If you are a guitar player who would like to occasionally use a banjo sound to diversify your repertoire, then this is something you might need. This is a banjo style body but with a guitar neck and peghead. It is tuned like a normal guitar and so familiar to guitar players but sounds like a banjo. The scale is 25 inches - typical for guitar and a nice guitar shape. The banjo tone ring is an aluminum casting with a high quality mahogany resonator. The neck is also a nice piece of mahogany. High quality Ping tuners. Condition is excellent - no belt buckle marks on the resonator and no observable wear on the frets. There is a beautiful gloss finish on the wood components. Comes with a like-new hard shell case ($150 at L&M), a strap and a new set of strings.