Tuttle Fretmaster #3 Banjo Reviews
Tuttle Fretmaster #3
submitted 1/2/2009
|
Submitter |
pearcemusic (see all reviews from this person) |
Where Purchased |
direct bestfrets.com |
Year Purchased |
dec 08 |
Price Paid |
Don't Remember
historic exchange rates / currency converter
|
Sound
|
very different from my #2 but equally even throughout. Great bass response .. and bell clear on the top end. AND it's brand new ... I'm hoping it is on it's way to warming up to being a truly great banjo. |
Sound Rating |
10 |
Setup
|
perfect ... .8375 high Nechville compensated bridge |
Setup Rating |
10 |
Appearance
|
beautiful dark mahogany with deep ambering that makes it look very traditional .... no concentric rings .... Flying eagle ebony radiused FB |
Appearance Rating |
10 |
Reliability
|
very good so far ... |
Reliability Rating |
10 |
Customer Service
|
Mike is great. |
Customer Service |
10 |
Components
|
This Tuttle has a Heartland no-hole tone ring and Mahogany rim from Rob Smith. Otherwise it's pretty much the same as my other Tuttle mahogany #2. |
Components Rating |
10 |
Overall Comments
|
I played it for the first time in front of 300-600 people this past Sunday ... big sound system ... good monitoring .... though I probably didn't need it because this banjo had volume to spare. Very nice deep tone ... but focused thruout the mid and hi end. The Heartland tonering and mahogany rim are a WAY winning combination. |
Overall Rating |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Feeds