Archtop Banjo Tone Ring

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Archtop banjo tone ring.

Gold tone revives that classic archtop sound with this specialized model. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm. The ome tone rim rolled brass vintage silverspun and megatone tone rings. This gibson mastertone style archtop just like the 1920s originals.

In this video peghead nation banjo instructor bill evans shows the differences between archtop and flathead tone rings discussing how they affect the sound and how the tone ring fits together with the banjo s rim head neck stretcher band and brackets. The at model includes a forty hole sand cast bell brass arch top tone ring. The stewmac catalague says the archtop tone ring is for a more piercing tone the stanley bluegrass sound. I suppose fitting one might raise the head and there d be implications for the neck angle and bridge height unless you took some height off the rim.

This is a very rare gibson. Tone ring archtop pre war style 40 holes available unplated nickel or gold plated 239 95 239 95 tone ring conversion archtop to flathead available unplated nickel or gold plated. Ome offers several tone ring options. Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online banjo teacher.

Machined from cast bell bronze alloy to mastertone archtop dimensions it delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. This banjo has chrome plated metal parts beautiful curly maple wood fancy multi color binding and the original 40 hole archtop tone ring. The ome tone rim construction offers our woodiest old time banjo sound. A low or medium crown banjo head is required for this tone ring.

Gold tone ob 250 archtop banjo this is a great deal on an archtop banjo. I don t know whether i d want a more piercing tone. One of the major elements that determine how a banjo will sound is found in the kind of tone ring it uses. The raised inner profile of the archtop tone ring results in a slightly smaller banjo head vibrational area.

Tone ring archtop pre war style 40 holes available unplated nickel or gold plated 239 95 239 95 tone ring conversion archtop to flathead available unplated nickel or gold plated. Archtops are rare these days and gold tone has them. The banjo s tone ring also plays a critical part with the instrument s tone. The wood and inlay resemble the style 6 gibson very nice condition and a wonderful sounding banjo.

This design utilizes a minimum of rim glue joints resulting from using a 2.