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= source, I/N = Internet, N/O = Non-Original, TP = Tail piece, AR = Arm
Rest, t/h = tension Hoop, TR = Tone Ring, |
Estimated |
Serial No. |
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Description |
FH = Flat Head, 5S = five string; s/b = single
bound, n/o = non-original |
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Year of Mfg |
Prefix |
Number |
Neck |
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Model |
Tonering |
Flange |
Inlay |
Other |
Sources/owners |
Pictures,
Links, More Info |
1932 |
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3-3 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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3-13 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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I/N auction
5/2005 |
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1932 |
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3-15 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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3-21 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Style 3 |
Diamonds and
Squares FB, fiddle-cut ph, rose decal on resonator, cut for F/H ring |
G. Earnest
6/2007 |
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1932 |
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3-43 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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3-48 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
D&S Inlays,
Grover first t/p |
G. Earnest |
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1932 |
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10-4 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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19-7 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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20-1 |
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- |
2 |
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Resonator only
on TB-4 9554-50 |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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25-7 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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25-19 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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BHO Member,
2/2006 |
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1932 |
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25-23 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
n/o TP |
G. Earnest |
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1932 |
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35 |
PB |
- |
Electric |
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Style 18 neck,
solid body, birdseye maple, S/N on back of PH |
UK Website
2006 |
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1932 |
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42-2 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
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Bernunzio
2/2005 |
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1932 |
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42-8 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Slanted Logo |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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42-16 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
N/O Resonator,
original neck missing |
Pat Cloud; I/N
Auction 12/2009 |
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1932 |
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42-18 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
l&b inlays,
archtop, OHSC, heavy wear to back of resonator, |
I/N Auction
11/2007; 12/2007 |
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1932 |
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42-20 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole Ring |
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1932 |
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42-23 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole Ring,
pot metal hoop |
40-hole Ring,
I/N auction 8/11/03, |
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1932 |
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44-3 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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I/N auction
8/13/04 |
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1932 |
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44-4 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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47-2 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Mahogany |
D. Mccumbers |
Pics & More! |
1932 |
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49-4 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
H&F's |
Neck s/n
DA5063 with L&B headstock inlay |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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66-1 |
PB |
- |
3 |
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Shipped August
7, 1935 |
Gibson
Shipping Ledger |
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1932 |
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66-2 |
PB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Mahogany,
EA-5347 on HS, L&B inlays and double-cut HS - but photo exists of
original fiddle HS; not in ledger |
G. Earnest;
Orig owner Earl Collins |
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1932 |
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66-3 |
PB |
- |
3 |
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Shipped May 8,
1937 |
Gibson
Shipping Ledger |
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1932 |
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66-5 |
PB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Mahogany,
unusual fiddle headstock, shipped October 30, 1935 |
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1932 |
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68-5 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
All original |
I/N auction
4/2006, |
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1932 |
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68-15 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
"Gull" Style
PH |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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69-3 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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69-4 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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69-10 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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72-4 |
MB |
- |
1 |
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Hex |
Dots |
Shoes, maple
resonator, 10.5" Rim, "The Gibson" on HS |
I/N Auction
2/2008 |
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1932 |
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87-3 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Owned by Grace
Attfield |
G. Earnest |
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1932 |
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105-21 |
MB |
- |
1 |
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Hex |
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Shoes, maple
resonator |
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1932 |
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107-1 |
RB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
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1932 |
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107-2 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
Style 2 |
Pearloid board
and peghead -- walnut |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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107-10 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
Style 2 |
Pearloid board
and peghead -- walnut |
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1932 |
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115-2 |
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3 |
Archtop |
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1932 |
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115-3 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
40-hole ring,
"5-ply rim", chrome plate |
Vintage
Inst's, PA |
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1932 |
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115-4 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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115-19 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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115-21 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
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1932 |
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115-23 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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116-3 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
20-hole Ring |
Owned by J. D.
Crowe c. 1960's |
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1932 |
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116-4 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
20-hole Ring,
L&B Inlays |
Robby Boone |
Pics & More! |
1932 |
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116-5 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
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20-hole Ring |
Robby Boone |
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1932 |
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117-1 |
RB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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120-1 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1932 |
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120-9 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
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Walnut
resonator |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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121-3 |
RB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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122-36 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Double Bound
Resonator |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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122-45 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Double Bound
Resonator |
I/N Auction
9/1008 |
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1932 |
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122-50 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Double Bound
