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Gold Tone CC-50

Name: Gold Tone CC-50
Brand: Gold Tone

Gold Tone · CC-50 Cripple Creek Open Back

Price: 432 EUR – 432 EUR

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One of the most widely recommended beginner open-back banjos: multi-ply maple rim with a rolled brass tone ring, hard maple neck, and a full factory setup, sold complete with gig bag.

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About the Gold Tone CC-50

The CC-50 pairs a multi-ply maple rim with a rolled brass tone ring - a genuine metal tone ring rather than a bare wood hoop, at a price point where many competitors skip it entirely - and a hard maple neck with rosewood fingerboard across 22 frets. As an open-back design, it's built for old-time and clawhammer playing styles rather than directional bluegrass projection, at a 26.19-inch scale.

Hardware includes guitar-style tuners rather than banjo-specific friction pegs (easier for guitarists transitioning to banjo), a geared 5th-string tuning peg, a single coordinator rod, and a straight-line tailpiece. At 5.5 lbs it's light and easy to hold for extended practice, finished in vintage brown satin, and Gold Tone ships every CC-50 completely set up and playable out of the box from its Florida factory rather than requiring a shop setup.

Where to buy

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Sound character of the Gold Tone CC-50

The Cripple Creek pairs a rolled brass tone ring with an open back rather than a resonator - the ring adds some brightness and sustain over a plain rim, but without a resonator to reflect sound forward, the overall voice stays warmer and more moderate in volume, well suited to old-time and clawhammer styles that still want a bit more ring than a bare-rim banjo.

Warm Mellow Resonant

Technical data for the Gold Tone CC-50

Rim	Multi-ply maple
Tone ring	Rolled brass
Neck	Hard maple
Fretboard	Rosewood
Frets	22
Scale length	26.19"
Weight	5.5 lbs

Price history for the Gold Tone CC-50

Cheapest seen: 432 EUR · Most expensive seen: 432 EUR

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The history of the Gold Tone CC-50

The CC-50 has been one of Gold Tone's most consistently recommended entry banjos for years, frequently cited in beginner buying guides specifically because it includes a real metal tone ring at a price where competitors often cut that corner.