The peghead of the maple neck is overlaid with black and is inlaid with a white Vega logo and beautifully engraved star. The Little Wonder banjo is fully adjustable through the truss rod in the neck, the coordinator rod, and the Deering True Tone tailpiece. Planetary tuning machines come standard on the Little Wonder. Oct 01, 2011 I have a Vega guitar with a serial number that would date it at 1919 according to the information above. But it has a typical Vega engraved pearl star in peg head with the word 'Vega' engraved in the star. My guess from looking at lots of photos of Vega mandolins, banjos, and mandolin banjos is that the word 'Vega' was not engraved in the stars. Note that all updates are posted at the deering of this thread here. I checked my Search N tenor and discovered it is within a few search of the Martin to Vega label identify-off. 1 Suggested Answer Epiphone Body Sizes Through 1957. Fairbanks Vega Only Stamp: This certainly helps identify your serial Fairbanks to Vega only label. This makes sense.
A serial number sticker should be placed on the inside of the resonator which states the full serial number and the model name. TO CHAMPION THE BANJO AND INSPIRE FREEDOM OF CREATIVITY AROUND THE GLOBE BY SUPPLYING THE BEST QUALITY, AMERICAN MADE BANJOS AVAILABLE TO PLAYERS OF ALL ABILITIES.
Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. You may, however, start a new topic and refer to this topic with a link: http://www.banjohangout.org/archive/177392
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 16:06:09
I inherited a excellent condition Martin & Co. Vega VIP from i believe the 1970's era.. I know nothing about it and took it to a local guitar shop where the owner said he wouldn't know much but he would try and help.. he said it looked amazing and we found the serial number but when he looked in a book that he thought he could find out more about it he didn't find the serial number..
I am wondering if anyone can help me with information about this instrument and a rough value of one.. I am planning on keeping it but I would still like to know its value. Thank you!!
jeremy
I am wondering if anyone can help me with information about this instrument and a rough value of one.. I am planning on keeping it but I would still like to know its value. Thank you!!
jeremy
Edited by - jbeck2616 on 05/03/2010 17:27:30
banjowannabe - Posted - 05/03/2010: 16:12:18
If you can post pictures, it would be very helpful. When Martin owned the Vega name, they produced several models and some variations within those models. You can also get info. directly from Martin, but they will want pictures also.
5stringpicker2 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 16:25:30
Yeah, Get us some pics to look at. that would be very helpful in helping you with info on your Vega.
(I )'----<::)
(I )'----<::)
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 16:26:13
ok im not too sure how to post pictures since i just made this account but it looks like they uploaded to my photo album.. let me know if you can see them.. by the by.. i found something in the case that said VIP-5 if that helps..
jims38134 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:01:25
what is the serial number?
jim
jim
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:05:00
i believe the serial number is.. 2308.. the only other number is 1635 but im sure when we looked inside the number was 2308.. it was also written on a yellow envelope in the banjo case storage area.. wish i could be more help..
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:15:59
i think i found a picture of a banjo that looked exactly like it.. it was a 1976 Vega/Martin V.I.P. plectrum. but again i do not know..
Bill Rogers - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:19:21
If there is no Martin decal on the peghead or a yellow tape label or any Martin label in the pot, it's probably an early Galaxy Vega. It would also help to see pix of the tone ring.
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:21:45
Bill - it does say CF Martin & Co on the back of the peg head.. is that what you mean?
I just added a picture of the inner part of the banjo.. it again says Martin and co and has the 1635 number I posted earlier inscribed on the inside.. no yellow tag though..
I just added a picture of the inner part of the banjo.. it again says Martin and co and has the 1635 number I posted earlier inscribed on the inside.. no yellow tag though..
Edited by - jbeck2616 on 05/03/2010 17:31:45
scruss - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:45:57
A Vega VIP like this one sold at Elderly for $1750: elderly.com/vintage/items/70U-3010.htm
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 17:54:17
ok yea, that looks a lot like the one I have.. I have read in another old archived thread on here that only 50 something of these banjos were made.. someone else wrote that like 503 were made.. but both this one and the one that you posted from elderly.com are in the thousands for serial numbers.. any clarification?? thank you all so much for trying to help me figure this out!
frailin - Posted - 05/03/2010: 20:22:41
I'd say that Tidy Cat's still got a lot of reserve left in it.
