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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.

Number 6

Number 11

Number 12

Number 17

Number 24

Number 26

Number 30

Number 31

Number 35

Number 39

Number 1001

Number 41

Number 53

Number 55

Number 56

Number 58

Number 60

Unknown 2010

Unknown 2011

Unknown 2013

Unknown 2014

Number XX

Pickin' and singin'.
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