#Gibson banjo serial number list serial numbers

Also has the 'Made in USA.' I bought it at a festival from a dealer in a booth. I have another with identical neck that has serial number 511316. This should be an 8 digit number that can be dated by the 1st and 2nd digits as follows: 99 = 1975 00= 1976 06 = 1977' It then goes on to describe the rather more complex scheme introduced in 1978, which is irrelevant to your serial number. Unless they used a really schizophrenic numbering scheme, I would say your banjo is 1976 or slightly older? Actually, the following site (mentioned previously by some one on this list) confirms that your banjo is indeed a 1976 model: The site clearly says: 'From 1975-1977 the number is typically found on a decal on the back of the headstock. I bought my rb-250 new from Venemon music in Virginia in 1976. Oh yeah, and sometimes the model number is stamped in front of the other numbers. SO, an RB-250 with the serial number, 0002-10, would be a 2000 year model, built in February and it was the 10th one built that year. For example, if the banjo was an RB-250 and there was a 10 after the dash, that would mean that that particular banjo was the 10th RB-250 built. This number indicates which banjo in that batch, that particular model is. This number could be a single, double or triple digit number. But I do not exactly know, what makes it a Bowtie? Chris, Chris, the first two digits indicates what year the banjo was built (00 means 2000), the next two digits indicates the month it was built (02 would mean Feb.), then there should be a dash and another number following the dash. Monster hunter dom unite usa cwcheat database. Posted -: 13:31:05 quote: Originally posted by jerrygarciasbanjofan Thanks for the link. Various scratches, nicks, dings and dents throughout.Ĭhris, Edited by - jerrygarciasbanjofan on 13:44:57.

Description: Vintage 1970s Gibson Mastertone RB-250 5-String Banjo Condition: Very good condition overall. Era – especially during the 1950s and 1960s (the RB-250 debuted in 1954). This one-piece flange banjo bears serial number #010748 stamped into on the.

Some photos of my banjo are located on my BHO homepage Thanks! And how you read a Gibson Banjo Serial number. I was wondering if there was any diferance. Looking at the serial number, I assumed it was built in 2001, BUT, the only Gibson serial number system I am familiar with, is the line of Electric Guitars. Recently the age of my Gibson RB-250 has come into question.

#Gibson banjo serial number list serial numbers

Serial Numbers and history of Post-war Gibson Banjos with specifications and history.įortunately, Gibson was making more changes to its instruments during the ‘60s and ‘70s than any other period, so dating these instruments by features alone is relatively clear-cut in most cases.Posted -: 12:49:47 Howdy Folks. Dan Foy's site has an extensive reference list of pre-war Gibson banjo serial. The actual number of authentic banjos is. Index to Vintage Gibson Banjo Serial Number Information. List of Pre-war Gibson Banjo Serial numbers and descriptions. Fjestad's Gibson Serialization from the Blue Book of Electric Guitars (linked to Gibson's website) gives the sequence for 1916 as 32000 to 39500 for all instruments, in an initial sequence starting at 100 and running to 9999 for the period 1902-1947. Re: Gibson mandolin serial numbers Originally Posted by allenhopkins S.P. Track batches of instruments being produced at the time. In addition to the above serial number information, Gibson also used Factory Order Numbers (F O N) to. On those 1970s L-5s, Super 400s, and Super 5 BJBs! Gibson’s F O N System. Continued to use the 6 digit serial numbers through 19. This new function will try to match the serial number against older formats, details required for an exact match are listed in yellow. For guitars made prior to 1977 use the extended search function. The Gibson Serial Number Decoder currently supports 6 formats from 4 Factories.