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From darlo on 7/1/2016 9:03:20 AM

good evening RK pickers i purchased an RK75 Elite a while ago and love it i have fitted a fultz tailpiece not decided on the specific bridge yet have ordered a tim purcell and also a bart veerman , it is so versatile and easy to work on ,and is one of my favourites to play,my reason for coming here was to ask to join this group but start rambling about the virtues of the banjo so may i join the group kindest regards darlo

8 Comments
	conic says: 7/1/2016 12:41:56 PM Welcome Darlo, I have a 5/8 scorpion bridge and the original tailpiece on my RK-75. It came with an 11/16 sosbee bridge which sounded great but action was a bit too high for me. Where did you buy your bridges and tailpiece?
	beegee says: 7/1/2016 12:47:55 PM I use an 11/16" Scorpion
	pickinhoosier says: 7/1/2016 4:16:30 PM I use a 5/8" Sosebee bridge on my RK-36 and like it a lot.
	darlo says: 7/2/2016 7:56:52 AM the bridges i bought via here i contacted messrs veerman and purcell and bought them and they posted them from america and canada and the same with fultz tailpiece love having a tinker oh and one other thing i have got is a hide head from john balch with all the different banjos i have i suppose will have to put more effort into practicing lol
	RB-1 says: 7/2/2016 11:12:33 PM 11/16" Scorpion here. And the original tailpiece, wouldn't be able to come up with a reason to replace that. IMHO a Mastertone can't be better off with a Presto style tailpiece. Though I hold Bob Fults in high regard ( I think his constructions are really, really good) I found my RK close enough to the sound of my PW RB-1, so I decided to leave it like it is. Even the type of strings D'Addario (J 60) bring out the best in mine.
	darlo says: 7/4/2016 10:42:04 AM the one thing i have noticed from you gentleman is the use of the scorpion bridge it must go extremely well with an RK so have ordered a 5/8 from elderly with some strings i required thank you for the tip its appreciated
	conic says: 7/7/2016 3:14:04 PM Bruno, with the 11/16 scorpion is your action much higher or have compensated in any way ?
	Fred Wotherspoon says: 8/18/2017 9:06:43 AM My RK 35 came with an11/16Desert Rose bridge installed by previous owner and sounded great.Being a bit of a tinkerer myself I contacted Tim Purcell and he advised me to try one of his maple bridges.I am really happy with the result and the Desert Rose is now on my Deering Artisan open back and what an improvement it has made.
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