Both are on the bright side I like 2 - less overtones

i have to say the 1st one it has a warmer sound which i like now anyway what kind is it?

I must be tone deaf. The first MP3 was nice, but the start of the tone at the beginning of the seconed MP3 was higher, and therefore more crisp. Were they on the same banjo?

#1 (goodtime?)

No. 1.

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Originally posted by AlpacaLips

Attached are two samples of me playing two banjos I own. I'm curious to know which sound you prefer. Please reply indicating which sample you like. If you like, please describe why you chose the one you did.

I'd like to get responses without telling you what the banjos are first. (If you're curious you can probably figure it out by looking at my profile, but PLEASE VOTE FIRST, so as not to influence your objective opinion.)

Later I'll post what the banjos are. Again, I'd like objective opinions, so please do not post guesses!

Thanks!

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Hey Cory - popped in and you've got a cool thing goin' here.  

I picked number (1) before I ever read any posts past your OP.  Of course, I've owned both banjos and could tell, but you did a great job of getting them to sound really close there.  Sound (1) just DOES IT for me for sure.  It's like I said to you earlier when we were talking about it, after playing my WL a bit then picking up the CC-OT there was a world of diff IMO.  And there should be really.  

One thing I would have wanted you to discuss in your reveal would be your "FEEL" between the 2.  I have my own opinion of course, but please share with us the playability and "FEEL" of each if you don't mind.  To me the WL fretboard is butter and playing is just so much easier for lack of a better word I guess.

Oh and great playing too! 

Mandy

#1 sounded mellow and smooth. I preferred this over the more sharp sounding #2.

Shane

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Originally posted by pickinchik

Hey Cory - popped in and you've got a cool thing goin' here.  

I picked number (1) before I ever read any posts past your OP.  Of course, I've owned both banjos and could tell, but you did a great job of getting them to sound really close there.  Sound (1) just DOES IT for me for sure.  It's like I said to you earlier when we were talking about it, after playing my WL a bit then picking up the CC-OT there was a world of diff IMO.  And there should be really.  

One thing I would have wanted you to discuss in your reveal would be your "FEEL" between the 2.  I have my own opinion of course, but please share with us the playability and "FEEL" of each if you don't mind.  To me the WL fretboard is butter and playing is just so much easier for lack of a better word I guess.

Oh and great playing too! 

Mandy

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Hey Mandy, glad to hear you survived your move.

In my earlier description I mentioned that the OT is a good simulator of the feel of the WL (except for the finish of the back of the neck, which is matte instead of glossy). I stand by that, but I perhaps overstated it a bit. You're right, the WL is a much easier-playing banjo; that is to say, it takes a heavier hand on the OT to get it to make music. Tonight I played the OT for about half an hour, then picked up the WL, and I could barely play it because I had to really back off. It takes a much lighter touch. I don't really understand why; I've adjusted their actions to be similar, and they theoretically are supposed to have the same strings. The WL strings feel thinner to me. They're both overdue for a string change so I'll change them out with the same kind of strings and see what happens.

For those just joining the show, Banjo #1 is a Gold Tone WL-250, while Banjo #2 is a Gold Tone CC-OT.

quote: I like No.1- warmer, richer tone to me.  Both are plenty bright and crisp.

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Originally posted by AlpacaLips

Attached are two samples of me playing two banjos I own. I'm curious to know which sound you prefer. Please reply indicating which sample you like. If you like, please describe why you chose the one you did.

I'd like to get responses without telling you what the banjos are first. (If you're curious you can probably figure it out by looking at my profile, but PLEASE VOTE FIRST, so as not to influence your objective opinion.)

Later I'll post what the banjos are. Again, I'd like objective opinions, so please do not post guesses!

Thanks!

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#2 has a pleasant lighter sound.

I prefer #1 - sounds more 'old fashioned'! second one is a lot brighter but I prefer the plunkier one!

I think I agree with the general consensus: #1 is the more pleasant sound for that style. If you were playing bluegrass, I might go the other way, though.

Liked #1 without reading anything; still like it now. Although I like the Deering better. Greg Deering is a friend but I'm not being paid to say this...

Definitely the first. I like the more mellow/hollow/woody sound rather than the thin/tinny/twangy. A case of plunky versus plinky. Plunky wins

I'll say number one......

Probably it is a Older Gibson....2 is probably a Deering.

This is from a retired dentist who has probably lost his high note nerve receptors

from too much high speed drilling!

I forgot to add:  HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY    to all!

Give your honey a squeeze for me!

Edited by - DrJVD on 02/14/2012 04:32:17

# 1 sounds more pleasing for the type of music played in the samples.

I like #2. The sample takes me to real, calf-skin heads and open-back, old-time, high lonesome sound. The kind I'd travel 500 miles to sit in with.

Number 2 for me. Brighter sound, fuller sound. Number 1 is too muddled.

i guess it would depend on the setting you are playing in as a solo banjo i prefer #1. #2 would probably not step on the toes of other players as much because it is more precise. If it were the only banjo i could have i would pick #1. Both sound nice though.

OK i went back and saw that you alrady spilled the beans on which was what, makes sense, WL250 so far is my favorite Gold Tone banjo but heck those CC OTs are really cheap and the price of  WL250 is just  a liitle too close to getting a low end American banjo and i just have a thing about that myself, plus from what i have heard the American banjos just sound better, it's all very personal though. i still am hanging on to my Gold Tone CB 100 although ii rarely play it i finally have it tweaked to where i don;t have to stuff it and it has a pretty good sound, i paid $400 for my CB 100 with a heavily padded Gold Tone gig bag so considering not a bad deal. My Ramsey didn't cost much more than your WL250 though and i wouldn't trade it for the world, just love it.

You are getting a nice sound from both those banjos and i would credit that to your playing which is more important than the kind of banjo you play.

Edited by - majikgator on 02/14/2012 14:36:21

Rich freeze here. Couldn't listen to the second mp3. When I click on it a little yellow hand comes up. I can't figure how to play it number 2.
Rich freeze

they are both good but for me definitely 1#

# 1.

(Both sound food.)

I defently liks the sound of number 1. But then I'm an owner of a Gold Tone OB 250+.
Rich Freeze

I'd vote for # 1.  

Thanks for posting this survey.  I've been on the internet for the past week listening to Gold Tone OT 800 and WL 250's, thinking about buying one of these. I don't own an imported banjo (have two Deerings) but want to buy another banjo with a tone ring. So your sound files are helpful. Leaning toward the WL250 cause I like the sound.

Banjo one is more mellow and warm sounding, sounds best to me