DELTAWILL - Posted - 11/18/2009:  08:26:59

Hello, Does anyone know if Gibson made a Banjo with a mohogany neck and res. with a Flying Eagle inlay and if so what model is it? Thanks Will

The Hammer - Posted - 11/18/2009:  08:30:43

The J D Crowe RB-75 was mahogany and had the Flying Eagle inlay set in the fingerboard with the Style 3 headstock.

Dave Hamm
2 Chronicles 7:14

rexhunt - Posted - 11/18/2009:  08:36:34

Don Reno's RB-3, "Old Nellie" had the flying eagle/squashed frog inlay on the neck and style 3 on the peghead too. Some 3/75 models also had the fancier style 4 peghead inlay.

Rex

flake - Posted - 11/18/2009:  11:19:30

I believe Gibson built a custom Granada a few years ago with a Mahogany neck and FE inlays, but I can't recall who the customer was or the serial number.


mike

tombriarhopper - Posted - 11/18/2009:  11:19:47

Squashed frog inlay...thanks for the perfect desciption! I never could accurately describe that inlay!

RB3Banjo - Posted - 11/18/2009:  11:43:56

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Originally posted by DELTAWILL

Hello, Does anyone know if Gibson made a Banjo with a mohogany neck and res. with a Flying Eagle inlay and if so what model is it? Thanks Will

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See the "Bill Worrell" RB-75 in the Jim Mills book. Jim alludes to a very few others like it, including Sonny's.

Have you got one, Deltawill?
RB

tklassen - Posted - 11/18/2009:  14:57:16

I have a 1995 Gibson RB3 with a flying eagle inlay, on the card with the banjo it is labelled as Don Reno inlay.

tk

DELTAWILL - Posted - 11/18/2009:  15:04:07

Sorry, RB-3 I don't have one. Just wondering if gib. made one. Thanks for all the help Folks!! Will

mastertone250 - Posted - 11/18/2009:  19:33:00

Gibson Made a Bunch of banjos with Mahogany Neck and Res and Flying Eage Inlay. RB-3's, RB-75's, Some RB-4's(Butch Robbins RB-4 to be Exact). There might be some custom jobs out there like a Mahogany Granada or a 250 with the FE Pattern.

mastertone250 - Posted - 11/19/2009:  13:15:25

OOPS,Butches had H&F. Sry my bad, Wasnt Snuffys RB-4 Mahogany too, it looks that way in jims book.

banjomartin88 - Posted - 11/20/2009:  00:49:21

David you got it half right.........but style 4's are walnut.

mastertone250 - Posted - 11/20/2009:  20:39:40

Yea, i know RB-4s are walnut, but butches was Mahogany wasnt it. In jims book, Butches has a Mahogany resonator. Looking at Snuffys, i can see the walnut in it. The old resonators dont have those heavy swirls and stuff, the new Burl Walnut resonators have.

mastertone250 - Posted - 11/20/2009:  20:42:55

IDK if Butches RB-4 is walnut or not? It doesnt Say

banjomartin88 - Posted - 11/20/2009:  22:29:00

If its a 4 then its walnut.

flatthead - Posted - 11/21/2009:  05:42:03

Correct. Both the Butch Robins RB-4 (9583-1) and the Snuffy Jenkins RB-4 (9639-1) are Walnut, but both of those banjos have the smaller WBW concentric rings on the resonator, instead of typical wood marquetry rings, that are more typical of a one piece flange walnut #4. Also, both of those banjos...like most, but not all one piece flange #4s are chrome.

rb4player - Posted - 11/21/2009:  07:20:58

One-piece flange RB-4 = walnut

Earlier two-piece flange -4 (nearly all TB's) = mahogany

Except for any exceptions.