I started this thread for all the Yates banjo owners to tell about your yates banjo. Or if have have a yates ring in your banjo. Tell us about why you like the yates.
I have a 2008 yates RS mahogany it has the v33 ring and nothing has been changed on the banjo except strings. I love the dry popping tone and such an eveness everywhere of volume and tone on any string that you play. I have not played any of the newer yates that have been made as of late but from the soundclips they sound fantastic. I think Ron and Warren have cracked the code on getting those tone rings to respond and sound like the old ones at least to my ears. I have compared my yates to a couple older prewar flatheads and it is just incredible how the yates hangs right there with them and has the sound if i were blindfolded it would be hard for me to tell . its hard to explain in words until you pay a few old flatheads. I love the tone of yates its incredible.An amazingly old sounding banjo. thanks ron and warren!