The ideal banjo for discerning player the B17K 5-String Banjo offers outstanding tone build and value. The B17K is capable of delivering those twangy and bright tones that every banjo player aspires to achieve. The 26.35 scale neck of the B16 is crafted from Maple and then is topped off with a highly decorated Ebony fingerboard. The fingerboard houses gorgeous deluxe inlays to cater to the B17K s top shelf appearance. The B17K boasts gold hardware to complement this banjo s beautiful aesthetics including a Clamshell tailpiece engraved gold armrest 24 tension brackets and gold planetary tuners with pearloid buttons.