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Bart Reiter Banjos - Special Open-Back


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This Bart Reiter Special 11" Open-Back Banjo is a clean-cut and straightforward player that evokes traditional sounding banjos, only here with an especially mellow tone. This has an 11" three-ply laminated Maple rim with a Rosewood cap, a notched tension hoop, and 24 L-Shoe brackets. The tone ring is Rolled Brass. Great for both frailing and clawhammer-style playing, this is a nice and versatile banjo with plenty of volume.

This has a 26 1/4" scale length and 1 1/4" nut width. Its Maple neck is steel-reinforced and has an adjustable truss rod, while the fingerboard is Ebony and matched with a 5/8" Ebony-topped bridge. Other features include a laminated veneer down the center of the neck; a Maple dowel stick; 17 nickel-silver frets with pearloid dot inlays; a bone nut; and a no-knot tailpiece. This Bart Reiter Special 11" Open-Back Banjo is a superb instrument overall and comes full setup to your specs. A case is not included, but we do have one available for it for a little more.

  • 11" 3-ply Laminated Maple rim with Rosewood cap, notched tension hoop, and 24 L-Shoe brackets
  • Rolled Brass tone ring and Fiberskyn 2 head
  • 26 1/4" scale length
  • Steel-Reinforced Hard Maple neck with laminated veneer and Maple dowel stick
  • Ebony fingerboard with scoop nickel-silver frets and Pearloid dot inlays
  • 1 1/4" nut width, Bone
  • Ebony-topped bridge with No-Knot tailpiece
  • 4 Planetary tuning pegs and geared 5th tuner
  • Case available upon request

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We take the time to set up every new guitar, mando, bass, uke, or banjo for every player, whether it was purchased here in Lawrence, Kansas or on our website. Large retailers are content to ship you a guitar right off of the warehouse shelf, while we take pride in the fact that your new instrument will be set up to be truly ready to play - for you.

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