Gold Tone OB-150 Orange Blossom
5-String Banjo
Latest User Reviews
Poorly made and badly finished
Maybe OK as a starter instrument, but I wouldn't recommend it. Badly made and poorly finished, it doesn't live up to reviews. For example, resonator studs incorrectly fitted, so resonator bolts loose and unaligned. Neck/Pot joint machine cut and badly fitted with large gap. And it just feels and sounds 'tinny' - not the quality sound I was expecting from Gold Tone. I doubt whether changing the strings would make much difference, but as I had decided to return it, it still has the factory strings.
High Quality RB Clone
I like Gold Tone, the fact that this actually a Chinese made banjo does not detract in any way from the pleasure of owning and playing a quality instrument. I`m lucky to own a number of banjos, all professional performance level, including Deering, and the OB 150 is a clear favourite for sound quality, clarity of note on all strings, adequate volume without being overpowering, easy playing( I have big fingers) hand slides easily up & down the neck with no drag, and that isn`t always the case even if you spend double the cost of this instrument.
Technical Data
- Manufactured by Gold Tone
- Released in 2017
- Average price : $1377
- 3-Ply Canadian maple rim
- Bronze sand cast tonering
- Brass hoops
- Gibson-style armrest
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fingerboard (Dalbergia latifolia)
- Vintage inlays
- 2-Way adjustable truss rod
- Scale: 667 mm
- Nut width: 31.7 mm
- Maple bridge with ebony top
- Maple resonator
- Machine heads with planetary gears
- Tuning G-D-G-B-D
- Chrome plated hardware
- Colour: Vintage Brown Matte
- Incl. case
