Over 100 years old! Still plays and sounds incredible! Look at all the inlays...
The ‘Jazz Age’ of the early 20th century ushered in a need for the louder banjo sound in a variety of instruments to cut through the larger combos of the era. Althought the so-called ‘banjo guitar’ had been around since the mid-ninteenth century, Gibson got on board in 1919. The Gibson TB (tenor banjo) was introduced in 1918, and the GB (guitar banjo) and MB (mandolin banjo) appeared the next year with similar specs with size, scale length etc. specific to that particular instrument. The original offering was called the GB, but by 1923, it was renamed the GB4. The ‘trapdoor’ resonator was offered as an option in 1922.
This one is on display in our Vintage Vault, currently not for sale
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