1963 Bowtie 19 hole flathead

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Gibson 19 hole Flathead Bowtie Owners

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This is for owners of the Gibson RB-250 of the early 60's that came from the factory with a 19 hole Tone ring and 5/8th Rim.

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From jeffmiller on 9/1/2014 1:41:36 PM

Just purchased from original owner,,,,, a '63 bowtie, 19 hole flat head ring, inch. the serial # is 139546 on back of peghead, which fits with the year on the banjophiles list of postwar ser.#

1963 139544 RB - 250 Flathead
1963 139545 RB - 250 Flathead

. Here is the banjo right before mine as posted on banjophiles-

banjophiles.com/SerNumData/13

4 Comments
momo says: 7/8/2014 4:03:44 PM I have to think that the rim was replaced or its an older neck with a later pot...quite plausible.
	Bill Anderson says: 1/25/2015 2:07:40 PM I have owned 2 19 hole flathead RB250s. One was 1954 that I sold to Snuffy Smith in 1997. It was previously owned by Joe Davisson (big mistake to sell). The other was a 1963 that I sold to Rick LaFluer a year or so ago. I probably have the sn of each somewhere. Will look when time permits....Bill
	jeffmiller says: 1/25/2015 2:33:35 PM # 139546
	rwtincher says: 2/11/2015 7:23:53 PM I own serial # 141655. It has a great sound.
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