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1919-1944
A word about the dating of vintage Gibson banjos.
1919-1924
RB-4 #11101A-13, the "Tal Brown"
1925
TB-0 #8067-15, the "Elmer Barbeau"
TB-Granada Mastertone #8104-17, the "Gene Wilhelm"
TB-3 #8116-31, the "Erving Schneider"
PB-4 Mastertone #8215-19, the "Earnest Ray"
1926
TB-3 Mastertone #8247-32, the "Isidoro Termini"
TB-Granada Mastertone #8250-37
RB-Granada Mastertone #8250-41
TB-5 Mastertone #8252-19, the "Harold Leatherman"
TB-2 #8439-83, the "Edgar G. Scott"
1927
PB-Florentine Mastertone #8603-64
TB-Granada Mastertone #8661-17, the "Walter C. Behnke"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #8682-1
TB-3 Mastertone #8739-16, the "George Frost"
TB-3 Mastertone #8830-2, the "Edmund Martin"
TB-Bella Voce Mastertone #0121-31
TB-Bella Voce Mastertone #0259-68, the "Joe Ribaud"
TB-5 Mastertone #0404-1, the "J.M. Barber"
TB-5 Mastertone #0404-6, the "Ray Roeller"
1928
RB-3 Mastertone #8910-2, the "Mrs. Powell Newman"
RB-4 Mastertone #8914-2, the "Reid Rakes"
RB-4 Mastertone #8914-4, the "Cecil George"
PB-Florentine Mastertone #8936-1
PB-Florentine Mastertone #8936-2
UB-5 #8945-16, the "Elmo Allred"
PB-1 #8973-3, the "Anton Smith"
RB-3 Mastertone #9032-3, the "R.E. Guffy"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #9136-3, the "Florencio G. Pernia"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #9137-1/#9188-2#/9654-7
TB-Granada Mastertone #9152-14
TB-Granada Mastertone #9152-20, the "Banjo Pete"
TB-Granada Mastertone #9152-57, the "Selmer Lien"
TB-6 Mastertone #9153-14, the "Jimmie Smith"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #9188-2/#9137-1/#9654-7
1929
TB-3 Mastertone #9259-37, the "Bill Umeck"
TB-6/Florentine Mastertone #9337-1, the "Andrew Metzgar"
TB-Granada Mastertone #9356-42, the "William Woodrow"
Royal P-T #9360-13, the "Gerry Smith"
TB-3 Mastertone #9385-42, the "Dean K. Peterson"
PB-3 Mastertone #9467-12, the "Morell DoRan"
TB-3 #9488-30, the "Steve Molenda"
1930
TB-2 #9520-2, the "J.B. George"
TB-Granada Mastertone #9522-12
TB-3 Mastertone #9524-20, the "Donald C. Hill"
PB-Granada Mastertone #9526-11
PB-Granada Mastertone #9526-14
RB-1 #9527-18, the "A.E. Rawlonsory"
RB-Granada Mastertone #9530-4, the "Jack Cozart"
RB-Granada Mastertone #9530-5, the "Wade Mainer"
TB-2 #9546-9, the "Ross MacGregor"
TB-2 #9546-24, the "Andrew Rampulla"
TB-3 #9549-73, the "Floyd Jacobs"
TB-3 #9549-77, the "Harry DeRousse"
TB-3 Mastertone #9550-13, the "John Lampart"
TB-Granada Mastertone #9556-26, the "Martin Balada"
TB-Granada Mastertone #9556-51, the "Judge Tom Davis"
RB-1 #9563-14, the "Jack Reedy"
PB-3 Mastertone #9580-5, the "B.E. Boyd"
RB-Granada Mastertone #9584-3, the "Earl Scruggs"
TB-3 Mastertone #9588-1, the "Columbus Agazzi"
RB-3 Mastertone #9602-12, the "J. Clark"
PB-4 Mastertone #9639-5, the "Ralph Marquardt"
TB-2 #9691-22, the "Helen Knighton"
RB-4 Mastertone #9703-1, the "Margaret Boote"
TB-2 #9729-43, the "Donald Hall"
TB-All American Mastertone #9747-3
Recording King #507 tenor banjo #9779-1
Recording King #507 tenor banjo #9779-6
1931
TB-3 Mastertone #9903-46, the "Chas. A. Clark"
RB-11 #9938, the "Lester Dunn"
TB-3 Mastertone #25-8, the "Richard A. Booth"
TB-3 Mastertone #42-18, the "Aloysius Schreibmaier"
RB-1 #87-3, the "Grace Attfield"
RB-1 #117-7, the "Troy Foster"
TB-1 #124-12, the "Charlie 'Tex' Oldokowski"
TB-1 #157-22, the "Marian Lauber"
RB-1 #213-4, the "M. Campbell Lorini"
TB-4 Mastertone #276-3, the "Mateo Quintana"
RB-4 Mastertone #276-18, the "Henry Williams"
1933
1934
TB-3 Mastertone #345-6, the "Helen Knighton"
Recording King #731 tenor banjo, the "Paul Binder"
1935
PB-3 Mastertone #66-2, the "Earl Collins"
1936
PB-Granada #558-3, the "Douglas Ewald"
1937
TB-7 Mastertone #390-1, the "Hawaii"
RB-75 Mastertone #518-3, the "Elbert Collins"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #643-1, the "Floyd Graham"
TB-1 #1115-3, the "Bert Johnson"
RB-3 Mastertone #1288-1, a.k.a. "The Boer Hog"
1938
PB-12 Special #770-1, the "Ken Harvey"
PB-7 Mastertone #912-1, the "G.I.H. Boshoff"
Recording King M-6 tenor #DW-668
1939
TB-1 #EA-5055, the "Guy F. Tostevin"
RB-75 Mastertone #EG-3239, a.k.a. "Papaw"
RB-75 Mastertone #EG-4121, the "William R. Perry"
PB-Florentine #9227-3, the "Charlie Macrow"
1940
RB-75 #EA-5690, the "Old Joe Clark"
TB-00 #F1159-25, the "Harold K. Fisher"
TB-6 Mastertone #9360-5, the "Don Merthe"
1941
TB-Florentine Mastertone #9654-7/#9137-1/#9188-2
RB-12 Mastertone #E2791-3, the "Earl Smith"
RB-75 Mastertone #F906-2, the "Davis Brown"
1942
TB-12 Mastertone #918-2, the "Morley Skinner"
TB-11 #F5924-9, the "Harvey Davenport"
1943
1944
undetermined
RB-75 Mastertone, the "Reverend Glenn Odell"
RB-5 Mastertone #8267-1, the "L.K. Miller/Charlie Curell"
PB-Florentine #9227-3, the "Charlie Macrow"
"Charles McNeil" Recording King five-string #1920
RB-75 Mastertone #NSN with top-tension style neck
Kalamazoo TB #NSN, the "Chas. Rush"
Kalamazoo KRB, the "Tom Bill Draughn"
PB-11 #NSN, the "Carlos Brown"
S.S. Stewart brand TB-11 #NSN, the "Maynard Yocum"
TB-12 Mastertone, the "J.G. Hemmis"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #NSN, the "Dr. Howard Fugate"
TB-00 #NSN, the "Anthony DiSabatino, Sr."
TB-11 #NSN, the "Lillie Linebarrier"