This banjo has a story to tell, so listen up and take notes! It started out as a late 1925 or early '26 Gibson TB-3 tenor with "spring and ball" shell and tonering. Bob Palmer made the "hearts & flowers" Style 4 neck circa 1968, plus a matching carved (turned on a lathe) top-tension style resonator. The owner also purchased a TB-3 resonator to have the option of a different tone (the resonator is from a slightly later TB-3, so the serial numbers on the shell and the resonator don't match) The holes in the shell have been doweled with hard maple, and a new "Tennessee 20" flathead tonering installed. The tube and plate resonator flange is original, as is the resonator mounting hardware, coordinating rods, and the finish and decal on the shell. The tension hoop, armrest, and tailpiece are newish, but with nickel plating that matches. The neck has a Shubb 5th-string capo. A great-sounding Gibson Mastertone bluegrass banjo that's ready to go, and for not much more dough than it costs to buy a recent used one.