Resonator |
I/N auction
4/2005, |
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1932 |
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124-12 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Style 3 |
Double Bound
Resonator, D&S inlays |
G. Earnest |
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1932 |
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124-24 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Style 3 |
Double Bound
Resonator, D&S inlays |
Private Owner |
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1932 |
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124-37 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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124-31 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Style 3 |
Double Bound
Resonator |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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124-34 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
Diamonds |
Fiddle PH,
"Made in USA" |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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124-38 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
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Rim only |
I/N Auction
12/2011 |
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1932 |
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124-42 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Diamonds |
D/B Resonator,
Pick guard |
I/N auction
6/2006; I/N auction 1/2007 w/o pickguard |
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1932 |
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128-14 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Diamonds |
Double Bound
Resonator, Fiddle H/S |
I/N Auction
11/2009 |
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1932 |
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130-4 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
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Walnut,
Pearloid FB and PH |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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130-9 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
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Walnut,
Pearloid FB and PH |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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130-13 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1-piece |
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Walnut,
Pearloid FB and PH |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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130-21 |
TB |
- |
2 |
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1932 |
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130-23 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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133-8 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
D/B Res,
2-hump grover TP, Pancakes, straight logo on ph, no case |
I/N Auction
11/2007 |
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1932 |
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133-14 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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133-25 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
D/B Maple
Resonator |
L. Lunsford |
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1932 |
|
141 |
TB |
- |
11 |
None |
1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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151-9 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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153-18 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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154-5 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Fluer-de-lis |
fleur-de-lis
inlays, |
BHO posting
7/2005 |
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1932 |
|
157-12 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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Steve Huber
5/2007 |
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1932 |
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157-15 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
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1932 |
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157-19 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
D/B res, |
I/N auction,
11-2005 |
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1932 |
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157-21 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
D/B res |
BHO, 2/2007,
broken hoop, cut for flathead; I/N Auction 4/2007 |
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1932 |
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157-22 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
D/B res, 3
lugs, photo of banjo taken 1932 |
Original
owner: Marian Lauber, Syracuse NY, 1932 |
Pics & More! |
1932 |
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157-25 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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Gull |
Neck only,
2-tabs, 157 in pencil on heel |
I/N Auction
5/2009 |
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1932 |
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157-34 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
D/B res, res
badly refi'd |
I/N Auction
10/2008; Rim sold alone 11/2008 |
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1932 |
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157-40 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1932 |
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157-43 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
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1932 |
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158-9 |
PB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1932 |
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158-11 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
G. Earnest |
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1932 |
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158-14 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany, pink case liner |
I/N Auction
12/2011 |
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1932 |
|
159-1 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany (w/concentric rings) |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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159-2 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
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162-2 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany, no pat app'd for stamp, |
BHO Member
9/2007 |
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1932 |
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170-5 |
RB |
- |
2 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1932 |
|
170-7 |
RB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
3 holes
drilled in PH, Refinished, cut for A/T ring, n/o 5th tuner |
I/N Auction
6/2007 |
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1932 |
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176-10 |
TB |
- |
1 |
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1-piece |
Gull |
|
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
FK |
177-4 |
RB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
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1-piece |
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S/B Flat back
Res, s/n on PH |
L. Lunsford |
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1932 |
|
177-6 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Label inside
"Dec. 1, 1934", full 11 piece L&B inlay set |
D. Mccumbers |
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1932 |
|
177-8 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Pancakes, full
L&B inlay set |
BHO Member
2/2006 |
Pics & More! |
1932 |
|
181-2 |
PB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
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1932 |
|
181-32 |
PB |
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Florentine |
Archtop |
2-piece |
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1932 |
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182-3 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
H&F's |
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1932 |
|
183-3 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
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1932 |
|
186-1 |
PB |
- |
3 |
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H&F's |
Mahogany |
T. Biggs |
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1932 |
|
195-2 |
TB |
- |
3 |
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T. Biggs |
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1933 |
|
195-7 |
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- |
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Flathead |
1-piece |
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Rim and ring
only |
Richard
Bailey, with res #9528-5 |
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1933 |
|
210-4 |
MB |
- |
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1-piece |
Dots |
|
T. Biggs |
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1933 |
|
212-15 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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Refinished, no
neck |
Richilieu
collection 2004 |
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1933 |
|
212-16 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1933 |
|
212-17 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
rim cut for
Blaylock flathead, re-skinned resonator #9848-7, |
I/N auction
5/2005, I/N auction 1-2006 |
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1933 |
|
212-21 |
PB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Original neck
converted to 5-string |
BHO for sale, |
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1933 |
|
212-24 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Reso
refinished, original red-line case and neck |
I/N auction
8/2006 |
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1933 |
|
231-2 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
Maple |
T. Biggs |
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1933 |
FW |
232 |
RB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
Maple s/b flat
resonator |
T. Biggs |
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1933 |
|
234-7 |
PB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Style 6
engraving on tonering |
L. Lunsford |
|
1933 |
|
235-1 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
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1933 |
