Elite

Specifications

Features:

• Clareen Archtop Brass Tone Ring
• Top Quality Birds Eye Maple Neck, Pot and Resonator
• Carbon Fibre Non-adjustable Truss Rods embedded in Neck
• Ebony finger board and Peghead
• Decorative Trim (Purfling) on Neck and Pot
• Clareen designed, hand-cut Mother of Pearl Inlay
• Teflon coated, light-weight Flange
• Bevelled Tension Band
• Schaller Geared Tuners
• Exclusive Clareen Designed Tensionator Style Tailpiece

Neck:

• The high grade birds eye maple neck with detailed grain is re-enforced with two carbon fibre truss rods embedded inside. It’s natural colour is allowed to shine through but it is protected with several layers of lacquer
• The Ebony Peghead is inlaid with the Model name and a large hand cut Mother of Pearl pattern blossoming from the centre of the peghead. The fingerboard also in Ebony, accented with Ivoroid binding and decorative purfling, is adorned with individual, ornate patterns at the 1^st,3^rd,5^th,7^th,10^th,12^th,15^{th, 17th}& 19^th frets
• The precision crafted Geared Tuners are sourced from Schaller in Germany and are made of brass and then nickel plated topped with Black, Perloid buttons.

Resonator:

• Birds Eye Maple with attractive grain is used for the resonator of the Elite banjo offering a unique look to each banjo. There is an Ivoroid binding around the edge of the resonator on both edges along with a black and white trim. It is protected with several layers of lacquer to form a smooth surface

Pot:

• Clareen Banjos manufactures all of it’s tone rings by hand in our workshop in Galway, Ireland. The High Grade Clareen Archtop tone ring offers a brighter, clear tone
• The Violin grade Maple used on the pot/rim is embedded with a decorative trim to compliment the neck
• Our new Teflon coated, lightweight flange fits around the pot in one solid piece, creating a smooth, continuous finish
• The Clareen Notched Tension Band with 24 mild steel round tension hooks which are nickel plated includes Bevelled edges for an distinctive look
• We use an exclusively made Clareen designed Tensionator Tailpiece which is nickel plated. It has 4 “pillars” which can accommodate both ball end and loop end strings and offers exceptional stability for your strings
• Brass Nickel Plated Armrest is engraved in an eye-catching pattern
• We use a smooth black or white banjo head with the Clareen logo for the Elite. This can be changed if requested

Dimensions

• Neck width at the nut: 30mm
• Scale Length, Nut to Bridge: 19 fret – 23 inches, 585mm; 17 fret – 21 inches, 525mm
• Resonator Diameter: 355mm / 14″
• Overall Instrument Length: 870mm / 34 1/4″
• Approximately Weight: 4.5Kg approximately