TB-4 Guy - Posted - 05/03/2010: 21:12:05
That's a very nice-looking banjo. Since it has the Martin Decal on it and it's from the 1970's that means it was built at Nazareth, PA. I'd figure that Elderly was close on the value at $1,750, the price shown on the one they sold.
It looks like it has a nicely-made tone ring in it That's a keeper!
It looks like it has a nicely-made tone ring in it That's a keeper!
mikehalloran - Posted - 05/03/2010: 21:27:24
The identifier is that the metal parts are made in Boston. A few late 70s Martin Vegas had Gibson style flanges supplied by Galaxy - shortly thereafter CFM sold Galaxy Trading the whole ball of wax, metal, tools, name everything.
This banjo is definitely the real deal.
When Greg Deering bought the Vega name, he didn't know that Galaxy had metal and tools. He had to make a mad dash to the scrap yard to rescue these parts when he found out. I have heard this story from Greg more than once.
This banjo is definitely the real deal.
When Greg Deering bought the Vega name, he didn't know that Galaxy had metal and tools. He had to make a mad dash to the scrap yard to rescue these parts when he found out. I have heard this story from Greg more than once.
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/03/2010: 21:41:46
thank you! when my dad passed away he wanted me to have it and I hope to keep it in the family for a long time to come.. I'm not exactly sure what year it is from and I am not sure how to narrow that down.. I figure the 1970's since people say they Martin owned Vega from 71 to 77 if I remember correctly. Now I just need to find someone in the seattle area who can work this thing over and make it shine like new! thank you all again, you have been really helpful!
Jeremy
Jeremy
TB-4 Guy - Posted - 05/03/2010: 21:48:43
quote:Originally posted by jbeck2616
thank you! when my dad passed away he wanted me to have it and I hope to keep it in the family for a long time to come.. I'm not exactly sure what year it is from and I am not sure how to narrow that down.. I figure the 1970's since people say they Martin owned Vega from 71 to 77 if I remember correctly. Now I just need to find someone in the seattle area who can work this thing over and make it shine like new! thank you all again, you have been really helpful!
Jeremy
You could contact C.F. Martin customer service. They have an 800 # on their website. They should have the records on it.
Good luck.
rexhunt - Posted - 05/04/2010: 15:15:11
quote:Originally posted by TB-4 Guy
You could contact C.F. Martin customer service. They have an 800 # on their website. They should have the records on it.
Good luck.
You could contact them but their record keeping back then was less than exceptional. They can date an instrument but that's about all. I had my D28 back to the factory 3 times in the 70's for warranty repair but when it needed it again last year, they had no record whatsoever of me owning the guitar. Thank goodness I held onto the original recipt.
Nice banjo and yet another variation on the tu-ba-phone tonering.
Rex
The Old Timer - Posted - 05/04/2010: 15:24:29
Those are pretty nice banjos, solidly made and they ring pretty bright I think. A somewhat small fan base, unfortunately. Grandpa Jones played one of these (probably not a Martin) for years on Hee Haw and the Grand Ole Opry.
I've never seen that particular tone ring before, with that 'extra' flat or angle stock hanging on the top of the usual square 'tube'. Has anyone else ever seen this particular tone ring? I understand Martin designed (or bought) an entire new tone ring design for the V-41 and V-45 models though, every un-Vega like. Gruhn has a V-41 for sale, BTW.
I've never seen that particular tone ring before, with that 'extra' flat or angle stock hanging on the top of the usual square 'tube'. Has anyone else ever seen this particular tone ring? I understand Martin designed (or bought) an entire new tone ring design for the V-41 and V-45 models though, every un-Vega like. Gruhn has a V-41 for sale, BTW.
