Grandpa was using a Gibson Mastertone the aftenoon he gave me an impromptu hour & a half (or 2) lesson before his '66(?) concert at the Old Town Schl. of Folk Music--Chicago. But that's because he used the banjo I had been picking on when he walked into the shop downstairs of the school that afternoon. For the concert he used his own banjo---and I think it was a Vega. It did have a resonator.

A week or so later an LP called "Grandpa Jones' Yodeling Hits" showed up -- a gift from Grandpa. I've still got the note that was with it from someone at Monument Records with the unlikely name of Jo Fagg.

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