Style 6 was Gibson's highest numbered style and was available with either gold sparkle or checkered trim. In its original tenor version our converted Style 6 models would have cost the original owners $300 in 1931. Next came the Bella Voce, with lyre and horn relief-carved onto the resonator. Our 6-string Bella Voce GB (guitar banjo) was priced at $400 when it was new in 1928. The Florentine was fancier still, featuring a fingerboard of engraved and tinted pearloid. (Only the All American at $550 topped these models in the Gibson line.)
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JA5775 Gibson TB-6 conversion, 1932, EXC, replica gold-sparkle five-string neck by Frank Neat (original tenor neck and OHC included), set up with original high-profile lightweight flat-head Style 6 tone ring recovered from banjo owned by J.D. Crowe's singer/guitarist Rick Wasson (banjo burned in a fire), HC, $25,000 | |
JA5920 TB-6 conversion, EXC, original high-profile lightweight flat-head tone ring (1 lb, 15 oz), gold-sparkle edge trim, fine-quality replica neck with gold-sparkle trim on sides of neck and heel cap (but not on front of fingerboard or peghead), original mute mechanism in case pocket, comes wtih original tenor neck and tuners, HC, $28,500 |
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JA5707 Gibson TB-6 five-string conversion, 1931, EXF, replica neck by Frank Neat, gold-sparkle trim, original low-profile flat-head tone ring, original tenor neck included, exceptionally fine instrument, HC......SOLD
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JA5618 Gibson GB-Bella Voce 6-string guitar banjo, 1928, VG++, 40-hole raised-head tone ring, two-pice flange, elaborate carving and painting on neck and resonator, fancy neck inlay, an extremely rare instrument, the ultimate guitar banjo, OHC.....$17500
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JE2999 Gibson custom Florentine tenor, 1931, significant playing wear, set up in excellent playing order, raised-head tone ring, repaired peghead crack (structurally strong), refretted, TB-6 style fingerboard inlay, white holly finish, rough OHC, $9,500 |  |
JE2794 Gibson Florentine tenor, 1927, EXC, natural finish curly maple (extremely rare variation), 40-hole raised-head tone ring, internal mute removed, OHC (recovered and re-lined), SOLD |
