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.

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