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The BlackMountain Model is designed for playing bluegrass style with three finger up-picking. Tonal quality is bright and snappy, smooth bassiness, clear treble, and mellow upper neck tones. The BlackMountain is available in Woodie, EKlyte, EKTube, EKlectric, Tennessee 20 or Huber Vintage Classic flathead tone ring styles. The banjo can be set-up to capture a unique tonal quality for your playing.

STANDARD MODEL FEATURES

11" Tony Pass Thin Skirt Lost Timbre Maple Rim Exclusively

Nickle Hardware

Dual Coordinator Rods

Price Straighline Tailpiece

Snuffy Smith II Bridge with Crowe Spacing

One Piece Flange w/ Notched Tension Hoop

Resonator in Flamed Maple

CloverLick necks in Flamed Maple

Twin Permanent Carbon Filament Truss Rods

Ebony Fingerboard, Peghead, Armrest

Model Railroad Spikes Installed At 2nd Fret

CloverLick Style Peghead

Standard Dot or Diamond Inlays/Trillium Peghead

Side position dots

Satin Hand Rubbed Oil Finish with Water Based Dye Stains

26 3/16 standard scale

Waverly Tuners

CloverLick Manual & Bracket Wrench

Case, Shipping and Handling not included

Other Upgrades (Ask for a quote)

Keith Tuners

Cases Available

5 year warranty on all materials and workmanship

Return banjo in condition received within 14 days

after purchase for full refund if not completely satisfied!

FINAL SET-UP FOR BLACKMOUNTAIN

>> Light gauge strings

>> Action at 12th fret set between 3/32 and 1/8

>> Action at the nut (4rth set at .025 to 1st at .020)

>> Strings will be 5/32” from the fingerboard edge

>> Bone for the peg head nut and the fifth string

>> Bridges are shaped and thinned to maximize tone

>> Neck angle to pot 2 - 2 1/2 degrees

>> Fingerboard set to rise 1/8 inch above head

Other Useful Information

Tonal Continuim of Banjo Pots

plunky/earthy/soft << == >>loud/bright/twang/sustain.

Extreme << =Gourd Banjo

<== All Wood Pot ========= >

<========= EKlyte Pot== ===== >

<===EKlectric Pot================= >

<=Tennessee 20 or Huber Classic=============== >Extreme

Tony Pass Thin Skirt Rim

Tennesse 20 Tone Ring

Huber Tone Ring

NeckWood Attributes

Rosewood is similar to ebony in many ways. It uses vary from fingerboards to tonal woods for acoustic instrument necks, sides and backs. Stable, hard, and vibrant. East Indian rosewood is available and preferred. Brazilian rosewood is cost prohibitive and extremely hard to procure.
Walnut is a sort of "in-between" wood. It isn't as stable as mahogany, but doesn't move quite as much as maple. It is stiffer than mahogany and soft maple, but not quite as stiff as rock maple. Like mahogany, it has large pores which should be filled. Eastern black walnut is preferred.
Mahogany is a less common choice, but still a viable option. It is more stable than maple, which is good, but it is not as stiff as maple, which is not so good. It is a darker wood, with a reddish-brown color. Unlike maple, it has open pores which should be filled, and that adds an extra step to the finishing process. Honduras mahogany is preferred.
Maple can either be soft maple or rock maple. Rock maple has a higher stiffness rating, although neither wood is particularly stiff. Classifications such as curly maple or birds-eye maple are actually references to the pattern of the grain. Eastern rock hard maple is preferred.