![]() ![]() If those links do not help and if you can locate what should be a 4-digit serial number either stamped into an internal brace or chalked onto the inside of the resonator, you could try the following website, which catalogs Gibson prewar banjos by serial number:īesides being a beautiful and very playable instrument, the banjo may have significant collector value, which is what you probably wanted to hear. ![]() I could surely be wrong, but your description seems to fit Roger Siminoff’s description of a Gibson Style 5 tenor banjo with a trap door resonator (scroll down or search for Style 5 at this link:Īnd Greg Earnest actually has a picture of this style banjo, inside and out, but slightly later vintage, when this banjo was, according to Roger, built with a solid resonator:
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