Part 4: Origins of the Pre-War Gibson Banjo with George Gruhn & Joe Spann

#banjo #gibsonbanjo #prewarbanjo #prewargibson
Banjo experts George Gruhn & Joe Spann recently visited one of my Cabin Camps to give a history of the Gibson pre-war flathead to my campers!
Purchase Joe's book here: amzn.to/3qeVmSh
Visit Gruhn Guitars here: guitars.com/

[@jakesmet9426]

THIS IS THE STUFF OF DREAMS!!! BANJO GEEKAGE TO THE MAX!!!!

[@donclark8673]

George Gruhn
you are truly a genius thank you so much for this

[@510Redneck]

Found some "Gibson" banjo's coming up at a semi local backwoods auction house but have no idea what I'm looking at to know if they are even real or not. I searched around for a bit trying to find one with holes instead of slots which led me here. The one on the far left "paramount banjo" is the only other one with holes I could find in the last hour or so of looking, problem is the one I'm viewing in auction pictures doesn't say paramount on it.... just "Gibson" (in script/ pre war/ if real) with designs (which I also couldn't find a match of).

[@lilreb601]

But why are they so prized and wanted?

[@luminawarren8132]

Gruhn has an amazing store however the amount of banjo inventory got whacked down to nothing and the picky prejudiced policies of " we only work on Gibsons " is ridiculous marketing implying that we only want the repairs that cost thousands. Not good marketing management and deflates banjo business.
So if you need a banjo worked on dont take it there youll just get an eye roll.