Gold Tone CC-Mini Cripple Creek Banjo (Five String, Maple) Review

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(More customer reviews)For a small travel banjo the Gold Tone CC Mini-Cripple Creek Banjo is very playable up to about the 12th fret or so. Higher up than that, the neck heel gets in the way of the palm of your left hand. They should have scaled down the neck heel instead of leaving it standard size as there's no need for a large neck heel on a small banjo. Additionally the banjo's action is a little too high. Or at least for me. I play Scruggs 3 finger and chromatic style. You could frail on it the way it is. I will eventually sand down the nut so the strings are closer to the neck and set of the angle of the neck to the pot with the rod in the back so the strings don't get higher off the fingerboard the higher up the neck you play. Having said that, it's still a very playable banjo. I did have to remove the arm rest and re-install it in the correct location on the tension hoop as the way it came, my forearm rested on the edge of it and not in the center. When I reset the arm rest, some of the chrome peeled off one of the tension nuts. They are chrome plated but not copper and nickel plated first so the chrome won't last as long. Don't let my comments scare you off as it's not uncommon to have to adjust a new banjo to your playing style. I would consider buying another Gold Tone. Mine is fully adjustable and well made. The gig bag it came with is well constructed and features a zippered pocket where the T nut (included) is also stored. Keep on Picking!

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The Cripple Creek Mini (CC-Mini) has similar features as popular Gold Tone Cripple Creek line in a short-scale version. This mini banjo has a perfectly straight neck and low action to maintain consistent tuning. The openback design is light and portable. The CC-Mini features an 8" maple rim and brass tone ring, guitar-style geared tuners, a geared 5th string tuner, it has great plunk for old time and the brass tone ring provides enough punch for bluegrass.The CC-Mini is tuned to open-C but if playing with others and need to tune to standard G, the string gauges may be changed to the following: .016, .034, .024, .019, .016.

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