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Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
Price: 1.395 EUR – 1.395 EUR
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The mahogany-resonator version of Recording King's best-selling Madison, built around the same Mastertone-style bell brass cast tone ring as the maple RK-R35 for a slightly warmer visual and tonal character.
About the Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
The RK-R36 shares its core engineering with Recording King's popular RK-R35: a Mastertone-style cast bell brass tone ring and one-piece flange, planetary tuners, and dual coordinator rods, all considered pro-level features rarely found together at this price tier. The distinguishing choice is a select mahogany resonator and neck rather than the RK-R35's maple, generally associated with a slightly warmer tonal character and a darker visual grain.
Construction includes a 3-ply steam-bent maple rim (the rim itself stays maple regardless of resonator wood), a Padauk fretboard with an adjustable truss rod in the neck, and a Presto-style tailpiece. The peghead carries a black overlay with mother-of-pearl Recording King Madison branding and seagull fingerboard inlays, finished in brown gloss with ivoroid resonator binding, at the same 26 1/4-inch scale as the rest of Recording King's Madison line.
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Sound character of the Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
The Madison Mahogany uses a Mastertone-style bell-brass tone ring - the same bright, cutting bluegrass-ring design found on premium banjos - but pairs it with a mahogany rather than maple resonator, which slightly warms and softens the ring's edge compared to a maple-bodied equivalent while keeping strong projection from the dual coordinator rods and solid construction.
Technical data for the Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
| Resonator/Neck | Mahogany |
|---|---|
| Rim | 3-ply steam-bent maple |
| Tone ring | Mastertone-style bell brass |
| Fretboard | Padauk |
| Scale length | 26 1/4" |
| Coordinator rods | Dual |
Price history for the Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
Cheapest seen: 1.395 EUR · Most expensive seen: 1.395 EUR
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The history of the Recording King RK-R36 Madison (Mahogany)
Recording King's Madison series pairs Mastertone-referencing tone-ring construction with a choice of tonewoods, letting the RK-R36 serve players who specifically prefer mahogany's tonal character over the RK-R35's maple within an otherwise identical engineering platform.