|
235-5 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
I/N Auction
7/2007 all original |
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1934 |
|
235-6 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
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1934 |
|
235-7 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-13 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-14 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-15 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-17 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-18 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
235-19 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
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1934 |
|
238-12 |
MB |
|
0 |
|
1-piece |
|
flat hooks |
I/N auction
7/2003 |
|
1934 |
|
239-8 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Gull |
40- hole rng |
T. Biggs |
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1934 |
|
240-6 |
|
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3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
no neck or
resonator |
I/N auction
5/03 |
|
1935 |
|
252-2 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
"Pat. Applied
for" not on rim |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
252-9 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Double-bound
resonator |
I/N auction
5/2006, again 9/2006 ; 4/2008 |
|
1935 |
|
252-13 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Fluer-de-lis |
fleur-de-lis
inlalys, corner of peghead overlay missing, open seams in resonator, |
Elderly 9/2006 |
|
1935 |
|
252-15 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
I/N auction
4/2003, TN |
|
1935 |
|
252-16 |
|
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
No neck, cut
for f/h ring |
I/N Auction
8/2008 |
|
1935 |
|
252-20 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
|
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1935 |
|
253-3 |
GB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Style 1 |
6 pancake
tuners, Red-line case with purple liner, 3 lugs, one co-rod |
I/N Auction
7/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
257-7 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
258 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
FG |
266-8 |
TB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Double-bound
Resonator, thick rim, maple res |
I/N auction
2/2006 |
|
1935 |
|
268-4 |
MB |
- |
1 |
|
Hex |
Dots |
3 lugs, shoes
& brackets, d/b res, dark stain |
I/N auction
6/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
268-9 |
MB |
- |
1 |
|
Hex |
Dots |
3 lugs, shoes
& brackets, d/b res, dark stain |
Website for
sale 10/2006 |
|
1935 |
|
270-7 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
|
|
1935 |
|
271-1 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Bella Voce
Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
271-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead, 40-hole ring |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
271-4 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead, 40-hole ring, FB replaced using orig inlays |
Bernunzio
3/2005; I/N auction 6/2005 & 7/2005; BHO 2/2006 w/pics - shown with tb3
neck with regular PH inlays (?) |
|
1935 |
|
271-5 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
headstock |
I/N auction
8/2006 |
|
1935 |
|
271-8 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
271-9 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead, 40-hole ring, zinc hoop |
D. Foy 5/2005 |
Pics & More! |
1935 |
|
271-14 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
refin?, l&b
fingerboard, b/v peghead, |
Elderly 11/2005 |
|
1935 |
|
271-16 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
|
|
|
1935 |
|
271-22 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
Standard 75 PH
inlays |
G. Earnest |
|
1935 |
|
276-3 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
Chrome,
butterschotch buttons, Small repair in flange, Refinished Res and neck |
Internet for
sale 6/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
276-8 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
|
I/N Auction
9/2009 |
|
1935 |
|
276-18 |
RB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
|
H&F's |
|
|
|
1935 |
|
276-22 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
All original ,
pancakes |
I/N Auction
5/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
276-24 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
|
Elderly
10-2005 |
|
1935 |
|
281-1 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
sunburst
maple, stairstep block inlays, peghead overlay replaced with new Gibson
logo and d/s inlays, export model, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 11/2005 |
|
1935 |
|
281-12 |
PB |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
293-3 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
293-8 |
|
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
293-20 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
311-17 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
Cut for
flathead ring |
D. Cossin
3/2017 |
|
1935 |
|
311-19 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
|
|
|
1935 |
|
312-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Pick guard,
"Sideways" inlay at first fret |
I/N Auction
7/2007 exc with "window" t/p |
|
1935 |
|
312-8 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
|
|
1935 |
|
328-26 |
|
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
FK |
331 |
TB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
|
|
|
Shoes, SN on
Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
FG |
335-1 |
RB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
Slashed bowtie
inlays, export model, OHSC, |
e-mail to
GEarnest |
|
1935 |
|
344-14 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Granada
engraving and double bound resonator |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
345-_ |
TB |
- |
3 |
|
|
Style 3 |
Neck Only -
Bella Voce Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
345-6 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead |
G. Earnest BHO
F/S |
|
1935 |
|
345-9 |
|
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
R. Cohen
1/2010 |
|
1935 |
|
345-11 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
345-18 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Bella Voce
Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
345-22 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Converted to
5S with h/f neck, ebony fingerboard, fiddle peghead, tenor neck absent,
back of reso inscribed "James A Neumann, Drakesboro, Kentucky", |
e-mail to
GEarnest 1/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
345-79 |
TB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Bella Voce
Peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
346-2 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
Pancakes,
4-hump, large sans-serif s/n stampingin rim only |
Website for
sale 12/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
347-1 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
Belle Voce H/S
inlays |
Private owner
8/2007; website for sale 2008 |
|
1935 |
|
347-5 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
l&b tenor
neck, converted to 5S with Robin Smith f/e neck, conversion flathead
ring, reso refinished, |
e-mail to GEarnest 12/2004 |
|
1935 |
|
367-3 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
KK PH shape, |
I/N auction
5/2005, |
|
1935 |
|
378-4 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
|
379-2 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
Walnut,
Pearloid FB and PH |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
379-5 |
TB |
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
|
Walnut,
Pearloid FB and PH |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
F |
380-16 |
UB |
- |
5 |
|
|
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
EW |
382 |
TB |
- |
Recording King |
|
1-piece |
Fans |
Thin Rim, Deep
Res w/sunburst, "Tin Can" tuners, grooved hoop, window t/p |
I/N Auction
9/2007 |
|
1935 |
|
390-6 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
390-11 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension,
Mute |
D. Foy 2013 |
Pics & More! |
1935 |
|
390-13 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
G. Earnest -
Craig Korth |
|
1935 |
|
391-5 |
TB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
391-7 |
TB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
391-8 |
TB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
392-5 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1935 |
|
397-1 |
TB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
405-5A |
TB |
- |
|
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
J. Zauner 2008 |
|
1936 |
|
410-2 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
411-1 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Top Tension |
M. Johnson |
|
1936 |
|
411-2 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Top Tension |
Bernunzio
2005; D. McCumbers |
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
412-1 |
PB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Top Tension,
Chrome |
|
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
413-1 |
RB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
John Hartford
until 1984 |
|
1936 |
|
413-1 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
|
Duplicate FON |
|
1936 |
|
413-5 |
|
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
413-7 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
Serial number
on shell and resonator |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
413-12 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
broken hoop,
broken neck |
I/N auction
6/2005, |
|
1936 |
|
413-21 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
Engraved hoop
- granada style (broken), D/B Res, 3 lugs, cut for F/H ring |
Private owner
11/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
413-22 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
|
|
|
1936 |
|
416-2 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Shipped Dec
1937 |
Ken Koch |
|
1936 |
|
416-8 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
F |
440-4 |
MB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Made in USA
sticker in Res, shipped to S. Africa 6/11/1940, redline case |
Steve Huber
5/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
441-2 |
PB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
441-3 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
D/B Resonator |
L. Lunsford |
|
1936 |
|
441-4 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
I/N auction
7/2005 |
|
1936 |
|
441-8 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole ring |
|
|
1936 |
|
444-1 |
PB |
- |
4 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
