Banjos the best value
in banjos on the market today.
Others in the same price range
just don't compare!
A whole lot of "Bang for the Buck!!"
final assemble before being shipped to you!!
1-Instruments with Heads are adjusted
to proper tension for good tone
2- Truss Rod is adjusted to correct relief
3- All frets are leveled
4- All frets are hand polished
5- Coordinator rods are properly adjusted
6- Nut slots are filed to correct depth
7- Fingerboard is oiled
8- Any surface scratches are polished
9- Tailpiece is adjusted
10- Bridge feet are sanded for fine adjustment
11- Tuning machines adjusted
12- All final adjustments and quality control
Making Gold Tone Banjos the best value
in banjos on the market today.
Others in the same price range
just don't compare!
A whole lot of "Bang for the Buck!!"
** Free Shipping **
Gold Tone Banjos Warranty
Your Gold Tone instrument is warranted to be free of defects in materials and workmanship to the original owner for an unlimited amount of time. Gold Tone will correct any construction failures without charge. Owner must cover shipping charges to and from the Gold Tone company. This warranty does not cover repairs necessitated by normal use; damage caused by misuse or accident; exposure to extremes of moisture or temperature; lacquer checking or cracking; or repair to an instrument that has been repaired by anyone other than Gold Tone or a Gold Tone authorized person.
Your Gold Tone instrument is warranted to be free of defects in materials and workmanship to the original owner for an unlimited amount of time. Gold Tone will correct any construction failures without charge. Owner must cover shipping charges to and from the Gold Tone company. This warranty does not cover repairs necessitated by normal use; damage caused by misuse or accident; exposure to extremes of moisture or temperature; lacquer checking or cracking; or repair to an instrument that has been repaired by anyone other than Gold Tone or a Gold Tone authorized person.
Gold Tone Banjola
Free Shipping in USA!
List Price - $944
Your Price - $719
Outside USA email Us for shipping and availability.
In 2004, Gold Tone received an e-mail from Pat Cloud. He had bought a Banjola at McCabes in California and was now residing in Japan working for Disney. Pat was extremely complementary about his purchase. The playability and the sustaining tone was renewing his interest in the 5-string. He said he was planning a whole CD recording of the Banjola, his first in 20 years. He inquired about a pickup and we immediately thought of the possibility of a “Pat Cloud” model Banjola. After numerous emails and discussion, the PC-Banjola was born.
Here are some of Pat’s comments after receiving his PC-Banjola:
“Wayne, the Banjola arrived and it is just gorgeous! I love the solid feel and the action is perfect. I just love it. It gets better and better every time I pick it up. It’s perfect for me. This Friday is my day off and i am going into Tokyo to try some amps out. My whole life has been in exploration of the “five string system” usually attached to banjo, but now attached to an exciting new instrument which satisfies my need for mellow sustain and jazz chord soloing.
This top professional banjola has many upgrades from the original highly successful Banjola. A wider body, pin style bridge (instead of floating), maple/abalone full body binding, multi-layered veneer back of headstock, rising sun inlay, maple heel cap, and a dual stereo out transducer/magnetic pick up. This is a great stage instrument as the amplified tone is unique and sustaining, and it has a very “fat” tone because of the stereo pick up arrangement.
Here are some of Pat’s comments after receiving his PC-Banjola:
“Wayne, the Banjola arrived and it is just gorgeous! I love the solid feel and the action is perfect. I just love it. It gets better and better every time I pick it up. It’s perfect for me. This Friday is my day off and i am going into Tokyo to try some amps out. My whole life has been in exploration of the “five string system” usually attached to banjo, but now attached to an exciting new instrument which satisfies my need for mellow sustain and jazz chord soloing.
This top professional banjola has many upgrades from the original highly successful Banjola. A wider body, pin style bridge (instead of floating), maple/abalone full body binding, multi-layered veneer back of headstock, rising sun inlay, maple heel cap, and a dual stereo out transducer/magnetic pick up. This is a great stage instrument as the amplified tone is unique and sustaining, and it has a very “fat” tone because of the stereo pick up arrangement.
With a standard 5-string banjo neck and the body of a mandolin (or mandola), the Banjola is a beautiful instrument with exquisite tone and sustain that you won’t find in a standard 5-string banjo.
Banjola
PC Banjola
The Neck is Hard Rock Canadian Maple
with 2-Way Adjustable Truss Rod
It has an Ebony Fixed Bridge
The Fingerboard is Ebony
The Sides and Back are Flamed Maple
The Fingerboard Inlay is Descending Sun
It's Neck Binding is Curly Maple
It's Wood is Finish Vintage Brown
The Body Binding is Curly Maple
The Nut is Bone
It is Triple Plated in Gold
Tuners are GT Master Plantetary Tuners
The Strings are tuned to GDGBD
Gauge 010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
The Pickup is a Neck Stacked Humbucker
with a Bridge Ribbon Transducer
It has a Stereo Jack and a Mono Jack
That activates the Neck Pickup
It uses a Scale of 26-1/2"
It Weight 5 lbs.
It's Nut Width is 1-3/16"
It has 22 Medium Frets
And It's Total Length is 38 1/4"
with 2-Way Adjustable Truss Rod
It has an Ebony Fixed Bridge
The Fingerboard is Ebony
The Sides and Back are Flamed Maple
The Fingerboard Inlay is Descending Sun
It's Neck Binding is Curly Maple
It's Wood is Finish Vintage Brown
The Body Binding is Curly Maple
The Nut is Bone
It is Triple Plated in Gold
Tuners are GT Master Plantetary Tuners
The Strings are tuned to GDGBD
Gauge 010, .024w, .016, .013, .010
The Pickup is a Neck Stacked Humbucker
with a Bridge Ribbon Transducer
It has a Stereo Jack and a Mono Jack
That activates the Neck Pickup
It uses a Scale of 26-1/2"
It Weight 5 lbs.
It's Nut Width is 1-3/16"
It has 22 Medium Frets
And It's Total Length is 38 1/4"
With Plush Case - $899
With Plush Case - $1,449
With Hot Dot
Pickup - $799
Pickup - $799
With Hot Dot Pickup
and Plush Case - $949
and Plush Case - $949
