Archtop Banjo Tone Ring

Archtops are rare these days and gold tone has them.

Archtop banjo tone ring.

This design utilizes a minimum of rim glue joints resulting from using a 2. 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. Weekly newsletter includes free lessons favorite member content banjo news and more. 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. The stewmac catalague says the archtop tone ring is for a more piercing tone the stanley bluegrass sound. Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online banjo teacher. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm.

One of the major elements that determine how a banjo will sound is found in the kind of tone ring it uses. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm. The ome tone rim rolled brass vintage silverspun and megatone tone rings. The ome tone rim construction offers our woodiest old time banjo 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. Machined from cast bronze alloy with 11 diameter mastertone archtop dimensions. This delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. The banjo s tone ring also plays a critical part with the instrument s tone.

Ome offers several tone ring options. The wood and inlay resemble the style 6 gibson very nice condition and a wonderful sounding banjo. 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. 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.

Gold tone revives that classic archtop sound with this specialized model. A low or medium crown banjo head is required for this tone ring. The at model includes a forty hole sand cast bell brass arch top 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.

The raised inner profile of the archtop tone ring results in a slightly smaller banjo head vibrational area.