Following
the success of the Gold Tone Banjitar line, requests were made for an
on-stage solid body 6-string banjo played like a guitar. The
ES-Banjitar, like a normal banjo, has extremely fast response compared
to a regular electric. Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides are
accomplished with incredible ease. Even unplugged, the ES-Banjitar has
an excellent banjo tone due to the hollow sound chamber within the
body. This instrument is great for country music, blues, jazz, or any
style where a banjo tone is desired without the need for learning the
traditional 5-string banjo. Only a few years ago, a 6-string banjo
would have been considered a 'cheater' banjo for guitarists, but today
it is well accepted as its own instruments and you will hear the
6-string banjo in many genres of popular music!
The
ES-Banjitar features an 8” tone ring and banjo head, dual pickup
configuration with a stacked humbucker in the neck position and a hidden
humbucking pickup beneath the banjo head in the bridge position, volume
and tone controls, Straightline tailpiece, mahogany body, maple neck
with bound rosewood fingerboard, and low string action. The ES-Banjitar
has a scale length of 25-1/2” and uses standard ball-end guitar
strings. Final assembly and complete setup performed at the Gold Tone
Factory in Florida.
The ES Pickup System
The
ES-Banjitar is equipped with two pickups; a humbucker under the banjo
head in the bridge position, and a stacked humbucker in the neck
position. There is a 3-way selector switch that allows the player to
switch between the neck pickup only (position up), both the neck and
bridge pickup simultaneously (center position), and the bridge pickup
only (position down). The three knobs consist of a volume knob for each
pickup (2) and a master tone knob (1). Blending between the two
pickups utilizing both volume knobs is possible when the 3-way pickup
selector is in the center position and both pickups are activated.
Gold Tone ES-Banjitar Features:
- Neck: Slim Maple
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Top Flame: Maple
- Fingerboard Inlay: Snowflake Position Markers
- Body Binding: White binding
- Nut: Bone
- Tuners: Sealed adjustable 6 in-line guitar tuners
- Tailpiece: Straightline
- Plating: Chrome
- Tension Hoop: Top Tension Style Counterhoop
- Pickup: Single Coil Neck SMP Humbucking Under Head
- Scale: 25-5/8"
- Weight: 9 lbs
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Frets: 21 medium frets
- Total Length: 38 3/4"
- Head Size: 8" High Collar
- Lifetime Warranty
