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Old 12-19-2017, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by H165 View Post
And there are also some fine old Maybells - my faves are the ones with the inner-flange tone ring. Completely different sound from all the rest. I have been missing mine ever since I was dumb enough or broke enough to let it go:
Is that a Nite Hawk?

The Dobson tone ring on the OP's new banjo is very similar to the Slingerland's inner flange tone ring like the one you show in the picture. The tone rings Bacon put into their ff internal resonator banjos are also very similar.
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