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/04/2010: 15:35:56
hey guys thanks again, I did call Martin today and Rexhunt, that is exactly what they did.. the guy they sent me to said all they can say is it was made in 1976 and made with mahogony and ebony.. and he was trailing off when he said the last two haha.
To The Old Timer: I know nothing about banjos as I just play guitar but I am interested in learning.. what do you mean by the tone ring? which picture are you referring to? Thank you all again, you guys have helped a lot!
To The Old Timer: I know nothing about banjos as I just play guitar but I am interested in learning.. what do you mean by the tone ring? which picture are you referring to? Thank you all again, you guys have helped a lot!
mikehalloran - Posted - 05/04/2010: 16:25:16
Martin did not make any metal parts. In the 1960s, Vega experimented with a few different variations of the Tubaphone tone ring. CFM used these up in different banjos along with leftover Tubaphone rings. I've seen 4 variants in the VIP and three in the PS-5.
Come to think of it, I have never seen an Electric/Whyte Laydie tr in a Martin Vega. The Little Wonder ring was still around.
AFIK, These were all gone by the time Deering obtained Vega. Greg got stretcher bands, flanges and brackets but no Tubaphone rings.
Come to think of it, I have never seen an Electric/Whyte Laydie tr in a Martin Vega. The Little Wonder ring was still around.
AFIK, These were all gone by the time Deering obtained Vega. Greg got stretcher bands, flanges and brackets but no Tubaphone rings.
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/04/2010: 17:01:17
So does my banjo have the whyte laydie and what is it? Lol
Edited by - jbeck2616 on 05/04/2010 17:02:10
![Deering Vega Serial Numbers Deering Vega Serial Numbers](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gryphon-spree/app/public/spree/products/350858/large/339418.jpg?1515168044)
The Old Timer - Posted - 05/04/2010: 18:15:53
Jeremy, your very first photo, showing the inside of the pot (where all the phillips head screws/bolts are visible holding on the bracket shoes from the inside, the tone ring is the topmost metal stuff holding up the plastic head). You can see a large metal part that has groups of triple holes drilled in it. That is the usual 'Tu Ba Phone' tone ring, which is a piece of square hollow 'tubing' bent into a circle. Normally it has a 'lip' at the top outside circumference, which is NOT visible in photos of the inside of the pot. Yours has a shinier additional piece at the very top that looks like it is bent down over the inner circumference of the usual Tu Ba Phone ring.
I don't really know that it's an 'added' piece of metal on the top, it could just as well be some kind of machining away of some of the face metal on the usual Tu Ba Phone ring part. I'm saying that I've never seen a VEGA tone ring with that downward lip showing separately at the top.
Also, Tu Ba Phone tone rings have a variety of 'holes' and piercings visible on the inside. Yours is somewhat unique in that it has 'groups' of three holes at a time. The oldest design has uniformly spaced holes all the way around. Some in the 1960s had pairs of holes joined by a slot, so it looked like a 'dog bone' or 'dumbbell'. The 'Audiosonic' variety in the mid-late 60s didn't have round holes, it had pairs of horizontal slots just under an inch long, going all the way around the inside of the tone ring. I've never seen one with groups of three holes, with undrilled spaces between the groups.
A Whyte Laydie tone ring looks COMPLETELY different with a series of free-standing metal 'arches' very noticeable between the metal bottom and the metal top lip that bears up under the plastic head. I don't think VEGA used it in the modern era, except reportedly in the Sonny Osborne model in the mid 60s.
I don't really know that it's an 'added' piece of metal on the top, it could just as well be some kind of machining away of some of the face metal on the usual Tu Ba Phone ring part. I'm saying that I've never seen a VEGA tone ring with that downward lip showing separately at the top.
Also, Tu Ba Phone tone rings have a variety of 'holes' and piercings visible on the inside. Yours is somewhat unique in that it has 'groups' of three holes at a time. The oldest design has uniformly spaced holes all the way around. Some in the 1960s had pairs of holes joined by a slot, so it looked like a 'dog bone' or 'dumbbell'. The 'Audiosonic' variety in the mid-late 60s didn't have round holes, it had pairs of horizontal slots just under an inch long, going all the way around the inside of the tone ring. I've never seen one with groups of three holes, with undrilled spaces between the groups.
