I have a 'Remo Weatherking Fiberskin 3' head. It appears to have some kind of 'flaw' in the head. (See attachment.) The part -- which is a brown colour to the left of the Remo logo has a slight ripple. Have you come across anything like this before? OK to use? The rest of the head is OK.
It looks like thumb wear that has loosened the fused Tyvek from the mylar.
I see it all the time on Fiberskyn heads that are on banjos that get a lot of use. Other than the funky appearance, there is no reason not to use it. No harm will come to the banjo or it's player.
Bob Smakula
smakulafrettedinstruments.com
Edited by - Bob Smakula on 11/05/2024 17:29:16
Like Bob said, the fiber came loose off the see-thru plain mylar head. Yup, that's quite common with these fake-skin heads.
Try pushing down the ripple, if it goes down flat back onto the head then cut a slit into the loosened fiber. This way you'll have some room to squeeze a couple of drops of crazy glue and you're back to the original looks.
If there still are ripples when you push them down then cut a wider (and wider and wider if needed) slit in the loose fiber so it has more room to squish down nice and flat and have another go at the crazy glue.
Keep in mind, this situation is simply cosmetic, there's no functional shortages/failures at risk in this situation.
You can scrub off some of the brown spots with Mister Clean or whatever soapy stuff you got kicking around.
Do let us know how you make out.
Many thanks Bob and Bart for your knowledge on the banjo head--much appreciated. Many thanks.
I saw a well known old time player picking on a Fiberskyn head that had delaminated and was hanging off the face of the banjo like peeled sunburn skin. Yuck.
FWIW: I just remembered that I posted some weird comments about them FS heads on my Wayback archived old website forever ago you might love/hate:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201203094817/https://haruteq.com/stuff/Peel.htm
I think this is a delaminated fyberskin head? Maybe this is the one @the_old_timer remembered seeing.
youtu.be/E-Sn3QdyoXY?si=orcaBn7CdclXtaXM
@chriscoole makes it sound pretty good though!
Andrew, nope, not Chris Coole. Can't remember the name of the fellow I saw but the delaminated material was hanging off the banjo head in rags and strings.
Many thanks Bart for posting the website. Very interesting for the knowledge regarding the FS head.
Much appreciated. Many thanks.
