The Gold Tone OT-800 is a premium old-time banjo built around a pre-WWII-style Tubaphone tone ring, delivering the warm, complex overtones that serious clawhammer and old-time players demand. With an 11-inch maple rim, ebony fingerboard with vintage inlay, and a bracket-band design that preserves rim integrity, this is a historically informed instrument built for today's working player. A deluxe arched-top hard case is included, and every OT-800 ships with a professional factory setup from Gold Tone in Titusville, Florida.
The Gold Tone OT-800/L is a left-handed old time tubaphone-style open back banjo. 32-hole tubaphone tone ring, 1/2-inch maple rim with bracket band, ebony fingerboard with scoop, no-knot tailpiece, Remo Renaissance head, GT Master planetary tuners, dual coordinator rods. 8 lbs. Professionally set up at Banjo Warehouse in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Hardshell case included.
This is the left-handed version of the Gold Tone OT-800LN, a serious old-time banjo built around a pre-WWII-style Tubaphone tone ring on an 11-inch maple rim — the kind of instrument that rewards clawhammer players who know what they're looking for. With an ebony fretboard, ZeroGlide nut, GT Master Planetary tuners, and a neck scoop purpose-built for drop-thumb playing, it captures the voice and feel of the classic 1890–1930 Boston School banjos. Every OT-800LN ships with a professional factory setup from Gold Tone in Titusville, Florida and includes a deluxe arched-top hard case.
The Gold Tone OT-800LN is a serious old-time banjo built around a pre-WWII-style Tubaphone tone ring, an 11-inch maple rim, and a scooped ebony fingerboard — everything a dedicated clawhammer or old-time player needs in one beautifully crafted instrument. Inspired by the golden age of Boston-school banjo making (1890–1930), it delivers the warm, complex overtones that define authentic old-time sound. Every OT-800LN ships with a professional factory setup from Gold Tone in Titusville, Florida and includes a deluxe arched-top hard case.
This longneck openback RB-175 Gibson banjo is from the late 1960s or early 1970s. It has three extra frets which allow banjoists and singers to play in open E.