A Whyte Laydie tone ring looks COMPLETELY different with a series of free-standing metal 'arches' very noticeable between the metal bottom and the metal top lip that bears up under the plastic head. I don't think VEGA used it in the modern era, except reportedly in the Sonny Osborne model in the mid 60s.
JonT - Posted - 05/04/2010: 19:31:11
It does indeed look like a V.I.P. The fretboard inlays - I've heard them called 'crown-and-football' - are typical of this model. The example I owned a few years back had the 'dogbone' tone ring, which was pretty much a development of the Tubaphone tone ring, as far as I could tell. It certainly delivered Tubaphone tone.
mikehalloran - Posted - 05/05/2010: 07:15:11
quote:Originally posted by jbeck2616
So does my banjo have the whyte laydie and what is it? Lol
It is an unusual variant of the Tubaphone. I have seen this version before.
jbeck2616 - Posted - 05/05/2010: 12:28:59
ok folks.. so I emailed Martin and Co around the same time I called them and they basically said what everyone here posted but anywho.. I figured I would share it with you just incase they wrote something someone else didn't know or had wrong or this may help someone else.. here it is..
Jeremy,
Martin acquired the Vega Company of
Boston in May of 1970. By that time the primary instrument
was the banjo. At the time of the move from Boston to
Nazareth, the records transferred were minimal, therefore
our records are limited.
The V.I.P. models was ideal for all musical forms,
Blue Grass, Country-Western, Folk, Jazz.
Features included exclusive Vega audio-sonic tone ring;
bell brass for all metal parts affecting tone
new fancy scrolled peghead with ultra filigree pearl work
engraved pearl position markers inlaid in solid ebony fingerboard
Ten-ply maple rim with heavy notched hoop and bracket band
planet gear pegs
sleek walnut finish with fancy wood marquetry inlay around
resonator circumference.
It was offered in
4-string tenor $556.00
4-string plectrum $556.00
5-string $556.00
custom gold plated, extra $756.00
Special,Gold with engraved flanges & arm rest, extra $812.00
Martin sold the Vega Banjos from 1972-1979. According to the serial number 1635
this was most likely made in late 1976 or early 1977.
Best regards,
Sandy Trach
C. F. Martin & Co., Inc.
Customer Service
Jeremy,
Martin acquired the Vega Company of
Boston in May of 1970. By that time the primary instrument
was the banjo. At the time of the move from Boston to
Nazareth, the records transferred were minimal, therefore
our records are limited.
The V.I.P. models was ideal for all musical forms,
Blue Grass, Country-Western, Folk, Jazz.
Features included exclusive Vega audio-sonic tone ring;
bell brass for all metal parts affecting tone
new fancy scrolled peghead with ultra filigree pearl work
engraved pearl position markers inlaid in solid ebony fingerboard
Ten-ply maple rim with heavy notched hoop and bracket band
planet gear pegs
sleek walnut finish with fancy wood marquetry inlay around
resonator circumference.
It was offered in
4-string tenor $556.00
4-string plectrum $556.00
5-string $556.00
custom gold plated, extra $756.00
Special,Gold with engraved flanges & arm rest, extra $812.00
Martin sold the Vega Banjos from 1972-1979. According to the serial number 1635
this was most likely made in late 1976 or early 1977.
Best regards,
Sandy Trach
C. F. Martin & Co., Inc.
Customer Service
mikehalloran - Posted - 05/06/2010: 01:20:36
>Features included exclusive Vega audio-sonic tone ring;<
The VIP may have 'featured' that tone ring but only some actually had it. Yours, for example, does not.
I may have the Vega Martin catalog still. If you remind me with a PM, I'll look for it and scan it into a pdf file when I get back from Alaska next week.
The VIP may have 'featured' that tone ring but only some actually had it. Yours, for example, does not.
I may have the Vega Martin catalog still. If you remind me with a PM, I'll look for it and scan it into a pdf file when I get back from Alaska next week.
