Archtop Banjo Tone Ring

The banjo s tone ring also plays a critical part with the instrument s tone.

Archtop banjo tone ring.

This banjo has chrome plated metal parts beautiful curly maple wood fancy multi color binding and the original 40 hole archtop tone ring. 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. 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. Gold tone revives that classic archtop sound with this specialized model.

The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm. This delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. The stewmac catalague says the archtop tone ring is for a more piercing tone the stanley bluegrass sound. 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.

This is a very rare gibson. Ome offers several tone ring options. Gold tone ob 250 archtop banjo this is a great deal on an archtop banjo. The ome tone rim construction offers our woodiest old time banjo sound.

Machined from cast bronze alloy with 11 diameter mastertone archtop dimensions. The ome tone rim rolled brass vintage silverspun and megatone tone rings. I don t know whether i d want a more piercing tone. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm.

A low or medium crown banjo head is required for this tone ring. The raised inner profile of the archtop tone ring results in a slightly smaller banjo head vibrational area. This design utilizes a minimum of rim glue joints resulting from using a 2. The at model includes a forty hole sand cast bell brass arch top tone ring.

Machined from cast bell bronze alloy to mastertone archtop dimensions it delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. The wood and inlay resemble the style 6 gibson very nice condition and a wonderful sounding banjo. Archtops are rare these days and gold tone has them. One of the major elements that determine how a banjo will sound is found in the kind of tone ring it uses.

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