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The A-scale banjo



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  • Body shape: Round
  • Top: Skin
  • Back: Open or resonator
  • Bridge: Floating
  • Frets: Fixed
  • Strings: 5 (5th string a short "thumb string")
  • Courses: 5 ( 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1)
  • Scale: 610 - 640 mm
A small five-string banjo intended to be tuned one whole note higher than the regular five-stringer.

Gold Tone calls a banjo of this size a "travel banjo" and it's also occasionally refered to as a banjeaurine, although that's not strictly speaking correct.

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