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Gibson Mastertone Banjos
1918-1944
A word about the dating of vintage Gibson banjos.
1925
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"
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
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"
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-Granada Mastertone #9522-12
TB-3 Mastertone #9524-20, the "Donald C. Hill"
PB-Granada Mastertone #9526-11
PB-Granada Mastertone #9526-14
RB-Granada Mastertone #9530-4, the "Jack Cozart"
RB-Granada Mastertone #9530-5, the "Wade Mainer"
TB-3 #9549-73, the "Floyd Jacobs"
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"
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"
RB-4 Mastertone #9703-1, the "Margaret Boote"
TB-All American Mastertone #9747-3
1931
TB-3 Mastertone #9903-46, the "Chas. A. Clark"
TB-3 Mastertone #25-8, the "Richard A. Booth"
1932
TB-3 Mastertone #42-18, the "Aloysius Schreibmaier"
1933
TB-4 Mastertone #276-3, the "Mateo Quintana"
RB-4 Mastertone #276-18, the "Henry Williams"
TB-3 Mastertone #345-6, the "Helen Knighton"
1935
PB-3 Mastertone #66-2, the "Earl Collins"
1936
PB-Granada Mastertone #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"
RB-3 Mastertone #1288-1, a.k.a. "The Boer Hog"
1938
PB-12 Special Mastertone #770-1, the "Ken Harvey"
PB-7 Mastertone #912-1, the "G.I.H. Boshoff"
1939
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-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"
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"
RB-75 Mastertone #NSN with top-tension style neck
TB-12 Mastertone, the "J.G. Hemmis"
TB-Florentine Mastertone #NSN, the "Dr. Howard Fugate"