USED OME SOUTHERN CROSS HG 50 BLUEGRASS BANJO WITH CASE AUTHORIZED DEALERAbout this used banjo: This item is fully functional and shows no visible signs of wear.From Ome Banjos website:We have been working for a year to complete this exciting new model. At the heart of the “Southern Cross” Bluegrass banjo is Chuck Ogsbury’s latest tone ring, the “HG 50″, which is sand-cast bell-bronze and has a slightly different mix of alloys and weight from our other Bluegrass tone rings. It’s about 4 ounces heavier, and when combined with our 50 years of crafting banjos and developing the highest-quality hardware, this banjo will win the hearts of traditional Bluegrass players!With an eye on the rich heritage of American banjos, we have created a model inspired by the simple elegance and great tone of prewar Bluegrass banjos. We have chosen warm-sounding South American Mahogany with African Ebony and Indian Rosewood overlays to be the standard woods for this model, with optional American Walnut and Maple for those wanting a brighter, clearer tone. Our inlays are designed from diamonds of real Mother-of-Pearl accented with Abalone.  (All our woods are naturally dried when they arrive at our shop, and then we let them cure for another 1 to 3 years in Colorado’s dry air before we begin to build.)In addition to the HG 50 tone ring, we elected to use a modern version of the banjo heads favored by Bluegrass players in the 1960′s, added a Ome Harp tailpiece, and are setting-up the banjo with responsive hand-made bridges.Other specs are unchanged from our standard Bluegrass banjos: 26.25″ scale length; 1.28″ nut width; our Bluegrass neck, resonator and 3-ply maple rim; Ome’s zinc die-cast flange and solid brass parts with steel hooks; hand-sanded and buffed high gloss finishes; and our chenille-wrapped medium gauge strings. All Omes are crafted by our three builders in Boulder, Colorado, and each year we make about 150 banjos.Ebony fingerboardFlame Maple ResonatorRadiused FingerboardRemo double frosted; Sosebee bridge; OME Harp tailpiece, spikes at 7, 9,10HG 50 bronze tone ring and zinc flangeBlack Hardshell Case with green interior:listen to it here https://youtu.be/REEEBHE7NSoPlease bid with confidence. I will do my best to make this the BEST eBay experience for you! Promised!A 6% Tax will be added to items shipped to FloridaInternational buyers please contact us and provide a postal code for a shipping quote before purchase. US shipping charges do not apply to international shipments.If the item is listed with FREE “Standard Shipping” it means FedEx Home Delivery, FedEx Ground, FedEx Smart Post or USPS First Class or Parcel Post and it only applies to the lower 48 continental states. International and other US customers may inquire for quotes and shipping options. 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