Custom Gretsch Guitars Dixie Special Amber Roots Collection 5-String Open-Back Banjo

The middle child in the popular Gretsch "Dixie" open-back banjo family, the "Dixie Special" five-string boasts features usually reserved for more expensive instruments. Fine features include a rolled brass tone ring and 24 tension brackets, 11" Remo Renaissance head, rock maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with frailing scoop and vintage-style B&D inlays, 26-3/8" scale, vintage-style "No Knot"-type tailpiece, 1-3/16" nut, geared die-cast machine heads, Vega-style armrest, nickel-plated hardware, and a beautiful amber maple matte finish. Gretsch Guitars G9455 Specifications: Body Material: Maple Plywood Body Shape: Banjo Body Finish: Amber Maple Matte Finish Neck Shape: Vintage Soft "U" Number of Frets: 18 Position Inlays: Vintage B&D Fretboard: Rosewood Neck Material: Hard Maple Neck Finish: Amber Maple Matte Finish Nut Width: 1. 875" (47. 6 mm) Scale Length: 26. 4" (671 mm) Hardware Finish: Nickel-Plated Bridge: Ebony-Tipped Maple Tuning Machines: Geared Planetary Strings: D'Addario J61, Nickel, (.010-.023 Gauges)