The OB-3 'Twanger' from Gold Tone
Like 'Banger', the 'Twanger' is distinguished by a no-hole tone ring, which (say Gold Tone) 'really tightens up the sustain. [...] We've designed hundreds of banjos in the last 25 years, but tone-wise, this outperforms every previous model.' Full details and specs are here; you can see a video about it on the YouTube channel of Banjo Ben Clark (one of its designers), which can be reached through this Gold Tone e-newsletter; and best of all, you can enter a free draw with a chance of winning a new OB-3, also through a link on the e-newsletter.
NB: More details, including price, are on Banjo Ben's store website.
posted by Richard Hawkins @ 10:36 pm
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I have one, excellent banjo, probably the best master line available now. Great tone, easy playability.
The BIB would be glad to hear from anyone else with personal experience of the OB-3. One of them can be seen being put through its paces by Gabe Hirshfeld on the Gold Tone website and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js3zTwUaYpU&t=152s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3e_afPvVKA. In the second of these, he compares the OB-3 directly with a pre-war Gibson RB-3, 9580-4.
BIB editor, 28 June 2021
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