The middle child in the popular Gretsch Dixie open-back banjo family, the all-new Dixie Special five-string boasts features usually reserved for more expensive instruments. Fine features include a rolled brass tone ring and 24 tension brackets, 11 Remo Renaissance head, rock maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with frailing scoop and vintage-style B&D inlays, 26 3/8 scale, vintage-style No Knot-type tailpiece, 1 3/16 nut, geared die-cast machine heads, Vega-style armrest, nickel-plated hardware, and a beautiful amber maple matte finish.