20-Hole
Flathead ring, cut decal |
BHO Member
4/2006 w/pics, sold off-line |
|
1936 |
|
444-2 |
PB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
20-hole
flathead, walnut style 4 resonator but listed in Gibson ledgers as a
PB-75, PB neck not present, now has prewar RB-1 neck with fleur-de-lis
inlays and added Mastertone block, vintage Hopper cam tuners, original
red-line case, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 9/2005 |
|
1936 |
|
444-11 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Flathead |
|
|
Low-profile
ring |
|
|
1936 |
|
445-1 |
|
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
445-3 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
Nickel,
Mahogany |
|
|
1936 |
|
445-4 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
Tortoise
pickguard |
Shipped
10/11/1937 |
|
1936 |
|
451-1 |
TB |
- |
X |
X |
1-piece |
|
Black/White
Fan Resonator, Unique Tonering |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
451-4 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Unusual Tone
ring with large holes in skirt, s/b Res |
I/N Auction
10/2009 |
|
1936 |
|
451-6 |
TB |
- |
X |
X |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Black/White
Fan Resonator, Unique Tonering, thin rim, |
I/N auction
8/2004 |
|
1936 |
F |
453-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Gold Plated
(only known gold Style 75), shipped 6/21/1940 to Mack Crowe |
Mack Crowe;
Avery Aiken; Jim Mills |
|
1936 |
F |
454-3 |
PB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 1 |
Flower Pot HS
Inlay |
Private Owner
- South Africa |
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
485 |
TB |
- |
Recording King |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Fluer-de-lis |
tenor with
40-hole archtop tone ring, walnut resonator and neck, style 1
fleur-de-lis inlays, Recording King peghead logo, |
e-mail to GEarnest 2/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
489-8 |
MB |
- |
|
|
|
Dots |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
510 |
|
- |
Truett |
|
1-piece |
|
like KK-10,
number on back of peghead, |
Website |
|
1936 |
|
517-1 |
PB |
- |
X |
Archtop |
|
|
12" Rim, block
inlays, |
Elderly
10-2005 |
|
1936 |
|
517-5 |
RB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
518-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
"Old Nellie" |
Owned by Earl
Scruggs, traded to Don Reno, bho posting of 518-3 |
|
1936 |
|
518-3 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
Once owned by
Elbert Collins |
Greg Earnest's
website, shippped 12/16/1937 |
|
1936 |
|
532-2 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
l&b inlay with
sideways first-fret inlay, archtop, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 2/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
532-5 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Cut for
flathead ring, damaged decal |
BHO Sale, no
neck, cut for f/h ring |
|
1936 |
|
532-14 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
Res numbers
all chalk, re-fretted, purple case liner with dust cover |
I/N Auction
8/2009 |
|
1936 |
|
532-15 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
558-1 |
PB |
- |
Granada |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
|
Paul Champion |
|
1936 |
|
558-2 |
|
- |
Granada |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
558-3 |
PB |
- |
Granada |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
F |
560-4 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
F |
560-7 |
TB |
- |
0 |
None |
1-piece |
Gull |
Number stamped
on peghead |
G. Earnest |
|
1936 |
F |
560-8 |
TB |
- |
0 |
None |
1-piece |
Gull |
Number stamped
on peghead, tin-can tuners w/butterscotch buttons |
I/N Auction
1/2010 |
|
1936 |
|
586-12 |
PB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Fiddle
Headstock |
Tim Lake |
|
1936 |
|
606-1 |
TB |
- |
X |
Archtop |
2-piece |
blocks |
12" pot, gold
plated, 4-hump clambshell, curly maple res, F/E H/S |
G. Earnest;
I/N Auction 5/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
617-1 |
RB |
- |
X |
Archtop |
2-piece |
blocks |
12" pot |
Mando bros
1/2003 |
|
1936 |
|
643-1 |
TB |
- |
Florentine |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Florentine |
TT a/r, white
holly finish |
G. Earnest;
Floyd Graham orig owner |
|
1936 |
|
651-3 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Neck s/n
E2791-3, once Sammy Shelor's banjo |
BHO
discussion, Craig Korth 2/2007 |
|
1936 |
F |
662-3 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
Top Tension,
resonator number is chalk only, and without F prefix, n/o TP |
Bernunzio
2005, 10/2008 |
|
1936 |
|
664-12 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
667-1 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
Joe Spann |
|
1936 |
|
667-2 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
Joe Spann |
|
1936 |
DW |
668 |
TB |
- |
Recording King |
|
1-piece |
Fans |
M-6 model,
Recording King, grooved hoop, flat hooks, ½” rim, sunburst maple, fan
inlays, RK mop block with crown stencil on peghead, Granada binding,
Kerschner tailpiece engraved “DeLuxe”, OSSC, |
I/N auction
7/2004 |
|
1936 |
F |
668-3 |
TB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
"archtop"
hoop, MOTS resonator & neck |
L. Lunsford |
|
1936 |
|
686-4 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Fiddle HS with
straight logo, grover pancakes, window tp |
I/N Auction
6/2008 |
|
1936 |
F |
690-4 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
|
|
1936 |
|
693-2 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
720-7 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
|
|
|
1936 |
|
720-22 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
720-24 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Gull |
|
I/N Auction
9/2008 |
|
1936 |
|
729-4 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring |
Arnold Z. in
Switzerland, I/N auction 7/2005 |
Pics & More! |
1936 |
DW |
735 |
RB |
- |
Recording King |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Fans |
Deep res with
flame maple back |
I/N Auction
10/2008 |
|
1936 |
|
743-7 |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
Resonator
number 3212, Neck DG-3212 |
Hugh's fine
Guitars, South Africa, 6/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
749-1 |
RB |
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
Style 2 |
"BRIAN'S
BANJO" |
BHO discussion
2/2007 |
|
1936 |
|
749-3 |
TB |
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
Style 1 |
Walnut res,
Gull inlays, Shipped Aug 11, 1936 listed as TB1, 3 lugs |
I/N auction
6/03; Drew Pierce, cut for flathead ring |
|
1936 |
|
749-7 |
TB |
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
Style 1 |
Walnut res,
Gull inlays, 3 lugs |
I/N auction
6/03; Drew Pierce, cut for flathead ring |
|
1936 |
|
751 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
number on neck
heel, converted to 5S with Hatfield neck and Huber tone ring, original
neck and case present |
G. Earnest |
|
1936 |
|
752-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
|
Private Owner |
|
1936 |
|
752-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
|
|
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
752-3 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
752-4 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
L&B style PH
inlay |
Purchased by
J.D. Crowe ca 1983 |
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
757 |
|
- |
Truett |
|
1-piece |
|
like KK-11,
number on back of peghead |
G. Earnest |
|
1936 |
|
763-1 |
RB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
763-3 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
Refi Res, non
orig neck, I/N Auction 11/2006 |
|
1936 |
|
763-4 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
Bernunzio 9/03
listed as PB |
|
1936 |
|
763-7 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
|
|
1936 |
|
764-1 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
|
|
1936 |
|
764-5 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension
(Neck stamped EA 5113) |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
768-2 |
MB |
- |
3 |
|
1-piece |
Diamonds |
no res rings |
I/N auction
8/04 |
|
1936 |
E |
781-2D |
EPB |
- |
150 |
|
|
|
Charlie
Christian style blade pickup, bakelite tone and volume controls; PB-7
style neck; Akira Tsumura
featured on page 490 of book 1001 Banjos |
Bernunzio
6/2009 |
|
1936 |
|
795-7 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Wreath |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
800-3 |
TB |
- |
Granada |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
1920's style
Purfled rings in res, n/o flange |
|
|
1936 |
|
800-7 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
|
|
|
1936 |
|
807-1 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Slanted Logo,
full style 3 inlays, rings in res, chalk only numbers in res, pancakes,
presto, 20-hole flathead ring, no case |
|
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
807-3 |
RB |
- |
3 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
No-Hole Ring,
Made-In-USA sticker in Resonator and stamp on HS |
Jim Mills |
|
1936 |
|
811-197 |
|
- |
1 |
|
|
|
Shell Only |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
FG |
817-1 |
TB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
"archtop"
hoop, MOTS resonator & neck, blue paint, amber tuners |
G. Earnest |
|
1936 |
|
820-1 |
TB |
- |
75 |
|
|
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
824-3 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 2 |
40-hole ring, |
I/N auction
5/2006, England, 2-piece ply on
inner laminate |
|
1936 |
|
824-10 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 2 |
40-hole ring,
Pancakes,red line case |
I/N Auction
12/2007, all original with skin
head |
|
1936 |
|
824-13 |
TB |
- |
2 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 2 |
D/B Resonator
(walnut) |
I/N auction,
1-2006, 40-hole ring (original); BHO 2/2006 w/pics |
|
1936 |
|
841-9 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
857-2 |
RB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 18 |
Top Tension,
Rosewood board with block inlays, unusual engraved flat-covered presto
TP, amber buttons |
Private Owner |
Pics & More! |
1936 |
|
865-1 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1936 |
|
867-12 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
867-25 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
I/N auction
5/03 |
|
1936 |
|
882-44 |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
882-54 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1936 |
|
891-3 |
MB |
- |
3 |
|
|
|
Shoes, maple
resonator |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
F |
906-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
"Betsy",
bull-nose cut on inside of tone ring, additional inlays added to FB and
HS |
BHO; C.
