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Elegance, volume, tone, and superb feel that any banjo player will love! The Fender FB59 5 String Banjo is Fender's best, offering quality and craftsmanship usually only found in banjos that cost much more. The tone of the FB59 5 string banjo is loud and ringing for cutting through a blazing bluegrass band. Features include a walnut resonator, walnut neck with maple strip, 26.4 inch scale, wood rim, gold hardware, rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl inlay, brass tone ring and hard case. This is a truly beautiful instrument from Fender!
Fender FB59 5 String Banjo Specifications
- Body
- Shape: Banjo
- Back: Laminated Walnut Resonator
- Top: 3-Ply Maple Rim With 24 Piece Bracket
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Depth: Resonator: 2.2 inches; Rim: 2 inches
- Neck
- Frets: 22
- Position Inlays: Deluxe Flower Mother-of-Pearl
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: Walnut
- Nut Width: 1.22 inches (31 mm)
- Scale Length: 26.4 inches (67 cm)
- Hardware
- Hardware: Gold
- Bridge: Maple Bridge with Ebony Tip
- Tuning Machines: Gold (Geared)
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Hardshell Case
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Fender Acoustic Guitar Clip-On Tuner Rebate (PDF)
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| Good Pro or Semi-Pro banjo |
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| Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? |
| Yes, it is well made, have had Washburn guitars & expect the banjo to hold up as well |
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| Reliability |
| How has it stood up over time? |
| Just got it nut seems well made. |
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| Your general opinion of this product. |
| This banjo is a good all around instrument, am planning to add Shubb 5th string capo & Snuffy Smith II bridge, Action is good right out of the box. I found it easy to set the bridge using 12th string harmonics |
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| Playability and Feel |
| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| Feels natural, good balance |
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| Tone |
| Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? |
| Very melodic |
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| How did the stain or paint job look? |
| Excellent |
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| How was the action out of the box? |
| As stated above the action was great, right out of the box, set the bridge & started playing, I play from 3 - 4 hours a day. |
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