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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: VRB-3 Truetone "Wreath" - Huber Banjos at IBMA 2013


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shuber - Posted - 09/19/2013:  07:29:16

Here's a VRB-3 Truetone that will also be at our IBMA booth next week. This banjo features the "wreath" pattern on the peghead and fingerboard, a rare inlay variant which is not illustrated in our catalog. Gibson originally designed this inlay for use in their style 5 banjos, which were discontinued in 1928.  In 1930 several batches of style 3 banjos (tenor, plectrum and five-string) were produced using left-over peghead overlays and fingerboards from the style 5. Our banjo is a tribute to those instruments.








sam guthridge - Posted - 09/19/2013:  08:09:10

Ah-ha, my Mullins conversion neck has the same pattern. Now I know what to tell people who ask why it's different from a normal 3 pattern.

Burghauser - Posted - 09/19/2013:  09:48:29

Downright stunning.


jhduncan20 - Posted - 09/19/2013:  10:24:40

Man...



Looks great!


Fathand - Posted - 09/19/2013:  11:24:15

Wreath has always been my favourite inlay. Ever since my Ibanez Artist banjo came with it  in 1980.


jwoods - Posted - 09/19/2013:  12:13:24

Nicely done.


banjo1971 - Posted - 09/19/2013:  14:27:31

Looks great Steve.  Wish I could check it out but I cant make it out this year.



 



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