Before the Mastertone, Gibson’s attempt at making a banjo that could compete ... so when a more delicate tone is called for the CC-100R can be transformed into an open back banjo in seconds. What’s ...

Maybe $3,000. Might have been as much as $5,000. APPRAISER: This is a 1929 Gibson Mastertone banjo. We took the back off, we looked at the serial number. Firmly 1929. It has gold hardware.

Epiphone is celebrating American roots music in a big way for 2024 with a new Bluegrass Collection that features an Inspired By Gibson Earl Scruggs Golden Deluxe banjo, Mastertone Bowtie Open Back ...

Country Music Hall of Fame member Scruggs' Gibson RB-Granada Mastertone banjo -- heard on his 1950 composition "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," played alongside Lester Flatt and the Foggy Mountain Boys ...