Gibson Mastertone TB-3 (disassembled) -- 1926? 1927?

[@duanetrivett750]

It's good to see someone do a video on the Tenor Banjo ! Not everyone wants five strings . Although I love the music of both. Good video.

[@sugerbaby891]

It looks completely original to me, get somebody to make a five string neck and play it LOL, i would leave it as a arch top. don't cut the pot down and fit a flat head tone ring on it, in years to come it will be worth more in the long run. nice banjo!!

[@actualsurfer]

That is what I plan on doing. These are getting impossible to find.

[@actualsurfer]

Thanks for the video. I am trying to buy a '27-'29 TB3 conversion archtop 40 hole and I needed to see all of the hardware to make sure it is original. Turns out the one I am buying is all OG (except the neck which is a period conversion by Gibson)

[@stevenbuckley234]

When I saw its was a TB-3 I got excited but when I discovered it was not a BB version I was less so. I have never seen a video of a full disassembly of a BB TB-3 which is what I own.

[@danjojen]

I have the same conundrum. My '26 TB-3 (according to the serial #8206-42) has a 40 hole archtop tone ring in it. I wondered if it had been changed oner from BB, but i cant tell either way from the rim. If it was converted, it was a very skilled luthier or a Gibson job. Maybe there were a couple left over in the factory they decided to put 40 holes in. Don't know.