| CHARLES Z FISH'S PRE-WAR GIBSON BANJOS |
| This guitar banjo (GB) is a style 1. |
| The maple neck and resonator have a walnut colored finish. The resonator has a single white celluloid binding. |
| The headstock has a dark shaded walnut finish. It bears "The Gibson" logo. As in the case of the RB-00 on these pages, the logo is not inlaid with mother of pearl, but is silkscreened in white. |
| The fingerboard is Brazilian rosewood. It has mother of pearl dot inlays. The neck has a white celluloid binding. |
| The hardware is nickel plated. The tension hoop is grooved and accomodates flat-type brackets. Four thumbscrews pass through brackets attached to the flange and seat in lugs mounted inside the resonator. |
| The instrument has a plate-and-shoe assembly. The neck is attached to the rim by a fastening nut and a single coordinator rod. The head on this banjo is calfskin. |
| There is an oval "The Gibson" logo inside the rim. The instrument does not have a tone ring. A brass hoop, similar to that of the RB-1 and TB-11 on these pages, sits on top of the rim. |
| The serial number (9420-7) is stamped inside the rim and written in chalk inside the resonator. |
| The serial number dates the instrument circa 1932. |
| The one-piece flange is a thinner than that of the Mastertones. It does not have the diamond-shaped pattern of other shoe-and-plate instruments, such as the MB-3 on these pages, but is identical to that of the Recording King and Studio King. |
| The bridge and tailpiece on this instrument are not original. |
| I no longer own this instrument. |
| GB-1 |