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Gibson manufactured banjos in the years before World War II.They are differentiated from later Gibson banjos by their scarcity. Banjo sales plummeted during the Great Depression, for lack of buyers, and metal parts became scarce into the 1940s as factories shifted to support the war. [1]
Mills owned several pre-war Gibson Mastertone banjos, including the famous "Mack Crow" banjo (named after its original owner, it is the only factory-produced gold-plated RB-75 that Gibson ever made) and the RB-4 previously owned by the late Snuffy Jenkins. Huber Banjos produced a Jim Mills signature model based on the Mack Crow.
This is a list of Gibson brand of stringed musical instruments, mainly guitars, manufactured by Gibson, alphabetically by category then alphabetically by product (lowest numbers first). The list excludes other Gibson brands such as Epiphone.
The man walked into the shop and explained, "So, this is a 1941 Gibson SJ-200. It was owned by Stephen Stills of the band Crosby, Stills & Nash." Even Rick had to admit that is cool.
English: Gibson RB-1 (1933), RB-00 (1940), PB-3 (1929) banjos at the American Banjo Museum. The RB-1 is similar one owned by Dave Macon in that it has the same fleur-de-lis inlays and possibly shape of head-stock.
Prewar Gibson banjos: RB-1 (1933), RB-00 ... a 1943 Gibson Southern Jumbo was listed for sale with an asking price of $ ... Gibson introduced the ES-335T model ...