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Where Purchased: Trial offer from Little Mountain Music
Review of the BanjoMate Tone Enhancer-brass version
Product was received from Little Mountain Music as a free trial offer through BHO.
Banjo used: Deering Goodtime II, DR light strings
The product arrived quickly. It was packaged in a standard bubble mailer envelope. Installation instructions and some extra velcro were also included. I installed the banjomate onto my resonator as instructed. In the suggested default installation location I noticed no change in tone. So, I began to try differently locations within my resonator to determine if there was any change in tone or volume. After about 60-90 minutes of positioning, testing, and reposition I found what I felt was the location that made the best difference in tone and volume. So I decided to give it a few days and continue to play and practice as I normally would.
After about a week of playing with the Banjomate installed I removed it. The tone with the Banjomate removed confirmed what I had previously determined. The Banjomate gave me a more clear tone. The tone without the Banjomate was definitely muddier. However, any gain in volume was nominal at best.
Would I recommend the Banjomate to others or write it off as a gimmick? I would absolutely recommend this to anyone wanting to more clarity in their tone. Although, I was hoping for an increase in volume, the betterment of tone makes the Banjomate well worth its asking price.
Overall Rating: 9
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