Tony Pass Lost Timber Thin skirt Rim
Wyatt Fawley "Retrotone" High end 20 hole flathead tone ring
Custom Heavy Brass Co-ordinator rod set
1927 TB-3 Gibson Mastertone Neck
Gill Tiger Maple Resonator
FQMS Tube and Plate flange setup
Shaded the rim and neck to match
Setup Pics
I feel this will be a versatile rim assembly and it will have many voices
I went with a thin finish on the rim, only 4 coats of clear over the tint because I want this thing to have every opportunity to breathe.
The Gill resonator I have for it will give it quite a snap, they are the resonators I use on my Accutones, built to Prewar standards.
I can tell the heavy tone ring and heavy co rods make a difference, it is more mellow than my Accutones, the Lost Timber rim is not as rock hard as the Cox rim and it has a decent amount of sustain, but not too much..
I added Gotoh Geared 4:1 tuners with Ivroid buttons, not plugging the old tuner screw holes.
maybe I will stick some rhinestones in them :)
Mounted NOS Amrawco calfskin, premium, from the 1940's
Still wet, freshly trimmed, the logo will fade when dry.
I had a few of these left, there are no skins that rival this on the market today.
I am doing an alternating Gold/Nickel theme on this banjo.
i like the look of both metals, and several banjo makers in the past mixed metals, but I chose to mix, and alternate patterns
Gold/Nickel Hooks
Gold Engraved "Granada" Tension hoop
Nickel non engraved Fawley tone ring
Nickel Flange Tube
Gold "Granada" engraved Flange plate (Nickel shown, gold on order)
Alternating Gold/Nickel Resonator thumbscrews
Nickel Grover 2 hump clamshell (To be engraved)
God adjuster screw and hangar bolt
Gold "Granada" style Armrest
Co-rods will be left natural brass
Right now I am setup on a Keyes custom bridge, giving a nice clean
tone, great for single string playing
Im not filling in the old screw holes, I'll probably put some nice
stones over them
This banjo has plenty of power, and a full rich tone on Calfskin
Its been tested by some of the top professionals
in the world, who concur.
It is the banjo I play the most and I will be sorry when it leaves.
Vinnie
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