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Curly maple!
From roadkingjimmy on 12/12/2013 9:31:07 AM
Just happened to be in Phoenix for work called
Ron at WMB and told him i was intrested in a
curly maple internal resonator banjo i saw in the
BHO classifieds,He invited me to his home to come and check out the banjo,picked all of the ones he had,hard to choose,what nice and wonderful he and his wife are! If your ever in his neck of the woods check him out he builds beautiful banjos!and yeah got that curly maple banjer....happy...happy.....happy!
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 | Crusty says:
12/13/2013 3:32:26 PM
WooHoo! That was better than hitting it big at Vegas (IMHO). Tell us more about it.
The guys at WM are finishing up the build of a conversion neck for my 1917 Tubaphone and I hope to have it in my gnarly hands soon after the first of the year.
For sure Ron and Dorlea are on my agenda if I ever get loose from home.
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| Crusty says:
12/13/2013 3:45:03 PM
There, I put up a picture of it from the BHO ads.
It's beautiful, BTW and I know you'll love playing it.
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 | roadkingjimmy says:
12/13/2013 4:40:02 PM
Hey Crusty,thanks for the picture have not figured out how to get em on here,but yes sir thats the one,love it sounds pretty good for sure,Ron ii a great person to deal with and Doralea is a sweet lady,the really.made me feel right at
Home .
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| roadkingjimmy says:
12/13/2013 4:45:58 PM
He's working on a zebra wood tubaphone now it gonna be great,I know you will love that neck he's doing for ya
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| roadkingjimmy says:
12/13/2013 5:00:29 PM
How do you think it would sound with a renaissance head on it,did I spell that right?anyway what do you think thanks
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| Crusty says:
12/13/2013 5:22:32 PM
I've got Renaissance/Elite Amber heads on all of my banjos except the Tubaphone and it may get one too.
I see that you've got a wooden tone ring on that WM. I've got an RK with a wooden tone ring and I put nylon strings on it and it sounds wonderful. I first tried Nylguts and though they sounded fabulous they were just too floppy for me to keep on. I next put a set of Chris Sands mediums on it and though the tone is not quite as good as the Nylguts they're firmer under finger and I think they're the best choice. Nylons are a lot easier on your fingers than steel too if you haven't developed thick callouses.
I don't know when your banjo was made but the lacquer on mine made the neck a bit grabby, so I lightly steel wooled the underside with 4/0 and then put some hard floor wax on it and now it's fine in my hand.
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