McPeake, various |
Pics & More! |
1937-41 |
F |
906-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Kluson "Tin
Can" Tuners with amber buttons, slanted logo, rings in res, green case
liner |
Once owned by
Davis Brown of the Blueridge Mountaineers of Yadkinville, NC. |
Pics & More! |
1937-41 |
|
906-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Pot only,
chalk number in resonator, no number in rim |
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
906-3 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Kluson "Tin
Can" Tuners with ivoroid buttons, slanted logo, rings in res, old "D&S"
peghead inlays, no case; refinished, replacement Fingerboard |
Private Owner
2008 |
Pics & More! |
1937-41 |
F |
906-5 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Replacement
"Bowtie" Board |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
912-1 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
20-hole,
Top-tension, Clambshell |
I/N Auction
11/2007 in Belfast, IRL |
|
1937-41 |
|
917-9 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Dots |
D/B Resonator,
chrome "window" t/p, grover 2-tabs, green OHC liner, fiddle h/s |
I/N Auction
7/2007; 8/2007 with T/P missing |
|
1937-41 |
|
917-14 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
918-1 |
PB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Regular (not
TT) Armrest |
Mando bros
1975; website for sale 8/2009 |
|
1937-41 |
|
918-2 |
TB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Unusual long
scale, owned by Bill Knopf 1976 - |
Bill Knopf
11/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
919-5 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Dots |
Refinished
Resonator, modern armrest, Made in USA sticker in resonator, tuners
replaced |
I/N auction
8/2006, 11/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
934-4 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
Shipped August
10th, 1937 - first official style 75 |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
|
943-1 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 1 |
|
I/N auction
6/2003 |
|
1937-41 |
|
953-23 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
960-1 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
Listed by Greg
Earnest, no pic |
|
1937-41 |
|
981-1 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
Joe Spann |
|
1937-41 |
|
981-2 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
|
Joe Spann |
|
1937-41 |
|
998-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1003-3 |
PB |
- |
Trujo |
|
|
|
"Delux" |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1012-8 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
|
1013-6 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1016-10 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
l&b inlay,
archtop, grained peghead overlay, lighter color between rings on reso, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 11/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1019-7 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EW |
1027 |
RB |
- |
Recording King |
|
1-piece |
Fans |
No handstop,
no truss rod, straight grain maple neck, white "granada" binding with
black lam, thin rim, d/b res, flat hooks, deep resonator, window t/p |
Gryphon
2/2007; Bernunzio 6/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1034-4 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1034-6 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1034-7 |
|
- |
75 |
|
1-piece |
|
Cut for
flathead ring, slightly damaged decal, two additional rings added to
res, refinished, n/o neck |
I/N Auction
6/2009 claiming Charlie Monroe once owned |
|
1937-41 |
|
1047-4 |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
Style 1 -
resonator only, re-skinned as Style 3 |
I/N Auction
1/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1048-6 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
D/B Res, 3
thumbscrews, 2-tabs |
I/N Auction
11/07 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1048-20 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1048-36 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Gull |
Cut for FH
ring, n/o tp |
I/N Auction
2/2012 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1051-5 |
TB |
- |
|
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1051-7 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole ring,
Mahogany |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1053-14 |
|
- |
|
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Rim, flange,
and Tone ring only |
Private Owner |
|
1937-41 |
|
1052-4 |
RB |
- |
4 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1058 |
TB |
- |
Kel Kroydon |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
S/N stamped on
peghead |
I/N Auction
2/2007; again 3/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1059-2 |
PB |
- |
7 |
|
1-piece |
|
Walnut |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1109-2 |
MB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
Blue tinted
d/b resonator, 3 thumbscrews, thick rim |
L. Lunsford |
|
1937-41 |
|
1109-4 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Shipped
February 16, 1937 |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
|
1109-14 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Three lugs,
rings in res, Cut for Flathead, no neck |
BHO 11/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1112-1 |
RB |
- |
2 |
|
1-piece |
Style 2 |
Perloid FB,
double-bound walnut resonator, fiddle peghead, pancakes, Made In USA
stamp in PH, |
BHO For sale
in UK 2009 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1115-14 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
Resonator
number by neck is chalk only |
BHO member |
|
1937-41 |
F |
1159-4 |
TB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
"tin can"
tuners, amber buttons, thin rim, flat hooks |
I/N Auction
3/2010 Gryphon |
|
1937-41 |
|
1167-3 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Shipped
in August 1937 |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1176-1 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
|
Fiddle
Peghead, Export Model, both resonator numbers chalk only |
BHO member
1/2006 - Netherlands |
|
1937-41 |
|
1176-2 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1938 |
|
1194-3 |
TB |
- |
X |
X |
1-piece |
|
Special
2-piece "X" tone ring with holes in skirt, Gold Plated, B&W "Fan" design
on Resonator |
G. Pehland,
Joe Spann: Shipped 18 August 1938 listed as "TB-X gold" |
|
1937-41 |
|
1223-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole ring,
rim cut and berlile tonering installed, no neck |
I/N auction
10-2005 (no neck); BHO Member 3/2006; Bela Fleck c. 2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1227-1 |
PB |
- |
6 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Checkerboard
Binding |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1227-7 |
PB |
- |
6 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Checkerboard
Binding |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1228-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Made in USA
stamp on HS, S/N in rim, shipped to S. Africa, full 10-inlay Style 3 L&B
inlays, 20-hole ring, repaired crack in heel |
Hugh's fine
Guitars, South Africa, 11-2005 |
Pics & More! |
1937-41 |
|
1245-1 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1245-3 |
MB |
- |
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
40-hole ring,
Maple resonator |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1306 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
|
Maple |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1315-1 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Dots |
Maple, Lefty
Neck |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1317-4 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1326-4 |
MB |
- |
1 |
|
Diamond |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1360-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole Ring |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1392-1 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
