Archtop Banjo Tone Ring

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

Archtop banjo tone ring.

Weekly newsletter includes free lessons favorite member content banjo news and more. This is a very rare gibson. Machined from cast bell bronze alloy to mastertone archtop dimensions it delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm.

The stewmac catalague says the archtop tone ring is for a more piercing tone the stanley bluegrass sound. This banjo has chrome plated metal parts beautiful curly maple wood fancy multi color binding and the original 40 hole archtop tone ring. A low or medium crown banjo head is required for this tone ring. 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 raised inner profile of the archtop tone ring results in a slightly smaller banjo head vibrational area. The ome tone rim rolled brass vintage silverspun and megatone tone rings. Archtops are rare these days and gold tone has them. This gibson mastertone style archtop just like the 1920s originals.

I don t know whether i d want a more piercing tone. Gold tone revives that classic archtop sound with this specialized model. This delivers a piercing tone with extra snap. 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.

The ome tone rim construction offers our woodiest old time banjo 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. Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online banjo teacher. 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. The signature stanley bluegrass sound and brilliant 4 string jazz rhythm. 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. One of the major elements that determine how a banjo will sound is found in the kind of tone ring it uses.

Ome offers several tone ring options.