Description
| Exact Year: | 1919 | Number of Strings: | 8 |
| Brand: | Gibson | Model: | Banjo Mandolin |
First Gibson Banjo Mandolin MB-1 with fully functional Trapdoor Resonator. Manufactured by The Gibson Mandolin and Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1919. This is the first banjo mandolins manufactured by Gibson. The instrument has no name on the head stock as is proper. Names were not added until later models. "The Gibson" label is inside the rim and is pictured in the photographs. Dowel stick and coordinator rod rim support and adjustment as used only on the first models of the banjo mandolins introduced by Gibson. The banjo mandolin was first introduced by Gibson in April 1919 with THIS MODEL. It features a 10 & 1/2" head, this has a natural Joseph A. Rogers, Jr calf skin head, the finest, 24 brackets, the original string guard, arm guard, original tuners, all operational and an ebony fingerboard. The instrument is in great condition with a little corrosion on the plating which can be easily cleaned. The rim and neck are solid and without any splits or cracks. The neck is straight as an arrow, without any bows or warps. The action is low and the instrument plays better than new. There is a solid hard shell case, plush lined, original to the instrument. It is patched and stained on the outside as shown in the photographs. THIS IS A PIECE OF GIBSON HISTORY.
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