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The CC-50 Banjo: Old-timey Tone Every Player Wants!





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The CC-50 Cripple Creek Banjo from Gold Tone harkens back to old-time banjo builds and tone with a 5-string open-backed body for silky, familiar twang. The CC-50 is a favorite first banjo for beginners, primarily due to its comfortable rosewood fingerboard that facilitates easy learning and effortless play. However, the CC-50’s tone and build quality are also exceptional, to the point that experienced pickers love using it as their backup. In terms of tonewoods, the CC-50 packs a maple rim and neck. Maple yields a folksy, warm resonance shaped and enhanced by an 11-inch Remo banjo head for iconic tone. What’s more, the CC-50’s hardware is exceptionally well crafted. Highlights include sealed tuners, a maple/ebony tailpiece, a patented Terminator tailpiece, a bone Zero Glide nut, and a rolled brass tone ring. Such a detail-oriented approach to banjo building gives Sweetwater players the confidence to buy smart and play hard with the CC-50. Gold Tone isn’t just the company’s name, it’s exactly what you get!





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Classic tonewoods crafted for folk





The CC-50 offers a familiar, folksy tone from a brand that knows banjo building like the back of its hand! The CC-50’s open-back design is a favorite for clawhammer and old-time folk. The tone is airy, relaxed, and right at home at any porch-pickin’ event. The CC-50’s neck and tonewood rim are built from maple. Maple is a classic tonewood for folk instruments, as its tone is strong, clear, resonant, and distinct. Maple also has a bright attack, strengthening acoustic clarity with better note volume and projection. A straight-line tailpiece maple/ebony bridge further distinguishes the CC-50’s tone; opting for a tailpiece made from tonewoods demonstrates Gold Tone’s commitment to passionate, detailed quality.





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Terminator tailpiece: a bend-free banjo enhancer





Proprietary hardware like Gold Tone’s Terminator tailpiece gives players at any level serious bang for their buck. But does this bend-free tailpiece live up to its aggressive name? Absolutely. The Terminator’s high-mass build still delivers old-school tone while also improving upon the brittle, bend-prone nature of old-school tailpieces. The Terminator will never bend, and that’s a Gold Tone guarantee. Moreover, players can string the Terminator with loop- or ball-end strings. Your favorite banjo strings are always an option, and you can use whatever strings are available in a pinch ? at a gig, for example. The Terminator’s tone seals the deal with tight body contact that helps strings resonate more for power and projection that holds nothing back.





Zero Glide: patented precision makes playability smooth





Gold Tone’s Zero Glide nut is a tiny piece of hardware that enhances instrument performance drastically. The patented design pairs a sustain-boosting bone nut with a hard nickel-silver “zero fret” for enhanced reliability and sound. Zero Glide nuts grace the headstocks of electric guitars, acoustic guitars, banjos, and even ukuleles. The benefits are clearly universal! Zero Glide’s precision-cut string slots further reduce string contact by a staggering 93% at the nut ? meaning fewer tuning breaks and better resonance, especially when playing gets aggressive. Zero Glide also narrows sonic differences between fretted- and open-string notes while solving common intonation issues for innovative accuracy without compromising character.





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Gold Tone CC-50 Cripple Creek Banjo Features:


An excellent 5-string banjo for beginners (or experienced pickers in need of a backup)


Hard maple neck and multi-ply maple rim deliver clear tone with distinct banjo twang


Voiced for old-timey folk and clawhammer technique


High-performance Terminator tailpiece; vintage-inspired but enhanced for modern durability and performance


Musical rolled brass tone ring and Zero Glide bone nut


Resonant a maple/ebony tailpiece and durable chrome-plated tuners


Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays fuels accurate fret hand comfort


11-inch Remo LC Coated Topside head


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