Top Tension |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
|
1392-2 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1393-2 |
|
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Electric
pickup installed, name scratched inside resonator "M. Walesley", 50's
style 150 neck, replacement tuners, 3 stripped flange holes |
Elderly
9/2006, 10/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1394-2 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 18 |
Top Tension |
Buz |
|
1937-41 |
|
1408-7 |
TB |
|
3 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
converted to
flathead (blaylock, rim cut) |
I/N auction
2/03, again6/03 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1409-7 |
TB |
- |
4 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
Chrome, Reg
Walnut w/o rings on resonator |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
1485-1 |
TB |
- |
Granada |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
|
Bernunzio
6/27/03 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1485-2 |
TB |
- |
Granada |
Archtop |
1-piece |
H&F's |
FE Peghead
Inlay |
12/2012 I/N
Auction cut for FH ring - alleged pre-war 20-hole ring added |
|
1937-41 |
|
1485-3 |
TB |
- |
Granada |
Archtop |
1-piece |
FE |
Amber tuning
buttons, 4-hump tailpiece, pink lining in case, |
I/N auction
10/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1485-4 |
|
- |
Granada |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
Maple |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DW |
1571 |
RB |
- |
Recording King |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Fans |
Model M-G on
TR cover, Deep res with flame maple back, no case |
I/N Auction
11/2008 |
|
1937-40 |
GK |
1789 |
RB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
Hoop |
|
Dots |
Brackets, no
Truss Rod, sb res, |
I/N Auction
09/2009 |
|
1937-41 |
|
1920 |
RB |
- |
Recording King |
Hoop |
1-piece |
Special |
RB-11 style PH
inlayed "Charles McNeil" |
Players
Vintange inst. Website |
|
1937-41 |
|
1930-2 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
1942-11 |
TB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
None |
Shoes |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
2031-2 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
2046-4 |
UB |
- |
3 |
|
|
Dots |
Unusual Short
Scale, S. Africa Export Model |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
F |
2046-34 |
UB |
- |
3 |
|
|
Dots |
Unusual Short
Scale, S. Africa Export Model |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
F |
2046-76 |
UB |
- |
2 |
|
|
Dots |
Unusual Short
Scale, S. Africa Export Model |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
E |
2088-4 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
solid wood
body, TT Style neck, amber buttons |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
F |
2208 |
MB |
- |
|
|
|
|
Neck Only |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
2243-13 |
|
|
75 |
|
1-piece |
|
Rim only, no
decal, no dash in s/n |
C. McPeake,
BHO member 12/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
C |
2258-2 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
2258-8 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Near mint |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
G |
2265-4 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
G |
2285-6 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
solid wood
body, TT Style neck, amber buttons |
I/N Auction
4/2011 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
2285-10 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
Hollow wood
body, TT Style neck, amber buttons |
I/N Auction
9/2010 |
|
1937-41 |
G |
2297-5 |
TB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
|
"tin can"
tuners, amber buttons, thick rim |
I/N auction
8/2005 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
2298-3 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
Evidence that
2298-x were 1938 production |
L. Lunsford
4/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
2298-6 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
2298-14 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Number on PH
and chalk in res, Blue, missing t/p |
I/N Auction
6/2011 |
|
1937-41 |
|
2319-7 |
|
- |
|
Flathead |
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
2322 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
|
|
Bernunzio,
8/2004 |
|
1937-41 |
EGE |
2353 |
PB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
TT PH
w/straight logo, |
L. Lunsford |
|
1937-41 |
|
2353-5 |
PB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
|
|
w/ Bill of
Sale dated 1941 |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
2476 |
RB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
½” rim, N/O
t/p, Gibson instruction sheet, original HSC, serial number and “RB-00”
written in chalk inside resonator, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 1/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
DG |
2544 |
MB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Hoop replaced,
rim cut for flathead ring |
I/N auction
4/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
FG |
2662 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
D&S Peghead,
Kluson "tin can" tuners with amber buttons |
Shipped from
the Gibson Factory March 19, 1940 to MidBell Music Co. Sioux City, Iowa;
I/N auction, 6/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
2668 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
S/N on
Headstock, resonator #EG-524, "tin can" tuners, thin rim, s/n on PH |
D. Foy |
|
|
|
2672-1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
2706-1 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Perloid
Pickguard, Nickel tonering |
Gunter Amant,
Germany, 2004 |
|
1937-41 |
|
2753-3 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
2753-4 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension, |
Top Tension,
Elderly 4-2005 |
|
1937-41 |
|
2758 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
Tag in
resonator "shipped 1/24/44", 3 dots 21st inlay |
D. Mccumbers |
Pics & More! |
1937-41 |
E |
2789-2 |
RB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
2790-10 |
RB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
Blue,
refinished, rim cut for FH ring |
I/N Auction
7/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
2791-3 |
RB |
- |
12 |
|
|
|
Neck only - on
pot 651-3 |
BHO discussion |
|
1937-41 |
E |
2923-1 |
MB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Serial No on
back of PH, blue tint |
I/N Auction
3/2007 converted to f/h, 5S neck |
|
1937-42 |
EG |
3115 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
l&b inlay with
sideways first-fret inlay, archtop, engraved armrest, tension hoop, and
tone ring, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 3/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
3077-52 |
|
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
Pot Only |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
E |
3120-4 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
Brian Aldridge |
|
1937-41 |
F |
3122-3 |
RB |
- |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
3122-5 |
|
- |
|
|
1-piece |
|
Rim only, no
decal, with parts banjo, top of rim stamped "GIBSON-11" |
I/N Auction
7/2007 with modern RK neck |
|
1937-41 |
DG |
3212 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
Fiddle Cut PH,
rim stamped 743-7 |
Hugh's fine
Guitars, South Africa, 6/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
DG |
3213 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Fiddle Cut PH |
Bernunzio
11-2005 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
3239 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
straight Logo |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-42 |
E |
3281-1 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Stairstep
block inlays (style 12), fleur-de-lis on peghead, s/n on back of
peghead, amber-button Kluson tuners, export model.
