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Vega Professional Tubaphone Openback Banjo, 1920s Pot 1960s Neck

On June 1, 2020 /

This is a Vega Professional Tubaphone openback banjo, with a neck from the 1960s and the pot from a 1923 Vega Tubaphone banjo, a conversion common in the 1960s. Vega, now owned by Deering Banjos, is one of the oldest American banjo brands, founded in 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts. This lovely old banjo is a mix of two Vega banjos: a product of 1960s Hootenanny era.

Vintage

Price: $1,999.00 CAD

Vega Little Wonder Open Back Banjo by Deering

On May 23, 2020 /

The Vega Little Wonder Open Back 5 String Banjo is an excellent, entry level but high quality instrument built by Deering in Spring Valley, California with all the quality of a Deering.
Built using a Maple for the rim and neck, with an Ebony fingerboard, a truss rod and 11 inch pot, the Vega Little Wonder is ideal for Frailing and Clawgrass styles. It is also available with a scooped neck. A 12 inch pot is also available, providing a deeper tone.

New

Price: $1,689.00 CAD

Vega White Oak Open Back Banjo 12 inch by Deering

On April 13, 2020 /

Here’s a new item – the Vega White Oak 12 Inch Open Back Banjo by Deering. This is a lightweight open back model with no exotic woods, just Oak and Maple.

New

Price: $2,589.00 CAD

Deering Vega Old Tyme Wonder Open Back Banjo

On February 21, 2020 /

Tags: Banjo, Clawhammer, Deering, Frailing, Old Tyme, Open Back, The Twelfth Fret, traditional, vega, Wonder, www.12fret.com

The Deering Vega Old Tyme Wonder is built for Clawhammer banjoists who prefer a scooped neck to ease plucking their banjos over the fingerboard. This traditional open back banjo is available with an 11 or 12 inch rim. The 12 inch rim provides a warmer, thicker ‘Old Tyme’ sound. Deering builds in a traditional ‘frailing scoop’ that allows more room for the fingers and thumb of the right hand to pluck the strings over the fingerboard.

New

Price: $1,989.00 CAD

Deering Vega Senator Banjo

On February 4, 2020 /

Tags: banjos, bliegrass, Deering banjos, Open Back, Senator

The Vega Senator banjo is the perfect “crossover” and parlor banjo. It is a light-weight, classic open back banjo, with a warm, woody tone with a lightweight tone ring that adds just enough punch and high-end clarity to play bluegrass with your buddies but warm, fat and woody enough to play in your parlor as a classic clawhammer or fingerstyle solo instrument.

New

Price: $2,459.00 CAD

Vega Style X No.9 Tenor Banjo, 1926

On November 25, 2019 /

Here, we’re looking at a Vega Style X Number 9 Tenor Banjo, built in Boston during 1926. Typical of higher end banjos of the era, it is adorned with engraved Mother of Pearl Inlays which are in lovely condition, and the engravings have been re-filled. The banjo features a tube-a-phone tone ring and Maple is used for the neck and dowel. The heel is hand carved, also typical of the era. The backstrap, the wood covering the back of the head, plus the head plate, are Rosewood.

Vintage

Price: $3,150.00 CAD

Vega

Vega Professional Tubaphone Openback Banjo, 1920s Pot 1960s Neck

Vega Little Wonder Open Back Banjo by Deering

Vega White Oak Open Back Banjo 12 inch by Deering

Deering Vega Old Tyme Wonder Open Back Banjo

Deering Vega Senator Banjo

Vega Style X No.9 Tenor Banjo, 1926

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