Built in 1998 the U.S from Burled walnut resonator, straight-grained walnut neck, in a Gibson USA flattop hard shell case.
This banjo conforms to the standard description of a Gibson RB-4, having the “flying eagle” mother of pearl fingerboard inlay pattern and the double-cut headstock design inlaid in mother of pearl that has turned a golden hue with the “Gibson” script logo and a series of 9 pearl decorations. The word “Mastertone” is etched into a rectangle of pearl at the 21st fret position.
All metal parts are bright nickel plated The interior of the rim has the double coordinator rods, the Gibson Mastertone label, the 20-hole flathead tone ring, the serial number stamped in the rim and the “Patent Pending” stamp.The heel cap is grained ivoroid and so are the top and back binding on the side of the resonator. The back of the resonator is inlaid with twin concentric rings of multi-colored wood marquetry that contrasts nicely with the one-piece attractively burled walnut back. In the prewar period, although most RB-4 banjos of the era 1925 to early 1929 were mahogany, from the fall of 1929 until they were cast off into the ether in 1939 their back and sides were very much this sort of burled walnut. RB-4
Style 4 traces its roots back to the original Gibson banjo of 1918, which had no style number. The RB-4's walnut resonator, one-piece flange and flying eagle inlay all date back to 1929.
Resonator and Neck Walnut
Fingerboard/Inlay Rosewood/Flying Eagle
Binding Multiple Antique, Double Ring Marquetry
Hardware Nickel Plate, Vintage 2-band Tuners
Finish Antique Walnut
Comes with Shaped Hard-shell Case
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