Serial number: 85981

Year shipped: 1930

FON: 9632

Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo

Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end, dot inlays from the third fret

Body: Maple back and sides

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including wrap-over tailpiece and backward facing Grover No. 90 ‘Professional’ model banjo tuners. Short bound pickguard

Notes: There is a slight centre seam separation in the back. Has original hardshell case

“I got it from the original owner’s granddaughter, who told me that it was on display in her mother’s home for as long as she could remember,” says current owner Jonah Leatherman. “Apparently her grandmother was the only one in the family who played.” 

Images courtesy of Jonah Leatherman