Elite heads...?

[Kenneth]

Howdy,

Have any of you tried the Elite banjo head?

If so, what did you think?

Thanks,

[Lynn Oliver]

Post by Kenneth
Have any of you tried the Elite banjo head?

I haven't, but I would mention that Elite is another brand name for
Fiberskyn and Rennaisance.

Lynn

[Kenneth]

On Mon, 03 May 2004 17:46:21 GMT, "Lynn Oliver"

Post by Lynn Oliver

Post by Kenneth
Have any of you tried the Elite banjo head?

I haven't, but I would mention that Elite is another brand name for
Fiberskyn and Rennaisance.
Lynn

Hi Lynn,

I don't know about the Renaissance, but you are not correct about the
Fiberskyn...

The Elite is a similar color, but is uniformly translucent. The
Fiberskyn has a "texture" to it and looks and feels rather different.

All the best,

[Bill Rogers]

Stew-Mac's brand name in fact. They call Fiberskyn "Elite" and
Renaissance "Elite Amber." All are made by, of course, Remo.

Bill

Post by Lynn Oliver

Post by Kenneth
Have any of you tried the Elite banjo head?

I haven't, but I would mention that Elite is another brand name for
Fiberskyn and Rennaisance.
Lynn

[Kenneth]

Post by Bill Rogers
Stew-Mac's brand name in fact. They call Fiberskyn "Elite" and
Renaissance "Elite Amber." All are made by, of course, Remo.
Bill

Hi Bill,

If course, I might be wrong about this, but...

I thought that the Fiberskyn had "veiny" threads or some such randomly
molded through the head giving it a "real skin" sort of look.

Is that correct?

The Elite has none of that "texture."

Thanks,

[Erik Newman]

Post by Kenneth
I thought that the Fiberskyn had "veiny" threads or some such randomly
molded through the head giving it a "real skin" sort of look.
Is that correct?

I have a Fiberskyn head that I took off a tenor I bought. It's fairly
translucent and has white marks and texturing on it that look like folds
or creases. From the front it looks like and has the texture of real
skin. The back looks the same, but is smooth like the back of any other
banjo head. It makes tenor banjos sound far mellower than they ought
to. :-)

[Kenneth]

Post by Erik Newman
It's fairly
translucent and has white marks and texturing on it that look like folds
or creases.

Hi Erik,

Thanks for telling me that...

That was what I had remembered, and I was starting to think that I was
losing my few remaining marbles.

All the best,

[Lynn Oliver]

Not sure if this was straightened out or not. Stew-Mac sells both the Remo
Fiberskyn and Remo Renaissance heads under the Elite brand name. The
Fiberskyn has the threads (Tyvek?) while the Renaissance is a translucent
amber color.

Lynn

[W Paul Mills]

Post by Lynn Oliver

Post by Kenneth
Have any of you tried the Elite banjo head?

I haven't, but I would mention that Elite is another brand name for
Fiberskyn and Rennaisance.

Well actually RENAISSANCE is a registered trademark of Remo Inc.

Paul