CC-50: Cripple Creek Open-Back Banjo with Gig Bag

The banjo you actually want to pick up every day. The CC-50 brings real old-time tone to players just finding their way into clawhammer and folk without a price tag that makes you think twice.

Built around a multi-ply maple rim and hard maple neck, the Cripple Creek delivers the bright, cutting voice that open-back playing demands. A rolled brass tone ring adds focused punch and sustain that plastic-rim banjos simply can't touch. At just 5.5 lbs., it's light enough to play for hours. Every CC-50 is inspected and set up at our Titusville, FL shop before it ships, so it plays great right out of the box.

Warm, projecting open-back tone built for clawhammer, frailing, and folk styles with a multi-ply maple rim and hard maple neck

Rolled brass tone ring for focused attack and real sustain at a price that defies it

Rosewood fingerboard with a smooth, comfortable playing surface and two-way adjustable truss rod for long-term playability

Terminator tailpiece is Gold Tone's high-mass, bend-proof design that accepts loop- or ball-end strings

Set up in Titusville, FL so it plays in tune, stays in tune, and arrives ready to learn on from day one

Gig bag included for lessons, jams, or the back porch

A solid first banjo. An honest second one. The CC-50 is the most open-back for the money.