Deluxe Tones and Resounding Resonance
Gold Tone has masterfully navigated the razor’s edge between honoring heritage and inspiring innovation with its “folkternative” series of instruments. These hybrid reimaginings of Americana instruments preserve the sounds that define them while making them more accessible to players of other instruments. Their Dojo-DLX has this multifaceted style in spades, fusing the timbre and twang of a 5-string banjo with the projection and voicing of a resonator. Its top, back, and sides comprise carefully selected flamed maple, whose natural sonic qualities of bright, crisp highs and warm lows perfectly complement this instrument’s banjo and resonator aspects. A rosewood fingerboard tops the maple neck, blending articulation and shimmer to ensure no twang goes unsung across all 22 frets of the formidable 26-3/8-inch scale. A parallel-pull Terminator tailpiece works in concert with Gold Tone’s Zero Glide nut to ensure your tones are reliably buzz-free with an even response atop the chrome-plated, reverse-cone resonator. Ready to turn things up? Sweetwater’s guitarists and folk enthusiasts are summarily impressed with the Dojo-DLX’s neck-mounted, stacked humbucker, faithfully reproducing every nuance of hybrid sound without succumbing to feedback or thinning out at higher volumes.
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Terminator tailpiece: a bend-free banjo enhancer
Gold Tone’s Terminator tailpiece gives players at any level serious bang for their buck. But does this bend-free tailpiece live up to its aggressive name? Absolutely. The Terminator’s high-mass build still delivers an old-school tone while improving upon old-school tailpieces’ brittle, bend-prone nature. The Terminator will never bend, and that’s a Gold Tone guarantee. Moreover, players can string the Terminator with loop- or ball-end strings. Your favorite banjo strings are always an option, and you can use whatever strings are available in a pinch — at a gig, for example. The Terminator’s tone seals the deal with tight body contact that helps strings resonate more for power and projection that holds nothing back.
Zero Glide: patented precision makes playability smooth
Gold Tone’s Zero Glide nut is a tiny piece of hardware that enhances instrument performance drastically. The patented design pairs a sustain-boosting bone nut with a hard nickel-silver “zero fret” for enhanced reliability and sound. Zero Glide nuts grace the headstocks of electric guitars, acoustic guitars, banjos, and even ukuleles. The benefits are clearly universal! Zero Glide’s precision-cut string slots further reduce string contact by a staggering 93% at the nut — meaning fewer tuning breaks and better resonance, especially when playing gets aggressive. Zero Glide also narrows sonic differences between fretted- and open-string notes while solving common intonation issues for innovative accuracy without compromising character.
Gold Tone: a legacy of music
The origins of Gold Tone go back to the folk music scene of the ’70s, when musicians Wayne and Robyn Rogers opened a small music shop. Fifteen years later, they founded Gold Tone Banjos in Titusville, Florida. Their first product, the TB-100 banjo, was designed by Wayne. As demand for this critically acclaimed instrument increased, the company expanded its offerings to include a selection of fretted instruments that combine modern innovation and timeless vintage design. The goal? To inspire all musicians, from beginners to professionals, to realize their musical dreams. Today, Sweetwater is pleased to offer you Gold Tone’s exciting range of 4-, 5-, and 6-string banjos, banjo ukuleles, metal- and wood-bodied resonator guitars, Weissenborn Hawaiian steel guitars, and mandolins.
Gold Tone Dojo-DLX Deluxe Resonator Banjo Features:
- 5-string acoustic-electric design blends the voicing and projection of a resonator while expanding the sonic possibilities of the banjo without compromising its classic twang tones
- Stacked humbucking pickup faithfully captures sound while remaining incredibly resistant to feedback
- Flamed maple top, back, and sides serve up a balanced sonic profile, keeping highs crisp, lows arm, and an articulate brightness throughout every register
- Maple neck comfortably accommodates players of numerous styles, making the Dojo-DLX perfectly accessible to those with guitar, resonator, or banjo backgrounds
- Rosewood fingerboard imparts your sound with a shimmering veneer that emphasizes warmth without compromising articulation
- 26-3/8-inch scale guarantees plenty of range across all 22 frets
- High-caliber Terminator tailpiece; vintage-inspired but enhanced for modern durability and performance
- 1-3/16-inch Zero Glide nut is complemented by an ebony-capped maple bridge and GT Planetary tuning machines to ensure your tones are buzz-free and in-tune
- 2-way truss and dual coordinator rods allow full-spectrum adjustment of neck and string action
