Gibson PB-3 #9264-7
By the early 1930s the lowest-priced Mastertone model, style 3, featured a reddish-stained maple neck and resonator, single white binding on the fingerboard and and both edges of the resonator, two-piece flange, nickel plating, Presto tailpiece, fiddle-shaped peghead, diamonds and squares inlay, and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.
While the tenor was by far the most popular neck configuration offered during the prewar period, the plectrum banjo, seen here, came in second. It featured the long neck and tuning of the five-string or "regular" banjo, but without the peculiar, short fifth string to get in the way of chord-melody playing. This example is in excellent condition with a newer hardshell case.
Photos
courtesy of Andy
Wright.
