1934 GB-3 conversion

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	Double cut peghead, ebony fretboard and hearts and flowers inlay
	This old neck is a Randy Wood work in 1980s and made of curly maple
	Prewar Prest tailpeace Tension hoop was changed to a standard notched one that appears to be Gibson Bowtie style from 1950's era Armrest is a later model by Five Star
	Equipped with 1980's Gibson/Schaller tuners The resonator is plain maple with two concentric rings on back very similar to the standard mahogany models
	Heel width about 1/8" wider Resonator was oversprayed finish many years ago
	The flange is original but has an extra hole very close to other hole to accept the wider guitar style neck
	This was originally a guitar banjo and had a slightly wider heel gap in the resonator
	Resonator has the poplar liner as most old Gibson's have
	Fitted with a Gibson early 1960's 20 hole flathead tonering and was originally equipped with a 40 hole archtop tonering
	It is heavier than the prewar ring prewar ring : 3 pounds early 60's ring : 3 1/2 pounds
	No markings
	The fabrication process pictures of GB-3's new neck made by Frank Neat
	Hearts and flowers inlay of Granada (no inlay on 15th fret)
	Granada grade curly maple
	Brazilian rosewood fingerboard
	21st fret has 'MASTERTONE' block
	Stained matched with the resonator
	Frank and my brand-new neck
	Right:Randy Wood work Left:Frank Neat work Please pay attention to the difference of the scale length.
	Right:Randy Wood work Left:Frank Neat work The Neat has 26 1/4" scale.
	Jim Burlile's Cam D-tuners They are copies of cams made by Walt Pittman (deceased) from California, USA. Scruggs used these cams by Pittman in the mid-1960's.
	Jim said as follows; The mounting of the tuners in the peghead is actually pretty easy, they go half way between the tunning pegs on the peghead and as close to the edge of the peghead as possible without going over the edge.
	Prewar Prest original 5-string tailpiece

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