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Martin and Gibson don’t make tenors anymore ... played by “Dawg” with Tyler Jackson, who got into tenor guitar via the banjo. He is the co-curator at the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma ...
“Some lady came by early this morning and left this for the banjo player,” he told McMullen. The case held a 1929 Gibson TB2 tenor banjo. “Aside from its monetary value, I was floored by the ...
Before the Mastertone, Gibson’s attempt at making a banjo that could compete ... used across many genres then the 5-string is the best choice. You’d expect the tenor banjo to be lower in pitch than ...
I own a 1962 Gibson Mastertone (RB 250 ... The tuning remained the same as GCGBD unlike the tenor banjo of GDAE (like a mandolin). The long neck banjo and "Whyte Laydie" model evolved from ...
A wood-burning stove is simmering in Tom Cussen’s workshop as he works on a 1930s Gibson tenor banjo. “It was in rag order when it got here,” says Cussen, whose business, Clareen Banjos ...
National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of ...