For sale is my Gibson TB-5 Mastertone
The hardware is gold-plated over copper flashing with engraving on the armrest, tension hoop, and Grover clamshell tailpiece, and on the skirt of the forty-hole archtop tone ring. The neck and resonator are walnut trimmed with golden pearloid and multicolored marquetry; the presence of pearloid and marquetry on the bottom of the rim, visible only with the resonator removed, is evidence of this banjo's "deluxe" status in the Mastertone line. The banjo's ornamentation even extends to the back of the peghead with multicolored wood inlay in an oval and fan pattern.
The tenor neck has a fiddle-shaped peghead with wreath inlays in a beautifully figured rosewood fingerboard. In place of the standard Mastertone block at the nineteenth fret, there is a mother-of-pearl block engraved with the name of original owner Ray Roeller. Asking price is $3500 plus shipping.
e-mail works best for me..... d_flores101@hotmail.com
The hardware is gold-plated over copper flashing with engraving on the armrest, tension hoop, and Grover clamshell tailpiece, and on the skirt of the forty-hole archtop tone ring. The neck and resonator are walnut trimmed with golden pearloid and multicolored marquetry; the presence of pearloid and marquetry on the bottom of the rim, visible only with the resonator removed, is evidence of this banjo's "deluxe" status in the Mastertone line. The banjo's ornamentation even extends to the back of the peghead with multicolored wood inlay in an oval and fan pattern.
The tenor neck has a fiddle-shaped peghead with wreath inlays in a beautifully figured rosewood fingerboard. In place of the standard Mastertone block at the nineteenth fret, there is a mother-of-pearl block engraved with the name of original owner Ray Roeller. Asking price is $3500 plus shipping.
e-mail works best for me..... d_flores101@hotmail.com