Banjo
Epiphone MB-100
Price: 190 EUR – 249 EUR
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A simple open-back mahogany banjo aimed squarely at beginners: no resonator, no elaborate tone ring, just a straightforward build for players starting out or wanting a lightweight travel instrument.
About the Epiphone MB-100
The MB-100 keeps construction deliberately simple: a mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, and a Remo head, without a resonator or a distinct cast tone ring - the sound comes primarily from the wood and head tension rather than metal tone-shaping hardware. That open-back simplicity keeps weight down to 4.6 lbs, among the lightest 5-string banjos on the market, and reduces cost significantly compared to resonator instruments.
The neck carries 22 frets at a 26.25-inch scale and 1.25-inch nut width, with a maple bridge topped in ebony and premium nickel tuning machines with white buttons. As an entry instrument it's positioned for players learning old-time or clawhammer styles that don't require a resonator's directional projection, or as a compact secondary instrument for traveling musicians.
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eBay Banjo Epiphone MB-100 NA 5 Seiten open back 190 EUR Best price View details
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Reverb Epiphone Banjo Bluegrass MB-100 Blue 234 EUR View details
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eBay Epiphone MB-100 Bluegrass Banjo 5-saitig 5 String Mahagoni Remo Fell Natural 240 EUR View details
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Sound character of the Epiphone MB-100
The MB-100 is a fully open-back, all-mahogany banjo with no metal tone ring at all - the head sits directly on the wood rim, producing the soft, dry, woody 'plunk' associated with old-time and clawhammer playing rather than the loud metallic ring of a bluegrass resonator banjo. Its light weight (under 5 lbs) reinforces the intimate, low-volume character.
Technical data for the Epiphone MB-100
| Body | Mahogany, open-back |
|---|---|
| Neck | Mahogany |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Frets | 22 |
| Scale length | 26.25" |
| Nut width | 1.25" |
| Weight | 4.6 lbs |
Price history for the Epiphone MB-100
Cheapest seen: 190 EUR · Most expensive seen: 249 EUR
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The history of the Epiphone MB-100
Epiphone, historically a guitar and mandolin brand under the Gibson umbrella, offers the MB-100 as a low-cost entry point specifically for guitarists and general beginners exploring banjo for the first time rather than dedicated bluegrass performers.