Edited by - mikehalloran on 05/06/2010 01:23:08
Deering Vega Little Wonder
rexhunt - Posted - 05/06/2010: 09:43:22
Looking at a 1970 catalog, only the VIP is listed with the audiosonic tone ring. The Seeger and the Vox say 'The Famous Vega Tube-a-phone'. The Fenster model has an 'Improved tone ring with specially designed audio apertures, made of bell brass'. I get the feeling that all this is from the marketing department and as far as the actual banjo, it's whatever the guy putting it together picked up - be it the slit, dog-bone, or traditional. Of course, this is just a feeling I get.
Rex
Rex
wrangler - Posted - 05/06/2010: 10:08:58
I think that it was very nice of CFM to write back with the info straight from the horse's mouth. There has been some debate as to exactly when Martin bought Vega. They answered that.
mikehalloran - Posted - 05/06/2010: 20:44:27
quote:Originally posted by wrangler
There has been some debate as to exactly when Martin bought Vega.
I don't understand why. Mike Longworth and others documented that many years ago.
What isn't well known is that a short run of Martin/Vega four strings were made with Galaxy metal parts. It could be as few as the four in the NAMM brochure. I know someone who has one and the brochure. All Martin/Vega five strings with Galaxy metal are fakes. Galaxy metal parts are easy to identify - they have Gibson style flanges even the few with Korean Tubaphone rings (Galaxy did a few and they aren't bad at all).
Fortunately, this makes it easy to identify real Martin/Vega banjos - except for those last four, they have Vega metal parts with the distinctive flange.
Much less documented is the transition from Galaxy to Deering. Even what I have posted is what I know from talking to Greg Deering. I have never seen it anywhere in print.
Edited by - mikehalloran on 05/06/2010 20:50:01
An Heirloom Banjo - The Texas Banjo commemorates the 150th year anniversary of Texas' independence from Mexico. Only 151 Texas banjos will be made, each with a serial.
Fairbanks & Vega banjos, Dating & Identifying DATING A.C. FAIRBANKS AND VEGA BANJOS Copyright © by Michael I. Holmes - 1999, 2002 For an in depth discussion about important dating information visit the article. Fairbanks Company (incorporated 1875) was succeeded in 1903 by the Vega Company (established 1889). Vega continued to mark their banjos 'A.C. Fairbanks' until the middle teens. During 1880-1890 Fairbanks joined with William A.
Cole, a successful performer and teacher, and produced approximately 9000 banjos as. They split in 1890 and Fairbanks stayed at the 187 Tremont Street address where they had moved, and advertised his new company as Fairbanks restarted the numbering at about 1, as did. From 1890 to 1914 Fairbanks (later Vega) made Fred Bacon banjos.
Between 1903 and 1914 Vega made some S.S. Stewart banjos. The years matched to the serial numbers are an educated approximation; they are accurate within a year or two, and even the dates of introduction of major improvements are based on ads, catalogs, and contemporary news releases. In the 1960s, urban renewal in Boston forced Vega to move from the Columbus Avenue location where they had been from 1917 to c1961, to Leon Street in Boston, where they stayed until 1966.
They moved to Needham Heights, where the owners were closer to home. They weren't there for long before selling to Martin. Vega continued in business in the Nelson Family until March 15, 1970 when the name, equipment, and all the rights were sold to C.F. Martin, a respected guitar manufacturer, in Nazareth, PA. Martin made some banjos, and marketed import instruments, under the Vega brand name until March, 1979 when they sold the Vega rights to the Galaxy Trading Company, an Asian conglomerate. All Vegas from the Galaxy period are imported.
In the mid-1980s, The Deering Banjo Company purchased the Vega name and rights from Galaxy and brought this venerable banjo name back to the US and their Spring Valley, CA factory. For a listing of instrument models and a discussion of some of Fairbanks' and Vega's products, visit the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) article and the web sites listed at the end of this article. To use the chart below, find the serial number closest to yours and interpolate between the listed numbers to get a best approximation. YEAR LAST NO. YEAR LAST NO.
