Gold Tone BUT Tenor-Scale Banjo Ukulele with Case
$499.99
The Gold Tone BUT is a tenor-scale banjo ukulele tuned GCEA — standard ukulele tuning — on a 17″ scale with 20 frets. It is built on the same 8-inch multi-ply maple rim and pot assembly Gold Tone uses across the whole banjo-uke family, with an 8-inch Remo MC Smooth head and a maple flat-back resonator, so it gives you the bright, percussive snap of a banjo with the voicing and chord shapes of a uke. A hard shell case is included, and every one is professionally set up at Gold Tone’s factory in Titusville, FL before it ships.
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At a Glance
- Handedness
- Right-Handed
- Style
- Banjo Ukulele
- Strings
- 4
- Scale Length
- 19"
- Pickup
- No
- Made In
- China
- Weight
- 3 lbs
The Gold Tone BUT is the tenor-scale member of Gold Tone’s banjo-ukulele family. It is tuned GCEA — standard ukulele tuning — so every chord shape and scale pattern you already know as a uke player transfers to it directly. The 17″ tenor scale with 20 frets gives you the roomiest fret spacing and the fullest voice of the standard ukulele scales.
All four instruments in Gold Tone’s banjo-ukulele range — soprano, concert, tenor and baritone — share the same 8-inch multi-ply maple rim and pot assembly, so the BUT gets the same well-proven foundation as its siblings; what changes between them is the scale length of the neck and, on the baritone alone, the tuning. The 8-inch Remo MC Smooth head and maple flat-back resonator give the BUT a bright, focused bark that carries further than a wood-body ukulele.
The maple neck carries a rosewood fingerboard with mini-dot inlays and a 1-3/8" ZeroGlide nut, which keeps open strings in tune as reliably as fretted ones, and a two-way adjustable truss rod lets you set neck relief as the seasons change. Open-gear guitar-style tuners hold pitch, the bridge is maple with an ebony cap, and the banjo-uke style tailpiece and chrome hardware finish it in the traditional style. It weighs about 2.10 lbs.
Gold Tone BUT Tenor-Scale Banjo Ukulele Specifications
| Scale Length | 17″ Tenor |
| Tuning | GCEA |
| Frets | 20 |
| Nut Width | 1-3/8" ZeroGlide |
| Rim | 8" multi-ply maple |
| Head | 8" Remo MC Smooth |
| Resonator | Maple flat back |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood |
| Inlay | Mini dot |
| Tuners | Open-gear guitar-style |
| Tailpiece | Banjo-uke style |
| Binding | cream ABS |
| Hardware | Chrome plated |
| Finish | Satin vintage brown |
| Weight | 2.10 lbs |
| Handedness | Right-Handed |
| Case | Hard shell case included |
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the BUT tuned?
GCEA, which is standard ukulele tuning. If you already play soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, everything you know transfers directly — no new chord shapes to learn. Note that it is the baritone BUB, not this instrument, that is tuned DGBE like the top four strings of a guitar; if guitar tuning is what you are after, that is the model to look at.
What is the difference between the models in this range?
They share the same 8-inch maple pot; the scale length of the neck is what changes. Gold Tone builds the soprano at 13-1/2", the concert at 15-1/2", the tenor at 17" and the baritone at 19". The first three are tuned GCEA; only the baritone is tuned DGBE. This one is the tenor at 17″.
Why Buy From Banjo Warehouse
Banjo Warehouse is an authorized Gold Tone dealer, so your BUT carries the full transferable lifetime warranty Gold Tone stands behind. Flexible financing is available through PayPal Pay in 4 and 3, 6, 12, and 24-month plans with no late fees, plus Afterpay.
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