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(More customer reviews)Amazon recently had a rare sale on a few of their good quality banjos, and I was able to get this instrument at an excellent price. At such a large discount I wondered if there was some problem with the instrument, if it was a "factory second" (whatever that means). It arrived in a heavy shipping carton with no defects or issues of any kind.
Even at the usual retail price the OB-250 is a good value in a full-volume bluegrass banjo. It has all the same features found in banjos costing three times as much: cast brass tone ring, 3 ply maple rim, one-piece cast flange, ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl inlay, real bone nut, Grover bridge, straight-line tailpiece, solid planetary tuners with leather washers. Just picking it gives a feel of quality because it weighs just as much as the classic banjos it is modeled after. The OB-250's tone is slightly different from other banjos in its price class. It's hard to describe the differences between different brand instruments: better to play some and hear it for yourself. But the volume level and clarity of this banjo hold their own with more expensive instruments.
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