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Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
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Occupation: Joviol Music/chessplayer
Gender: Male
Age: 74
My Instruments:
1988 Gibson Mastertone "Earl Scruggs" model, Violins by Beroletti 1898 and Landolphi 1767
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Flatt 'n Scruggs, Jean Luc Ponty, Raymond Fairchild Jimi Hendrix, any fiddle player (that's good), Johnny Winter has got to be my favorite blues guitar player, Doc Watson on the flat-top
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Created 12/20/2008
Last Visit 5/8/2018
I bought my first Mastertone in Hollywood, CA in 1974. I picked it out in their upstairs warehouse out of about 30 or so, it was a model 250 Gibson "mastertone" and i paid $744.00. I sold it in 1984 for 450.00 to a retired gentlemen and bought an Earl Scruggs model in Atlanta, GA in 1989 and will play this one from now on, i suppose. Funny thing, every music store or pawn shop i've ever been in, if they had a Gibson at all, usually only had one Gibson banjo, when the store sold it, they would order one more.. couldn't or wouldn't hold more for the expense i guess, The RB 800 was the ONE when i was growing up and now there's plenty to choose.
