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The Ramsey Woody

In April 2005 the ivory-billed woodpecker, long feared extinct, was rediscovered in the Deep Woods, a remote part of Arkansas, some 60 years after the last confirmed U.S. sighting. This bird learned to be shy of humanity and therefore survived. There is a similar Woody that comes from the hills of Virginia. Its song is dangerously captivating to banjo players. Some have been known to wait months and months just to get their hands on one. Whereas some banjos have been known to create marital discord when their owner’s spouses learn of one more instrument purchase, not the Mike Ramsey Woody. Even banjo spouses can detect that its unique sound creates a value greater than its modest price. We have invented the “Woody Watch” to detail our sightings and anticipations.

• Three piece maple neck
• 25.75″ scale length
• Bone nut
• Two-way adjustable truss rod
• Planetary tuners and geared fifth peg
• Pearlwork of our design
• Ebony fingerboard and peg head overlay
• Frailing scoop
• Lacquer finish

Rim

• 11″ or 12″ maple rim
• Wooden tone ring
• Dowel stick construction
• Fiberskin head
• No Knot tailpiece
  

Options

• Coordinator rods
• Hard shell case
• Armrest
• Maple, walnut, cherry and figured woods
• Fancy inlay
• Heel carving
• Fretless
• Left hand banjo
• Maple standard