Dan Pennington - Posted - 02/18/2012:  09:19:47

I got this Gold Tone OT-800 long neck - just the neck - in a trade.

I love GT necks.  I've used a lot of them with my rims.  They are well made, nicely finished, and fit my hand like they should.  This long neck is slightly used and has 5 Star tuners and a Shubb sliding 5th string capo.  It will make a long neck banjo that Pete Seeger would want to own, especially after he finds out it is mounted on one of my block rims.  

So, rather than me deciding what the lower end of this banjo will contain, this is a chance for a buyer to order a pot assembly that contains exactly what his/her dream banjo demands.  

The base price is $900 for an 11 inch woody (no metal tone ring) block rim - choice of maple, birch, cherry, walnut, or mahogany. Your choice of head.

The options increase from here and the costs do, too.  From a woody rim to a rolled brass 1/4 inch tone ring to a Rickard white lady ring to a Rickard tubaphone and last, to a tubaphone ring with a bracket band.  The full up tubaphone with bracket band version will cost $1150.  We could even do blue grass types of tone rings, but that would need to be negotiated.

I could do all of these options in a 12 inch rim pot assembly, too.  The prices increase by about $75 at all steps because of the increase on hardware costs.

If you don't like it after it's done, I will take it back.  $200 deposit ($100 non-refundable if you cancel or return the banjo).

Edited by - Dan Pennington on 02/21/2012 07:54:02

Dave1climber - Posted - 02/18/2012:  09:52:40

Dan

You have very reasonable pricing.  Someone is going to get a bargain.

pastorharry - Posted - 02/18/2012:  09:59:54

Great options, Dan! (I've linked this to the long neck group page.)

whoops,I just checked the group.....seems you now have double exposure.

Edited by - pastorharry on 02/18/2012 10:05:09

Dan Pennington - Posted - 02/18/2012:  11:45:02

Harry

Thanks for doing the group page thing.

And here's the classified ad page:

banjohangout.org/classified/26978

Dan Pennington - Posted - 02/21/2012:  06:43:43

Price adjustment here!

I was a little too enthusiastic in my price scheme.  I just found that GT 800's are selling for $1125 on eBay.  So, I have to adjust.

The base price now is $650 for the GT neck on a woody rim.

​And $1000 for the full tubaphone and bracket band version.

Dave1climber - Posted - 02/21/2012:  13:53:41

An even better bargain!!

Helix - Posted - 02/22/2012:  14:25:44

Ask more

Dan Pennington - Posted - 02/26/2012:  07:26:00

Now I have a couple more GT OT-800 necks and one of them is a lefty.  Same offer to build a lefty long neck to your druthers.

Dave1climber - Posted - 04/23/2012:  06:23:32

Bump

Do you still have them?