YEAR LAST NO. 1875 Earliest #243 1875 300 1880 980 1885 5600 1890 (Electric #65) 1891 1400 1895 (Metal nameplate) 1900 1 (Whyte Laydie #20343) 1904 (Fire #23070) 1905 (Tubaphone #25052) 1910 (F-V stamp) 1910 -3 (Vega stamp c.53000) 1925 1 1 1 1 start# last#. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 129682 05/15/70 Sold to CFM 1970 1 1 New series starting M1 03/79 Sold to Galaxy c1985 Sold to Deering 1. Due to a printers' error, serial numbers with only 5 digits and on yellow labels were used from 10/1962 (no. A-10300) to 2/1964 (A-12400). The 'A' stands for 'Ajustable truss rod.' A new series of numbers was started in February, 1964.
Q: What years was the flower pot headstock inlay available on the Tubaphone style 3, 5 string banjo? DL A: Roughly 1909 to 1913, the last serial number seen was 30441. Q: When did Vega (Fairbanks plate models) switch the Whyte Laydie models from a grooved/slotted stretcher band to a notched one? Fairbanks plate to F-V stamp to Vega stamp? A: Although there are no absolutes where Vega is concerned, several years of research have led me to these conclusions about when certain changes were made (see article for data): • The Fairbanks Electric tone ring, was introduced in 1890; the earliest reported is serial #65. The earliest reported Whyte Laydie (which is the Electric tone ring with the addition of the bracket band) is #20343.
The earliest reported Tubaphone is #25052. Double stamped Tubaphones with earlier numbers are WL's that were returned to the factory for retro-fitting. • The crossover on WL#2s happens between #24939 and #24945. Earlier WL#2s with notched stretcher bands probably were retro-fitted. WL#7s and one TU#9 continued to have grooved stretcher bands and cobra hooks until at least #25241.
(One banjo, #24567, has a notched band on a heavily engraved Fairbanks Electric, full silver wrapped banjo with round hooks and a #7 style neck. Since this was a custom order, anything is possible, including having sent it back to the factory for later enhancement or modification.) • Plate (introduced circa #14900) to F-V seems to have happened between #26019 and #26023. F-V to Vega stamp, between #52669 and #52684. Business Source White Laser Labels 21050 Template. Vega stamp to yellow stick-on labels between 99369 and 99686. • switchover is between #23721 and #23800. • Cobra hooks first appear circa 1881 on Fairbanks & Cole banjos.
Deering Vega Serial Numbers For Sale
The earliest reported is F&C #1000. They were used on Fairbanks Special Electrics, which appear in 1897 circa #17607, later they are only found on WL#7s up to and including #24939 and one TU#9 serial #25241. • Rim: Thin rims are approximately 3/8'. Thick rims (7/16' to 1/2') appear about the time of the introduction of the Tubaphone, with a few earlier WL's having the thicker rims, but none earlier than about #24939. • Fingerboards: There is no pattern to when and whether they used dyed wood or ebony on WL#2s, although the #7s seem to be all ebony.
From the introduction of the Tubaphone, all WLs and TUs seem to have ebony fingerboards, but dyed fingerboards appear on the lesser instruments into the 1940s. • Reversed facing Gryphons: Most reported examples are in the mid 24000's serial numbers. These are not 'errors' but, I believe, Vega using up inventory in anticipation of the changed WL pegheads co-incident with the release of the new Tubaphone banjos. The reversed Gryphons were intended for the backs of WL#7 pegheads. Ever frugal, Vega used them on the fronts of WL#2s and Regents.
• More research is needed to narrow the field. If you have a Whyte Laydie or Tubaphone within the serial number ranges stated above, or a Tubaphone with a serial number earlier than that listed, please let me know. Your confidentiality will be respected. Q: Did Vega make any banjos before buying out Fairbanks?
BR A: There are a very few Fairbanks made banjos (several of them Regents) with pre-fire serial numbers circa 22900, stamped simply 'Vega' in an oval border. There is no evidence that Vega actually made banjos prior to buying out Fairbanks. Q: At what point did Vega go from ball end to open end bracket nuts?
