JBS Jerry Sloan Flat Head Bluegrass Banjo Tonerings

This is the tone ring I use in my Bellbird Banjo and it sounds great, I mean really great. I've tried a lot of rings and Jerry Sloan has hit a home run with this one. They first came recommended to me by Russell Sawler and Bill Hayes. Both Bill, Russell and a lot of other pros use these in their prewar conversions.     Ross Nickerson

One of the top pros playing with a JBS sloan tone ring is Justin Jenkins

Here are some sound clips from Justin Jenkins and another unknown picker
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a new sound clip from Jason Davis too

More comments from Ross

Jerry designed and develops this tone ring all on his own. A lot of experimenting went into the design and he really knows good tone when he hears it. These tone rings are the best ones I've heard or tried. The only advertising that Jerry has done is word of mouth and if you have found this page you no doubt must have heard good things about the sloan JBS tone rings.