Love this stuff! Thanks for posting so all of us who can’t go to banjothon can still participate albeit vicariously. I fell blessed being the current caretaker for my 34 tb1 conversion with a first generation Huber ring.
Big fun to see this Gary. Little known Carson family factoid. I bought my first fiddle from Karl Dieterichs in 1974. My grandmother was born in Bucks County, PA. One year I took her with me and we went to Bucks Co Folk Music. When I pulled up in front of the store, she told me she knew the house, it had been her grandmothers, and that she had lived there in the 1920's for 6 months after her parents home burnt down. Really something that Karl had this banjo all along! Glenn C.
Small world, it is! I never met Karl, never went to BCFM. I have or had a tone ring that some of the experts thought was a Bucks Co. It was a total joy to see Russ come into that ballroom. We had a great reunion, now I need one with you and Pat. I will never again try to cram 2200 miles of driving and all that stress and chaos of the event into five days. If I do an event next year it will be SPBGMA, which is 300 miles closer. Do I have anything you need or want? I'm in disposal mode. If I go first, I'd rather not leave Lil an impossible mess to clean up.
Can't understand why this is called an RB when Spann's Guide to Gibson 1902-1941 states this ser. no. started out as a TB ? Unless a replicate was installed at a later post war date, such as when Gibson started making them again. As I understand around 1970's .My "One thousand one" Book The Tasumura collection " has a TB in it same ser.no Batch as a Tenor & is listed as an archtop. Could this banjo have had a post war flat head ring & 5 str. neck put in post war. I do know parts from Gibson stock of banjo parts can be purchased , as I had an All American resonator I sold to Dick Smith a few yrs. ago. I also feel the extremely bright sound it has is due primarily to the plastic finger board.
Love this stuff! Thanks for posting so all of us who can’t go to banjothon can still participate albeit vicariously.
I fell blessed being the current caretaker for my 34 tb1 conversion with a first generation Huber ring.
Very high tone, Lamborghini of banjo’s 🤙
Big fun to see this Gary. Little known Carson family factoid. I bought my first fiddle from Karl Dieterichs in 1974. My grandmother was born in Bucks County, PA. One year I took her with me and we went to Bucks Co Folk Music. When I pulled up in front of the store, she told me she knew the house, it had been her grandmothers, and that she had lived there in the 1920's for 6 months after her parents home burnt down. Really something that Karl had this banjo all along! Glenn C.
Small world, it is! I never met Karl, never went to BCFM. I have or had a tone ring that some of the experts thought was a Bucks Co. It was a total joy to see Russ come into that ballroom. We had a great reunion, now I need one with you and Pat. I will never again try to cram 2200 miles of driving and all that stress and chaos of the event into five days. If I do an event next year it will be SPBGMA, which is 300 miles closer. Do I have anything you need or want? I'm in disposal mode. If I go first, I'd rather not leave Lil an impossible mess to clean up.
@@GaryHPrice-jc4rr Lets talk sometime soon, I really enjoyed hearing you and Russ on these videos, brought back some good memories!
Can't understand why this is called an RB when Spann's Guide to Gibson 1902-1941 states this ser. no. started out as a TB ? Unless a replicate was installed at a later post war date, such as when Gibson started making them again. As I understand around 1970's .My "One thousand one" Book The Tasumura collection " has a TB in it same ser.no Batch as a Tenor & is listed as an archtop. Could this banjo have had a post war flat head ring & 5 str. neck put in post war. I do know parts from Gibson stock of banjo parts can be purchased , as I had an All American resonator I sold to Dick Smith a few yrs. ago. I also feel the extremely bright sound it has is due primarily to the plastic finger board.