Six PB7s of E3281 batch shipped May 16, 1941 to H. Polliak in
South Africa |
Private
Collector |
|
1937-42 |
E |
3281-2 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Stairstep
block inlays, fleur-de-lis on peghead, s/n on back of peghead,
amber-button Kluson tuners, export model.
Six PB7s of E3281 batch shipped May 16, 1941 to H. Polliak in
South Africa |
Hugh’s Fine Guitars 12/2006 |
Pics &
More! |
1937-42 |
E |
3281-4 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Stairstep
block inlays, fleur-de-lis on peghead, s/n on back of peghead and
chalked in rim at neck notch, Kluson tuners, export model.
Six PB7s of E3281 batch shipped May 16, 1941 to H. Polliak in
South Africa |
Private
Collector, Durban South Africa c. 1975; D. Foy 2011 |
Pics &
More! |
1937-41 |
E |
3281-6 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Export Model,
Made in USA and SN on PH. Six
PB7s of E3281 batch shipped May 16, 1941 to H. Polliak in South Africa |
BHO Member,
1/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
3347-1 |
TB |
- |
Florentine |
Flathead |
2-piece |
Bella Voce |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
3347-3 |
TB |
- |
Florentine |
Flathead |
2-piece |
Bella Voce |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
3347-4 |
TB |
- |
Florentine |
Archtop |
2-piece |
Bella Voce |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
3347-7 |
TB |
- |
Florentine |
Flathead |
2-piece |
Bella Voce |
Nickel plating |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
3357-38 |
RB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
|
Thick rim, see
E 4936-13 |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
3455 |
TB |
- |
|
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
1950's neck w/serial no |
Elderly
10-2005, |
|
1937-41 |
E |
3674-6 |
PB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Number on back
of PH |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
3674-9 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
3675-3 |
MB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
S/N stamped on
peghead |
BHO, RT |
|
1937-41 |
|
3675-7 |
MB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
3675-9 |
MB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Export Model |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
|
3717-48 |
|
- |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EG |
3764 |
RB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Thin rim |
I/N Auction
6/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
3794-3 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
Top Tension |
G. Earnest |
|
1943 |
E |
3795-6 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Bright
Aqua-blue paint, Tin cans, 4th hold t/s |
I/N Auction
10/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
|
3795-7 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
|
Serial No
stamped on rim |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
3796-18 |
TB |
- |
0 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
S/B Maple Res,
2-tab tuners |
L. Lunsford |
|
1937-41 |
|
3796-30 |
TB |
- |
0 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
Flat hooks,
grooved hoop, s/n on HS |
I/N Auction
3/2009 all hardware replaced except hoop |
|
1937-41 |
|
3796-44 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EGE |
3899 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
Slotted bowtie
inlay, Tin Can tuners, flame maple top |
I/N Auction
5/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
4054 |
RB |
- |
00 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
|
D. Mccumbers
1/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
4057 |
RB |
- |
00 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
later Bowtie
board installed, thin rim has been altered, s/b res, |
BH - pics |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
4121 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
FE |
straight Logo,
Heavily modified—partial refinish, replaced ebony fingerboard with
too-thick binding, and holes in the tone ring enlarged.
Original bill of sale |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
|
4148-3 |
TB |
- |
75 |
|
|
|
Shipped from
factory 8/29/1941 |
Gibson
Shipping Ledger |
|
1937-41 |
|
4158-3 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Wreath Inlay
on HS |
Private Owner
9/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4266-1 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
|
Gull |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
4317-2 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
Regular (not
TT) flange, hoop, TT burl maple resonator |
BHO with pics |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4370-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
20-hole ring,
Made in USA sticker in Resonator |
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
4370-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
20-hole Ring |
|
|
1937-41 |
M |
4397-10 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
2-piece |
Style 3 |
Unusual
combination - D&S inlays, fiddle h/s w/style 3 inlay, one coordinator
rod, window t/p, 3 lugs, d/b res |
BHO with pics |
Pics &
More! |
1937-41 |
M |
4397-48 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
2-piece |
Style 3 |
Unusual
combination - D&S inlays, fiddle h/s w/style 3 inlay, one coordinator
rod, window t/p, 3 lugs, d/b res |
I/N Auction
6/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4414-2 |
RB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
E |
4415-2 |
RB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Bright blue
paint, Tin Can klusons w/white buttons, Elton t/p |
R. K. email
7/2007, I/N Auction 10/2007, 11/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4415-4 |
RB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
|
I/N auction
5/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
EGE |
4512 |
TB |
- |
Electric |
|
|
Bowtie |
Slotted bowtie
inlay |
Lowell
Levinger |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
4594 |
MB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EG |
4595 |
MB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
DG |
4626 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
DG |
4630 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
DG |
4634 |
TB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
DG |
4643 |
RB |
- |
0 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
F |
4713-2 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
Style 18
resonator, Style 12 neck (walnut), 20 fret, no decal, SN on PH; on
October 28, 1943 as TB-7 |
BHO member,
7/2005 |
|
1937-41 |
|
4758-3 |
TB |
- |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
4887-15 |
TB |
- |
1 |
|
|
|
Mahogany
resonator, guitar-shaped PH |
L. Lunsford |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4936-13 |
RB |
- |
0 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
Thick rim,
Strangely Stamped 3357-38 - 1940/41 |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
E |
4986-8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5002 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Number on back
of PH |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
FA |
5004 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
w/bill of sale |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5007 |
TB |
- |
11 |
None |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Pink liner,
re-fretted, "Rocky Mountain Cowboys" on case, brown tint, grover window
t/p |
I/N Auction
8/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5011 |
TB |
- |
11 |
None |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
|
Elderly Inst's |
|
1937-41 |
|
5017 |
TB |
- |
11 |
None |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5017 |
RB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
