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Gold Star GF-200 5 String Flathead Banjo with Flamed Maple Resonator

Gold Star GF-200 5 String Flathead Banjo with Flamed Maple Resonator
Gold Star GF-200 Banjo
  
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Product Code: GF-200


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If you're looking for the articulate snap and prewar tone of an all maple 5-string resonator banjo from the 1930's, the GF-200 is the perfect choice! This instrument represents the culmination of years of development involving the re-issue of the legendary Gold Star® banjos of the late 1970's and 1980's that set the standard for how modern banjos similar to those of the prewar period are made. Only the best hand-selected flamed maple is used for the neck and resonator and is finished in a beautiful shaded vintage sunburst. All hardware is beautifully nickel-plated and manufactured to meet vintage specifications assuring that the GF-200 not only sounds amazing and looks incredible, but performs on a professional level, too. So, when you are ready to Shift your Break into Overdrive, get your hands on a Gold Star®!

The Gold Star GF-200 Flamed Maple Sunburst 5-String Banjo has a classic bluegrass tone. It's an amazing sound that comes from its deeply arched resonator with tapered wall. Flamed maple construction and hand-cut hearts and flowers inlay give the GF-200 eye appeal, and its smooth Brazilian rosewood fretboard lends it a finger-friendly feel. Each Gold Star banjo is shop adjusted. Old-fashioned quality for an old-fashioned price! Includes a deluxe vintage banjo case!
Gold Star GF-200 Banjo Features:

  • Select flamed maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
  • Select flamed Maple resonator with prewar style deep-arch and tapered-wall
  • Beautifully shaded vintage sunburst finish
  • Deluxe 3-ply rock maple rim
  • Sand-cast, prewar style 20-hole flathead tone ring
  • Polished ebony truss rod cover
  • 3-ply binding on fingerboard
  • Ebony peghead overlay
  • Fingerboard and peghead share matching hand-cut inlays of pearl and abalone in the traditional Hearts and Flowers pattern
  • Triple nickel-plated hardware
  • Deluxe Gotoh® tuners with genuine Pearl buttons
  • Superior® CD-1530 deluxe hardshell case with emerald green crushed velvet interior
  • Shop adjusted
  • One Year Warranty


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Average Customer Review: Average Customer Review: 5 of 5 5 of 5 Total Reviews: 2 Write a review.

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Gold Star GF-200 December 26, 2007
Reviewer: Guy Tegelberg from BAARN, The Netherlands  
Hi, Ben,

I recieved my Gold Star GF-200 by UPS this morning, and the workmanship and the quality exceeded my already high expectations by far! Though the initial set- up was fine, I did my own set- up (lowered string action slightly, loosened the truss rod for a bit more neck relief, and evened out the head tension a little), I changed the presto-style tailpiece into a Fults '34 parallel, because I love the richer sound a straight-pull tailpiece allows and because of the rigid and precise adjustment possibilities it has, and the banjo was positively singing from the word go! Banjo players just love to tinker with stuff....The case is also great!
Thanks a lot for the service and the great price for quality.

Regards, Guy

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  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Gold Star GF-200 September 26, 2007
Reviewer: Wayne Lewis from Gaylord, MI United States  
The setup from I.A. was excellent. Appearance is beautiful. No flaws or scratches. The only thing I changed was the Bridge. Put on a Kat Eyz 2 gm. The sound is like a more expensive banjo.What I've been looking for in a reasonably priced banjo.

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