Just ordered a Bacophone Plus from Spruce Tree Music. Don't normally like to buy new, but I'm semi-brain dead anyway. Looking forward to it as both John Balch and Bob Lanham recommend that model.
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 | jmoathout says:
11/30/2012 9:08:33 AM
I have one as well, based on the GALAX model That is a mahogany neck, with Whyte Laydie Tone ring fitted with Bacon-style donut, (and in my case with John Balch African goat skin head.) It's great. You'll love it. I call it a GALAX plus to distinguish form a Whyte Ladie
Plus (maple neck and rim). I think Bart uses the nomenclature Bacophone-Plus for combinations of Bacon-style tone ring fitted atop a Whyte Laydie, but it doesn't indicate tha wood construction.
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 | raptor45 says:
11/30/2012 10:16:07 AM
So, how does the Bacophone and the Galax differ with the Round Peak?
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 | Oldpiper says:
11/30/2012 10:30:50 AM
Bacophone has a Bacon-style tone ring plus a Whyte Ladie, Galax has a White Ladie. The RP has a rolled brass tone ring and is 12" vice 11" for the other two. (I think this is all correct.)
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| jmoathout says:
11/30/2012 10:47:02 AM
That is correct. However, I added a Bacon-style ring to my 11" Galax (mahogany) and a Bacon style tone ring to my Whyte Laydie (maple). So, I remember thenm as Galax-Plus and Whyte Laydie-Plus, although Bart did not add the Bacons. I did. I was able to get three Bacon-style rings from Stew MAc, but they are hard to get. I'm not sure what neck the Bacophone-Plus comes with, but if mahogany, then I believe it would be the same as what I call Galax-Plus. The Round Peak does indeed have a rolled brass tone ring in a 12" rim. (ps. Oldpiper, the Doc's JUST arrived, yet to be unpacked. I'm going to pursue letting y Round Peak go to make room.)
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| raptor45 says:
11/30/2012 10:57:52 AM
jmoathout, you mentioned the possibility of letting it go in an earlier post. Please keep me in mind when and if you decide to let that happen.
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| jmoathout says:
11/30/2012 11:04:55 AM
I'm ready. I sent an e-mail a few days ago but will check to make sure it went through. Thanks for the interest.
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| jmoathout says:
11/30/2012 1:53:09 PM
raptor45, I'm not sure my messages are getting through to you. Can you send me your e-mail address as a private message thru BHO?
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| raptor45 says:
11/30/2012 2:12:44 PM
Done,
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 | jbalch says:
11/30/2012 2:38:39 PM
Congratulations Fred. I hope you love the banjo. Maybe I'll see it when I'm in St Augustine.
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| jmoathout says:
11/30/2012 3:00:21 PM
raptor45, I hate to use the group forum for this, but I've sent you three test and real messages in the last 30 minutes. Did you get them? I think something may be broken in our e-mail links.
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| Oldpiper says:
11/30/2012 3:02:07 PM
Thanks, John. I hope you get a chance to see it.
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| raptor45 says:
12/1/2012 8:30:03 AM
j.m. try me at benchmarkland@gmail.com. Maybe that will work.
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| jmoathout says:
12/1/2012 8:48:14 AM
It failed, with messge below. TE-mail your phone and I'll call.
his is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
Delivery to the following recipients was aborted after 0 second(s):
* benchmrkland@gmail.com
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