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New Banjo!

Posted on June 5th, 2008 by admin

Here is my new Mike Ramsey Chanterelle Woody banjo. It’s beautiful!!

I like this funny write up about this banjo:

The Ramsey Woody

In April 2005 the ivory-billed woodpecker, long feared extinct, was rediscovered in the Deep Woods, a remote part of Arkansas, some 60 years after the last confirmed U.S. sighting. This bird learned to be shy of humanity and therefore survived. There is a similar Woody that comes from the hills of Virginia. Its song is dangerously captivating to banjo players. Some have been known to wait months and months just to get their hands on one. Whereas some banjos have been known to create marital discord when their owner’s spouses learn of one more instrument purchase, not the Mike Ramsey Woody. Even banjo spouses can detect that its unique sound creates a value greater than its modest price. We have invented the “Woody Watch” to detail our sightings and anticipations.

The Mike Ramsey Woody Model is designed with a wooden tone ring attached to the wooden rim. The combination of a thicker rim and a wooden tone ring produces a very pleasing tone, with plenty of volume and a sound completely it’s own.

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