Gibson RB-800. Circa early 1960s. One piece flange, with Flying Eagle inlay. Gold plated and engraved metal parts. The tailpiece doesn’t appear to be original. The tuners are not original, and thus the screw holes in the back of the peghead. It has a set of Keith-Bump-Scruggs “D” tuners. The 564xxx serial number suggests that it was made in 1962, but according to a serial number list this is two years before Gibson started making the model. Whatever the year, it is a very early RB-800. There are small filled holes on the side of the neck where a sliding capo was removed. Overall condition is very nice.

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