- #GIBSON GRANADA BANJO SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #GIBSON GRANADA BANJO SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
Demand for these instruments is high, which has led to significant efforts toward reproducing them, with varying degrees of success.
#GIBSON GRANADA BANJO SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
The 1st and 2nd indicate the year of manufacture for the 6 digit serial numbers which we’ve been using since 2000.
#GIBSON GRANADA BANJO SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
However, small numbers of Gibson banjos continued to be constructed and shipped during the war years using stocks of metal parts remaining in factory bins. But on their own web page, Gibson says the Granada serial number naming convention is: Granada YY-MM-RR YY Year MM Month RR ranking number (starts at 01) That would suggest that you should find 6 numbers and not 4. I understand that the 01 stands for year 2001 and the second two 06 denotes June.
Production of metal banjo parts was suspended during World War II. Gibson RB-1 (1933), RB-00 (1940), PB-3 (1929) banjos at the American Banjo MuseumĪlthough this term normally refers to World War II, when used to describe Gibson banjos, the term prewar operationally refers to banjos made prior to 1947.