JC A: The earliest one I have recorded with open end nuts is #87058. Q: At what point did Vega go to 'through the rim' bracket bolts on its WL and TPH banjos? A: Serial #91892 is the earliest collected banjo with the bolts through the rim. It seems to coincide roughly with the introduction of the Vox models, the earliest serial number of which I have recorded is 93828. Q: Which flanges came first on Vega banjos, was it the 4 piece or the 28 piece? I was under the impression it was the 28 piece but according to the Tsumura red book it was the 4 piece.
KS A: There are several errors in the otherwise excellent Tsumura Red Book. Vega offered banjos in many sizes, so it stands to reason the 28 flanges would predate the 4 pieces, since they could go on a greater variety of sizes. The patent for the individual flange plates was filed and issued to Carl Nelson. The patent for the 4 piece Vega Vox flange, with its trapezoidal shaped soundholes, was filed and issued to William Nelson on. The Nelsons were the owners of, and assigned their patents to, Vega. According to banjo historian Stu Cohen, checking the relevant catalogs, 'The Vegaphone (a Tubaphone model with the 28 piece flange and resonator) was introduced in August, 1923.
![Deering Deering](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/omqN_fAzklg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Deering Vega Serial Numbers Lookup
The 4 piece flange was introduced in August, 1928, along with the Vega Vox and the addition of Pearloid on the resonator wall.' Information added by Stan Werbin, 'the individual flanges continued on several models (including sometimes on the Vegaphone Professional), gradually appearing only on lesser models, until they disappeared for good sometime in 1932.'
Much of the information included in this article is the result of my own research, and therefore any errors are mine to claim. However, I am grateful for having received (and continue to receive) help and support from Jim Bollman, Stu Cohen, George Gruhn and Stan Werbin plus too many readers to mention all of them here, but all of whom have contributed information that either added to or confirmed what we now know. The serial numbers and dates are, however, at best approximate. MIH Other Articles Of Interest.
About this Banjo An Heirloom Banjo – The Deering Texas 5-String Banjo commemorates the 150th year anniversary of Texas’ independence from Mexico. Only 151 Texas banjos will be made, each with a serial number representing one of the years between 1836 and 1986.
You can choose, from remaining numbers, a year that has meaning in your life for your distinctive number. The Texas banjo is designed and marketed by Tony Ullrich of Houston. Autodesk Autocad 2009 64 Bit Crack. We hand craft it in our Custom Shop – a one of a kind treasure, 24-Karat gold plated. It’s an investment in your musical heritage that can enjoyed and passed along.
Spread the love Rain Man full movie hindi dubbed download filmyzilla Leaked Online in HD Quality Rain Man full movie download filmywap और दूसरे टोरेंट साइट्स ने फिल्म को लीक कर दिया है। यहाँ इस पोस्ट मे आपको इसे Online Download क्यों नहीं करना. ![Man](https://s.studiobinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/01/Screenplay-Analysis-Index-Page-Featured-StudioBinder-min.jpg)
![Man](https://s.studiobinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/01/Screenplay-Analysis-Index-Page-Featured-StudioBinder-min.jpg)
It can carry the love of music and heritage of Texas to inspire new generations. * We can add these as a free service when you purchase a banjo from us. When you add this banjo to your cart just select that you want the capos. What is this? When you use a standard capo on your banjo fretboard, fretting strings 1 through 4, you’ll need to capo the 5th string separately. The 5th string starts at the 5th fret.
If your standard capo is on the 2nd fret, you also need to capo the 5th string two frets higher, at the 7th fret. We recommend installing railroad spike capos on frets 7 and 9 (A and B). We install them on the fretboard just under the 5th string, an idea that was developed and used by Earl Scruggs himself.
We use them, and so do most of the professional players we know. When you’re playing, you don’t really notice the spikes because they’re out of the way, but they’re always there when you need them. Simply slide the 5th string under the spike. When you’re done, slide it out.