Brand: Gold Tone
Instrument Categories: Banjos, SOLD
Improving an instrument’s performance has always been a builder’s goal, and the banjo is no exception. The Gold Tone WL-250’s Whyte Laydie tone ring (in various spellings) provides quick response with fast decay, and that’s helpful in frailing and claw-hammer styles.
The Gold Tone WL-250 Whyte Laydie is an old-style open back banjo with a built-in frailing scoop on the fingerboard, and of course it uses the three-piece White Laydie tone ring. It’s tastefully decorated, with a gloss finish over dark stained maple, and cloud inlays appear on the ebony fingerboard.
Here’s Gold Tone on the WL-250 Whyte Laydie open back banjo:
“The Gold Tone Whyte Laydie WL-250 produces the plunky yet focused tone that’s long been a standard for Old Time and folk music.
This banjo features an accurate replica of the classic three-piece Whyte Laydie tone ring, mated with a half-inch maple rim for maximum air chamber volume. The maple neck has a vintage heel design, a Fairbanks-style headstock shape, GT Master planetary tuners. Stylized cloud inlays adorn the bound ebony fretboard which terminates in a frailing scoop. The eleven-inch pot carries a Remo Renaissance head, a No-Knot tailpiece and dual coordinator rods for a solid neck fit and easy adjustments.
A complete pro setup at the Gold Tone Factory in Florida helps to make the WL-250 Gold Tone’s most popular openback banjo ever. Available as left-handed model.”
The WL-250 is sold with a hard-shell Everest case.
- Model: WL-250
- Year: Current
- Finish Gloss
- Class: New
- Serial Number: Varies as New. 2140 4763 shown.
- Country of Origin: China
- Condition: Brand New
- Date Posted: 13/06/2018
- This instrument has been sold
- Not Consignment
- Required CITES documentation
- Including original Hard case
- Instrument Weight: 6.7lbs 3.1kg
- Scale Length: 26.187in 665.15mm
- Nut Width: 1.187in 30.15mm
