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Vintage & Used Instruments - Resonator Back Banjos (5-string) GIBSON RB-3 (1929)

GIBSON RB-3 (1929)

EC, original 5-string neck, 40-hole archtop Mastertone tone ring, two-piece flange, 29/32" rim, dual coordinator rods, ~26-3/8" scale, 1-5/32" nut width, ivoroid-bound 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with diamond and slotted square inlays, fiddle-shaped peghead with pearl script "Gibson" inlay plus diamond and f-hole-shaped inlays, dark-stained maple neck and double ivoroid-bound maple resonator, Presto tailpiece, "GROVER PAT." tuners with ivoroid buttons, railroad spikes installed at frets 7, 8 and 10, original bracket wrench is even included, rare, a beautiful original 1920's Gibson 5-string, all original except 1/8" of neck binding, 5th string peg, new Presto tailpiece, plastic head, bridge, and strings! Great sound, and it's in great shape, with OHSC (blue lining) and Mark Leaf case (blue lining), on consignment, price reduced (SN:9130-7)
70U-3129... - No longer available - $18,000.00

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