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black flag - Posted - 03/23/2016: 17:49:52
Reverb does have some good deals from time to time. Here's a Super tenor for $675 and ordinarily I'd be all over it, but my interest lately is vintage guitars. I can't tell which tone ring configuration it has, but at that price, who cares?
reverb.com/item/1935241-bacon-...le-1-1925
Chris
jbalch - Posted - 03/23/2016: 19:06:31
It has a cool transfer decal on the heel from a music dealer in Montreal.
A few years ago, I had a #1 Silver Bell with the same decal (see attached).
Edited by - jbalch on 03/23/2016 19:07:29
rudykizuty - Posted - 03/24/2016: 03:03:59
Chris, that's a 1st generation Silver Bell tone ring on the Super.
black flag - Posted - 03/24/2016: 09:56:33
Yes, but does it have the grommet holes on both the inside and outside of the tone ring, or is it a half-spun ring with holes only on the outside? That's what I couldn't tell from the photo and some people feel it's an important distinction. Never having had one with the half-spun ring I couldn't say whether there's a significant difference in the tone.
This sort of minutia keeps me endlessly entertained.
Chris
cebracher - Posted - 03/24/2016: 09:58:59
Wow, interesting banjo...!
The seller is in Canada, I wonder if the 675 is in Canadian dollars? 
Even better deal...!
Edited by - cebracher on 03/24/2016 10:04:54
rudykizuty - Posted - 03/24/2016: 10:00:15
Ah. I've never seen the "half spun" ring.
Polle Flaunoe - Posted - 03/24/2016: 10:21:09
quote:
Originally posted by black flag
Yes, but does it have the grommet holes on both the inside and outside of the tone ring, or is it a half-spun ring with holes only on the outside? That's what I couldn't tell from the photo and some people feel it's an important distinction. Never having had one with the half-spun ring I couldn't say whether there's a significant difference in the tone.
This sort of minutia keeps me endlessly entertained.
Chris - it does for sure have a Type I Silver Bell tone ring - both in- and out-side perforated - do trust me.
Besides - it´s manufactured appr. May 1924 - not in 1925 as mentioned.
Polle
cebracher - Posted - 03/24/2016: 18:46:40
So what size head fits this? Stand 11" B&D size?
