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From revellfa on 3/3/2014 10:09:47 AM

Anybody out there have a mahogany ball bearing? I'd love to try one.

4 Comments
	Fathand says: 3/3/2014 10:17:55 AM You will be looking for a style 4 then
	Ks_5-picker says: 3/3/2014 10:24:12 AM I have one with a mahogany neck.I'm not sure if it was a 3 or 4 when it was new.I just got the rim and tone ring and built a banjo around it.
	Dave1climber says: 3/3/2014 11:45:52 AM Rick I was looking at a style 4 tenor BB, I thought it was maple. Perhaps I need to look at it again.
	Fathand says: 3/3/2014 12:28:00 PM Style 4 specifications were mahogany in 25 and 26. I think they changed to Walnut when the serial #s went from 8* to 9*. Style 3 were maple and switched to Mahogany about the same time.
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