Gold Tone CC-100R Cripple Creek Banjo with Resonator (Five String, Clear Maple)
Not quite sure where to start when wanting to learn the banjo? Here it is… Never before has an entry level banjo included the features and tone of our Cripple Creek 100 with Resonator (CC-100R). Check any competitive banjo in this price range and you’ll find that this model has “more bang for the buck”. Over 7,000 Cripple Creeks have been sold in the last 12 years, and have proven by far to be the best student banjo for tone and playability in its price range. With a complete setup here at the Gold Tone Factory in Florida, they are durable, have low string action and are a pleasure to play. The CC-100R model features a hard maple neck, rim, and convertible resonator, black binding on the neck and resonator, dual coordinator rods, curly maple headstock veneer, Straightline tailpiece, brass tone ring, 2-way adjustable truss rod, and low string action for the beginning banjoist. The CC-100R includes a resonator for increased tone and volume when playing bluegrass-style and easily converts to an open back banjo to be played clawhammer-style. This model has helped to start thousands and thousands of people on banjo… Start your venture today with a Cripple Creek!
Product Features
- Body: MapleNeck: MapleResonator: MapleTone Ring: BrassTruss Rod: Two-way adjustableTailpiece: Straight Line
- Tailpiece Other Features: Neck binding, Curly maple headstock veneer, Low action
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This is a real ‘keeper’ and worth its weight in gold (tone)! My husband thought he had died and gone to heaven when he got this gorgeous banjo as his 60th birthday gift from me. It is indeed a beautiful instrument. For several years he has mentioned his desire to have another banjo, as he made a mistake when he gave up his first banjo to one of our sons many years ago and later our son sold it. I managed to find out what kind of banjo he might buy if he had the money, and that’s when he mentioned the Gold Tone CC-100R Cripple Creek. So as a loving…
Great sound, great value After a lot of research my family finally pulled the trigger on the Gold Tone CC-100R for a Christmas Gift for my father. What pushed me over the top for this particular banjo was the solid maple construction (other banjos around this price point used laminate over mystery “wood”) and the stellar reviews I’ve seen here and elsewhere.I’m not a music guy, so I took a gamble on this and it paid off. A day never goes by that my father doesn’t pick the banjo up and noodle on it for an…