The Rocky Top open back banjo is an inexpensive open back style making it suitable for clawhammer or frailing styles of playing, while the increased brightness and volume is a wonderful surprise to players who play in the more traditional bluegrass style of play.
- Model: RT-B01-OP (Open Back)
- Brackets: 16
- Resonator: None
- Rim - Composite - (Mahogany Design)
- Neck: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Blackwood (Various Eboninzed Tonewoods)
- Bridge: 5/8"Maple
- Flange: Composite
- Head: Remo Weather King - Low Crown 11"
- Tone Ring: None
- Tension Hoop: Grooved - 18 Bracket
- Coordinator Rod: Single
- Hardware: Chrome Plated
- Tailpiece: Adjustable Clam Shell
- Nut: Plastic 1 3/6"
- Fret Markers: Iveroid Dot
- Peghead: RockyTop Star
- Tuners: Open Geared 14:1 Ratio (headstock) - Geared (5th Peg)
- Binding: Single Ply Cream
- Scale Length: 26.5"
- Armrest: None
- Finish: Satin (Mahogany Stained or Molded)