Top Tension |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5019 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 7 |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5027 |
RB |
- |
11 |
None |
|
|
|
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5046 |
RB |
- |
11 |
None |
|
|
USA on back of
peghead |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5048 |
PB |
- |
11 |
None |
1-piece |
|
|
I/N auction
11/2004, I/N auction 7/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5051 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
20-hole,
Serial No. on back of PH |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5055 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
20-hole,
Leaves & bows in old 3 format w/10 inlays |
BHO, w/photos,
2/2006 |
Pics &
More! |
1937-41 |
DA |
5057 |
PB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Bowtie |
Red-line case |
J Ramsey |
|
1937-41 |
FA |
5057 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
|
Maple |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5063 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
H&F's |
49-4 on rim,
double-bound res, L&B PH inlays |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5075 |
TB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
|
|
I/N auction
3/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5067 |
TB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
|
BHO member
4/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5078 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
Gull |
|
|
|
1937-42 |
FA |
5088 |
RB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Dots |
Wood bead on
rim, tin can tuners |
C. Fish |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5090 |
TB |
- |
1 |
Brass Ring |
|
Dots |
|
I/N auction
6/2005 |
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5090 |
GB |
- |
1 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1937-42 |
DA |
5091 |
TB |
- |
1 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
Number on PH
and chalk in res only |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-41 |
DA |
5096 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
|
40-hole,
Serial No. on back of PH and inside res |
|
|
1937-41 |
FA |
5101 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 2 |
|
Private Owner |
|
1937-41 |
FA |
5102 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Cover Photo --
Master of the 5-string Banjo |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5113 |
PB |
- |
18 |
|
|
|
Neck on pot
764-5 |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-41 |
F |
5133-29 |
RB |
- |
Kalamazoo |
Tube |
Shoes |
Dots |
Flat back
resonator |
BHO Member
2/2006 |
|
|
EG |
5157 |
RB |
- |
100 |
|
|
|
Number stamped
on Edge of peghead |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
5302-2 |
RB |
- |
7 |
|
|
Style 7 |
Neck number on
1392-2 |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-42 |
EA |
5316 |
RB |
- |
1 |
|
|
|
no other info |
G. Earnest |
|
1937-43 |
EA |
5337 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Archtop |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
S/N 532-8 in
rim, amber tulip buttons on tin-cans, straight logo, engraved AR |
BHO 1/2010 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5349 |
MB |
- |
0 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Thin rim |
I/N Auction
6/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5420 |
TB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5578 |
TB |
- |
18 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 18 |
20 frets,
Chrome plated, curly maple, no inlay at #1, carved resonator interior
curve, "Doris" engraved in # 12 inlay |
BHO Member
1/2006 |
|
1937-41 |
F |
5635-4 |
MB |
- |
11 |
Brass Ring |
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Style 11
Resonator |
|
|
1937-41 |
|
5637-2 |
TB |
- |
75 |
|
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
H |
5637-4 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
|
|
|
|
1937-41 |
|
5638-2 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Maple Neck,
unplated flange |
T. Biggs |
|
1937-42 |
|
5638-3 |
PB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EA |
5691 |
RB |
|
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
Shipped
5/10/1940, chrome plated tonering, tortoise color pickguard |
Posie Roach;
Jim Mills 2006 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5710 |
TB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
standard 00, |
e-mail to
GEarnest 11/2005 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5712 |
TB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Kluson Tin Can
tuners |
I/N Auction
12/2007 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5717 |
TB |
- |
0 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
|
|
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5727 |
TB |
- |
00 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
Thin rim,
Kluson "Tin-can" tuners with "butterscotch" buttons, window t/p, flat
hooks |
I/N Auction
5/2008 |
|
1937-41 |
EG |
5728 |
TB |
- |
00 |
None |
1-piece |
Dots |
Thin rim,
Kluson "Tin-can" tuners with amber buttons, s/n on PH with "Made In USA"
stamp |
I/N auction
7/2007 |
|
1942 |
|
5820-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Maple, no
decal, SN on PH only, Top-tension style 7 resonator with flat interior
back, non-TT hoop |
L. Perkins
2008 |
|
1942 |
|
5820-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Maple, no
decal, SN on PH only, Top-tension style 7 resonator with flat interior
back, non-TT hoop |
Private
Collector |
|
1942 |
|
5882-1 |
RB |
- |
12 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style12 |
|
Bernunzio
8/2004 |
|
1942 |
|
5882-3 |
RB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style12 |
Style 18
resonator with w/b/w binding, Style 12 inlays, s/n on PH only, no decal,
regular non-TT armrest |
Steve Huber
5/2009 |
|
1942 |
F |
5883-1 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
rings in res,
no handstop, Straight grain maple neck; Shipped 1942; decal on 5-string
side of pot; wooden insert at 21st |
Ken Landreth |
Pics & More! |
1942 |
F |
5883-2 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
|
D. Hoffmeier |
|
1942 |
F |
5883-4 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
rings in res,
no handstop, Straight grain maple neck,shipped 1942; decal on 5-string
side; plain mop insert at 21 |
Ken Landreth |
|
1942 |
F |
5883-5 |
RB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 3 |
No handstop,
Fleur-de-lis headstock, shipped 1942; decal on5-string side; plain mop
insert at 21 |
Website
1/2005; Rob McCoury |
|
1942 |
F |
5924-7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1942 |
|
5925-6 |
MB |
- |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1942 |
|
5998-1 |
TB |
- |
7 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 12 |
Non-TT
hoop/flange, shipped on April 14, 1944, mis-drilled co-rod holes in rim |
G. Earnest |
|
1942 |
|
6061 |
TB |
- |
X |
Archtop |
2-piece |
|
Slotted bowtie
inlay, 12" rim, flame maple res, Gold Plated, clamshell t/p |
I/N auction
5/2007 |
|
1942 |
EG |
6247 |
RB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
|
T. Biggs |
|
1943 |
EG |
6249 |
RB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
Made in USA
sticker in Res, shipped to S. Africa, broken H/S, Butterscotch tuners on
tin-can Kluson tuners |
Bernunzio
9/2007 |
|
1943 |
|
6584 |
TB |
- |
11 |
|
1-piece |
Style 11 |
SS Stewart,
purple-line case, presto |
I/N Auction
4/2007 |
|
1943 |
EG |
6839 |
RB |
- |
00 |
|
1-piece |
Dots |
Shipped
12/15/1939 per Shipping ledgers, ivoroid fingerrest |
I/N Auction
11/2010 with added tone ring, cam tuners, tenor hoop |
|
1943 |
EG |
7413 |
TB |
- |
75 |
Flathead |
1-piece |
Style 75 |
FE Headstock,
L&B f/b, tin-can tuners |
G. Earnest |
|