Madison TN
Circa 1970s
Rosewood Rim
Platform for:
1920's Gibson TB3 neck
Recording King Resonator
FQMS 1 piece flange and tension
hoop
11" rim assembly, all rosewood
(Not veneered)
11" Rosewood flathead tonering
Schaller tuners, Ivroid buttons
Presto tailpiece
Gibson style armrest
Remo 1100h4 head
From what I gather, Mr. Brown was a fine Classical guitar maker, and player, and he also played 4 and 5 string banjo
I have some of his work, that came to me thru an estate sale and I know little else about him
I also acquired what I believe to be the prototype
It has a wooden top tension hoop as well as the wooden flange, and
is made of maple instead of rosewood.
Thats an old Framus neck on it, definitely the "mule" for designing
the rosewood models
I also have 1 more rims and tone ring, I can see later he was going
to try one piece flanges instead of the wood, which works but needs a few
more supports since the rim is not beaded.
I'll do the 1 piece flange on the tenor
A view of the rim/tone ring/flange design
from one of the other rims I received.
All pieces fit very well together, the lathe work was VG
Rolled Rosewood rim is nice and solid
Tone ring is in VG condition
A very nice personal design, far from the mainstream, and that is
where I prefer myself, to be.
Tenor Buildup Pics
Stripped the old finish , and am starting back up with clear.
Only a few coats and then steel wool, I want to hear this without
a ton of lacquer on it
Nickel hardware.
Remo 1100H4 head
Final Pics
Rootbeer is on the LATE shift
Matched it to the Recording King resonator and cut heel notch to
check fit
Lag bolts with plain nuts holding it to rim, coordinator rods can
be added easily if so desired.
The banjo sounds good in CGDA, nice and clear, a lot
of potiential showing up in the first setup
I would expect it to be good in GDAE as well.
