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Southern Flavor 4:010:00/4:01
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Dead in the Tracks 3:370:00/3:37
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Draw the Line 4:450:00/4:45
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Fireball Mail 2:520:00/2:52
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Wayfaring Stranger 6:250:00/6:25
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Mama Tried 2:440:00/2:44
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Mister Spaceman 2:570:00/2:57
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Phoenix 3:060:00/3:06
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Salt River 2:280:00/2:28
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Baby's Back in Texas 3:310:00/3:31
Bales Banjos
I'm the proud owner of a Bales Banjo, built by Ronnie Bales. Since Ronnie has retired, I thought I'd keep a catalog of the banjos of his that I find out about and preserve this information for anyone interested. Mr. Bales said the number he made was in the 70s.
Link to a very good article in Banjo Newsletter about Ronnie Bales.
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The Turbo Rim Design
One of the unique features of a Bales banjo is Ronnie's Turbo fitted tone ring. He goes into detail about it in the Banjo Newsletter article.
I pulled these and several other pictures from his old website balesbanjos.com. There are great photos of his shop and the model maple banjo he displayed on the site.
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