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Missoula musician Lon Ishler is still in shock after his cherished 1965 Gibson Mastertone banjo went missing from his van earlier this week. “I know people say that things can mean everything to ...

Best banjos: Our top picks The Recording King Elite Flying Eagle is a dream contemporary banjo, inspired by an icon of the past - the legendary Gibson Mastertone. It’s a powerfully voiced, handcrafted ...

Country Music Hall of Fame member Scruggs' Gibson RB-Granada Mastertone banjo -- heard on his 1950 composition "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," played alongside Lester Flatt and the Foggy Mountain Boys ...

Epiphone is celebrating American roots music in a big way for 2024 with a new Bluegrass Collection that features an Inspired By Gibson Earl Scruggs Golden Deluxe banjo, Mastertone Bowtie Open Back ...

Today, we are grateful and elated to celebrate the donation of another such treasure ­– Earl's Gibson RB-Granada Mastertone banjo ­– an instrument made iconic by the creative power of the ...

In 1939, Odell "Speedy" Tolliver left his home in far southwest Virginia for Washington, D.C. He had a suitcase and a Gibson Mastertone banjo he'd bought brand-new for $135, a small fortune in the ...

So does Elkins' approach to playing his 1936 Gibson No. 4 Mastertone banjo and his 1938 Epiphone Zenith tenor guitar. "For the earlier form of jazz we play, the four-piece rhythm section ...

and will feature Fleck on his vintage 1937 mahogany Gibson Mastertone banjo. In addition to the concerto, the night will also feature renditions of Aaron Coplands “Appalachian Spring” and ...