Wooden Tone Ring

It also requires a little more work with the lathe or possibly the router as a very small ledge must be cut into the outside of the rim to make room for the.

Wooden tone ring.

It turned out well and sounds beautiful in this banjo. 12 outer diameter 3 0 depth 0 7 wall thickness soft maple rim grenadilla tone ring my judgement. Eric did a great job making my last wood tone ring for my sullivan festival. The little wonder banjo tone ring is much like the plain brass one except that it has a spun brass often nickel plated sleeve that sits over the brass ring.

The little wonder is a tiny bit louder and brighter than the plain brass ring. 11 outer diameter 3 0 depth 0 6 wall thickness cherry rim cocobolo tone ring. The grenadillo tone ring is made from blocks of wood carefully fitted and glued to the top of the three ply maple rim. My choices have turned out well and i always do this business with first quality bill on my first banjo and eric on the second.

At the time this was written the only way the lr 54 is available is in the integrated form built into a block rim. I love the sound the wood tone ring makes and the weight of the other tone ring is a factor for me. This is the same tone ring chosen by the great david holt for his signature model. M audio microphone and fostex mr16 recording studio.

Arkansas traveler flop eared mule recordings. He can meausre the banjo to specs. It rings bright and has good decay with less metallic overtones and a little less loud but ever so slight but not that noticeable. Check out our two tone wood ring selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our shops.

All standard model lemon banjos except the l 100 come with the lr 54 wooden tone ring. Companion banjos wooden tone ring demo setup and tone comparison. However i plan to soon advertise them in a slip on form so it can be swapped with a mastertone style metal tone ring. It is an exact replica of a mastertone style tone ring but all machined from honduran rosewood.

Balanced and very sweet. Published on nov 16 2018 trying out a new wood ring out of padauk. Wood tone ring for irish tenor banjo.