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.
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.
