tpbiii Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Late 20s and early Mastertones rule the world of bluegrass. This is our earliest Mastertone -- 1927 TB-Granada with a 5-string neck by Robin Smith. Let's pick, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 1940D28 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hi tbiii, Nice looking Granada. I fooled with the 5 string in the early '70s. Thanks to Herb Hooven lending me his 1928 (edit; my mistake actually was a 1925, I believe) "ball bearing TB conversion" for a couple of years. I don't remember who did the conversion, it had a 40 hole arch head and sounded terrific. I was playing a lot of Dobro then and did not take the 5 string very serious. Everyone was playing "Scruggs Style" at the time so there was a lot to be learned from many local folks. What little I did amounted to frail or claw hammer style. I always kick myself for not buying it from Herbie when he sold it. One of the other gents had an RB 250 he made a set of "Scruggs Winders" for. I remember him drooling over the tone and volume of Herbie's Granada. The 250 had a flat head with no holes. He must have had a half dozen different tone rings, some with up to 50 holes he had drilled, but nothing could touch the sound of the '28 ('25). I believe he bought the RB 250 new in 1965. That was one of our first lessons regarding "Vintage". Take care, DJ edit; Just reread my reply, Herbies was a 1925 I believe, not a 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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