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.

MPN: 2720040521
UPC: 885978415632

• Body Shape: Banjo
  
• Bridge: Ebony-Tipped Maple
  
• Hardware: Nickel-Plated
  
• Tuning Machines: Geared Planetary
  
• Fretboard: Rosewood
  
• Neck Material: Hard Maple
  
• Neck Shape: Vintage Soft "U"
  
• Number of Frets: 18
  
• Nut Width: 1.875" (47.6 mm)
  
• Position Inlays: Vintage B&D
  
• Scale Length: 26.4" (671 mm)
  
• Unique Features: Rolled brass tone ring; frailing scoop at 18th fret; 24 brackets; dual coordinator rods; vintage No-Knot style tailpiece; 11" REMO Renaissance head; vintage B&D fingerboard inlays; Vega-style armrest; geared 5th string tuner.
  
• Case/Gig Bag: Optional Gig Bag #099-6483-000
  
• Strings: D'Addario® J61, Nickel, (.010-.023 Gauges)