Special

Specifications

Features:

• Clareen Special Brass Tone Ring
• Maple Neck, Pot and Resonator
• Carbon Fibre Non-adjustable Truss Rods embedded in Neck
• Rosewood Finger Board and Peghead
• Unique Harp or Shamrock Inlay on Finger Board and Peghead
• Schaller Geared Tuners
• Waverly Style Tailpiece

Neck:

• The maple neck is separated at the back by a strip of mahogany offering a unique appearance and extra stability. The neck is also re-enforced with two carbon fibre truss rods embedded inside. The neck is then protected with several layers of lacquer.
• The Rosewood Peghead is inlaid with the Model name and a Shamrock or Harp. The Rosewood fingerboard is inlaid at the 1^st, 3^rd, 7^th, 10^th, 15^th& 17^th frets with a Mother of Pearl dot marker and tasteful Harps or Shamrocks at the 5^th and 12^th frets to echo the peghead.
• The precision crafted Geared Tuners are sourced from Schaller in Germany and are made of brass and then nickel plated topped with White, Perloid buttons.

Resonator:

• Well selected Maple is used for the resonator of the Special. It’s natural hue is allowed to shine through but it is protected with several layers of lacquer. There is a dark Tortoise binding around the edge of the resonator

Pot:

• Clareen Banjos manufactures all of it’s tone rings by hand in our workshop in Galway, Ireland. The Special Brass tone ring in an archtop style, offers a crisp, bright tone allowing your banjo to be heard alongside other instruments
• Clareen Grooved Tension Band with mild steel tension hooks which are nickel plated
• We use an excellent quality Waverly Style Tailpiece which is nickel plated. It has 5 “pillars” which can accommodate both ball end and loop end strings
• Brass Nickel Plated Armrest
• We use a smooth white banjo head with the Clareen logo for the Special. This can be changed if requested

Dimensions

• Neck width at the nut: 30mm
• Scale Length, Nut to Bridge: 19 fret – 23 inches, 585mm; 17 fret – 21 inches, 525mm
• Resonator Diameter:335mm/ 13 1/8”
• Overall Instrument Length:865mm/ 34”
• Approximately Weight:3.8kg approximately