This banjo has a round brass rod tonering for a very bright sound. The Brazilian Cherry pot, with a walnut bottom cap is matched with a walnut neck with Brazilian Cherry stripe and heel cap. The banjo has simple dot position markers and side dots. The katalox fretboard is 1.25" wide at the nut and has a 25.5" scale length. There are 17 long wearing EVO alloy frets with a scoop. The ebony headstock has an engraved star. All hardware is nickle plated.