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It is, as noted, a Woody, but instead of having Mike's usual laminated pot with rosewood tone ring, this one has a Tony Pass, Lost TimbreTM sunken birch block pot!
I have never seen this gorgeous inlay pattern from Mike before. It's really nicely done.
With a hardshell case, this unique piece is $1995. SOLD.
 "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody")
This one-off piece was delivered to us at the Hoppin' John festival. What a neat instrument.
 "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody peghead") |
The peghead is Mike's usual shape, but the beautifully engraved dragon is an inlay I've not seen from his shop before.. |  "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody tuners") |
The tuners are 5-Star brand planetaries. | |
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The head is a Renaissance, and it has a No-Knot tailpiece. |  "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody back") |
The neck and 12-inch pot have a reddish stain. | |
 "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody fingerboard") |
The scooped, ebony fingerboard has a handsomely engraved star pattern above the 5th fret, while the area of frets 1-5 has been overlain with Sterling silver.
|  "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody neck") |
The three-piece neck is predominantly highly flamed maple. | |
 "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody stick") |
The 12-inch Tony Pass, Lost TimbreTM sunken birch block pot is made from old wood recovered from the bottom of Lake Superior.
|  "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody heel") |
All the hardware is nickel-plated. Note the side marker dots--not usually found on Ramsey banjos. | |
 "Ramsey Custom Semi-fretless Woody plug") |
Mike tells me that when he received the pot from Tony, it was already drilled for coordinator rods. As Mike uses dowel sticks, he plugged the holes (one is visible in this photo just above the "O" in "com"). At least, that's what Mike says: My theory is that these are special "Tone Plugs" where just enough maple dowel is inserted into the birch to balance the overtones to Old Time perfection.
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