The middle child in the popular Gretsch “Dixie” open-back banjo family, the all-new “Dixie Special” five-string boasts features usually reserved for more expensive instruments. Fine features include a rolled brass tone ring and 24 tension brackets, 11” Remo Renaissance head, rock maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with frailing scoop and vintage-style B&D inlays, 26-3/8” scale, vintage-style “No Knot”-type tailpiece, 1-3/16” nut, geared die-cast machine heads, Vega-style armrest, nickel-plated hardware, and a beautiful amber maple matte finish. Case sold separately.