Hi guys!
Was wondering if anyone knows the collar height for the head on an Ibanez B200.
On my banjo, badged for someone else, but with exactly the same pot it's a high crown. I guess you could get away with medium crown. The problem with changing heads on these is that it's likely the tone ring will be very loose fitting so getting it to sit evenly when tightening the new head is tricky. I filled the gap with veneer to stop it moving.
The tone ring on these B200's are steel. I worked on one here and it had a 3-4 mm movement between the ring and the rim. I had the rim trued up on a lathe then re-shimmed and sanded it so the rim could snuggly fit. I am assuming that all B200's are the same. As Graham says, it should be a high crown head.
