I bought this model last summer, mostly for he weight and specifically because of the composite rim. I bought specifically so I could take it down to the river to play and not have to worry about humidity, and with the price, not worry if it fell in the river and floated away. To my surprise I found that It sounded amazingly well and its sound carried in the open air really well. A month ago I decided to do an upgrade to it. I bought a Dobson tone ring from Balsam Banjo Works and installed it on the AC-12A. Took about an hour with a wood file to modify the outside rim so that the Dobson tone ring fit properly. Now it sounds like a $1200-$1500 banjo. The original banjo was $260 and the Dobson tone ring as $99, so $359. That price for a banjo that sounds this amazing is mind blowing.

@guywolff

22 күн бұрын

I love the sound on this thing so much but I have thought of this nod as well .Thanks for the heads up on the add . Bill Rickard is just a phone call away !

I got the AC-12 standard, not A scale and it should be here today. Got it as my first banjo so we'll see. I'm such agreenie but it sounds so pretty. This is one of the few videos that sold me on it over the AC-1 as my starter especially as I want to learn clawhammer. Hoping the action isn't too high out of the box for me. Couldn't get mine from GT directly as they are out of stock, likely super popular right now, so had to order third party from Guitar Center. Here's wishing me luck! Totally blind over here too, so that adds a new layer of challenge and so far no local teachers, but I've got some decent resources to start out hopefully strong! Thanks for this.

Thanks for the review, Guy. Mine is in the mail, it’ll be my first banjo!

@guywolff

6 ай бұрын

Enjoy the ride ! It has been 53 years for me and it has been a joy every day :)

NICE VOCAL, LOVE THAT BASS NOTE!!

Nice to see you playing it, Guy.

Great playing !!!

We went to The Cows Tail Inn together one night where you played. Peanut dhells all over the floor. I was working on an estate in New Preston tending sheep. I think it was 74 or 75.

Now I wanna buy one, and I'm not even a banjo player!

Thanks Guy for your review. I've been trying to find one of these for a while now with not any luck.

@guywolff

6 ай бұрын

I just called the team at Goldtone in Florida, and gave them a credit card number. I had it in two days :-)

@jcx5659

6 ай бұрын

@@guywolff Took your advice and gave them a call. They are shipping me one tomorrow. Thanks. And I love your playing.

@guywolff

6 ай бұрын

I know you are going to really enjoy this banjo .. Thanks for the compliment on my playing ... @@jcx5659

While I can't play Guy, your fabulous playing & the instruments great sound, means I've now got one on order. I'll keep it safe for when you come over to the old country.

@guywolff

6 ай бұрын

Just a small pannier with a top that opens all the way means you can take it with you on your spring rides ( as long as the weather is fine ) You never know if you might meet a banjo player on the road :)

@80eightReviews

6 ай бұрын

@@guywolff Wandering Banjo playing minstrels are a frequent sight on the sun-dappled byways of Northumberland as you know Guy. None have clay under their fingernails though - now that would be a sight!😀

@guywolff

5 ай бұрын

That is so true .The only potters I know in Northunberland play Northumbrian pipes :) @@80eightReviews

@80eightReviews

5 ай бұрын

@@guywolff They'd be piped out of the county if they played anything else Guy. Why, they might be sent to Cumbria and that would never do 😀

@guywolff

5 ай бұрын

One of the two bothers that owned Bardon Mill (Errington Reagh) was in the Northumbrian Pipe So.. He really took to me when I told him I had a set .Thankfully he never heard me play them @@80eightReviews

Thanks for the video! I'm an acoustic guitarist, and the A scale length is appealing, but I'm worried I'll regret not getting the full scale. Any thoughts or suggestions if the A scale would be too limiting?

@guywolff

5 ай бұрын

At $300.00 an axe buy both ..They make an AC12 with a 26.36 string length for the same price as the AC 12 /A A neck at 23.5 inches string length .. Being that I play out of a double C tuning the short neck means I can tune to D ..Also with the short scale the bridge is nearer the middle of the drum making a warmer sound for Clawhammer style playing .IN the end I will most likley add a set of nylgut strings and maybe a goat skin drum head to this banjo ... .

Is it wood or not?

@guywolff

2 ай бұрын

THe Ac12/A is like the Harmony pot of th 1950's.It is a rozin or plastic pot ..The original Ashborn was a maple laminant