Key Dates and Events

Date       Event

1918        Gibson begins making banjos
1919        Tube Style Tonering
1921        Truss Rod Patent filed
1922        Coordinator Rod Patent granted
1924        Ribbon Flange on TB-2
1924        Fiddle Headstock
1925        Diamond Flange on TB-1
1925        Ball-bearing Tonering
1925        Tube and Plate Flange
1925        Thumbscrew replaces hex nut
1927        Archtop Tonering
1928        Grove "Pancake" tuners
1929        Double-cut Headstock
1930        One-piece Flange
1930        Kel Kroyden Model Introduced
1932        Flathead Tonering
1937        Top-Tension Models Introduced
1939        Last Prewar All-American