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jbalch - Posted - 05/02/2014: 06:35:42
Stewart McDonald is again offering their Bacon Ff Professional type tone ring. It had been discontinued for a while...but is now back on the website.
At the Nashville clawhammer camp, we used one of the new rings to covert a Bart Reiter Galax model to the "plus" configuration ( bacon ring atop a whyte Laydie scallop). The installation was a breeze and the final set-up sounded great.
Steve Donnelly - Posted - 05/02/2014: 15:13:09
Can the Bacon ring be used with other types of tone rings
such as a brass hoop?
banjobart - Posted - 05/02/2014: 17:18:23
It comes with a brass hoop insert. You can add a Tubaphone or WL insert under the hoop insert if you wish.
jmoathout - Posted - 05/03/2014: 14:28:51
I tried to install a Stew-Mac Bacon-style tone ring a few months ago on my Reiter tubaphone, but it seemed a bit too tight, and I didn't want to force it (and possibly damage the Reiter). If I had warmed/heated the Bacon, it would have probably fit, but would have been difficult to get off. The Reiter Tubaphone sounds great as-is to my ears, as does the Galax-Plus. I sold the "spare" Bacon to another BHO member at cost and she installed it on her Galax and was very pleased.
I was lucky to have acquired 3 Bacon-style rings, but they were in short supply. I believe Bill Rickard now also makes them.
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