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This particular banjo is the first one I have seen Mike make with zebrawood, Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
This very special Chanterelle Woody is $1750 with hardshell case. Sold.
 "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody")
Mike Ramsey is well known for his banjos built specifically for the OT market. It was his 12-inch pot banjos that really started a craze, and when he added a wooden tone ring model in 1999 yet another market grew.
 "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody fingerboard") |
The scooped, zebrawood fingerboard has a simple dots and star inlay.
|  "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody heel") |
The metal bits are nickel-plated. The pot is walnut to match the predominant neck wood. | |
 "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody peghead") |
"The Zebra" has Mike's hallmark peghead shape with a zebrawood overlay. A simple star suffices for inlay. |  "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody tuners") |
All tuners are geared; the long strings are tuned with 5-Star brand planetary pegs. | |
 "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody head") |
It's set up with a Renaissance head and a No-Knot tailpiece. |  "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody neck") |
The 3-piece walnut neck is gorgeous in and of itself. The banjo has zebrawood heel- and rimcaps. | |
 "Ramsey Chanterelle 12-inch Walnut and Zebrawood Woody stick") |
The 12-inch rim is walnut, and it has a rosewood tone ring with a zebrawood rimcap. |