Posted By: Banjo-Pup (+4) | Rate Member
$1,300 USD
Beautiful, excellent condition, gently used Gold Tone Missing Link Baritone banjo. I purchased this new direct from Gold Tone during the pandemic and it is about as near to new as you will find. Played less than 20 hours total. Ships with original Gold Tone hard shell case. I have a couple of spare sets of the strings I will include. I recently purchased an open back banjo and I’m selling some of my instruments to fund that and some clawhammer lessons.
Description of the ML-1 from Gold Tone’s website:
“Béla Fleck, surely today's best-known banjoist, has his own heroes. One of these, John Hartford, made extensive use of a low-tuned five-string banjo (a twelve-inch Farland from the 1920s) in his music. While Béla had already been playing a Gold Tone CEB-5 Cello Banjo, he felt that there should be a banjo to fill the gap between the cello banjo (tuned to G, an octave below the standard banjo) and the standard five-string. Béla collaborated with Gold Tone president Wayne Rogers over many months and after overcoming many challenges and the building of several prototypes, the ML-1 "Missing Link" came into being. Tuned to open C (in a G configuration, i.e. an octave below the fifth fret of a standard five-string) the ML-1 features a twelve-inch, three-ply maple rim supporting a bronze tone ring. A specially-made Remo Black Suede head carries a custom 7/8" bridge and an all-wound custom string set hooks up to a Gold Tone Terminator tailpiece. The hard rock Canadian maple neck is topped by a rich black ebony fretboard, honed to a compound radius (5" to 9") and fitted with jumbo frets. The gorgeous art nouveau inlay pattern (of Béla's own design) travels the length of the neck all the way to the peghead, interrupted only by a Zero Glide nut (for super-accurate intonation and low-friction tuning). Black bindings and black buttons on the Master Planetary tuners complete the elegant look.”
Link to Gold Tone website product page with detailed specs. goldtonemusicgroup.com/goldton...ents/ml-1
Location:
United States, Springfield, OH, 45504
Shipping:
Buyer pays shipping (estimated $80 to $100 within continental US)
Payment Methods:
Cash (in person), Paypal
Return Policy:
Returns accepted. Buyer must contact seller within 3 days to arrange return. Refund will be given as Money Back. Buyer pays return shipping.
Condition of Item(s):
Used - Excellent Condition
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Gold Tone
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Active
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109098
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