Vega guitar serial numbers serial numbers#
Stewart Banjo – Serial Numbers Weymann Banjo – Serial Numbers The old hardshell case is a For continuing serial numbers please refer to the Pickin' article. Fairbanks Banjo – Serial Numbers Fairbanks and Cole – Serial Numbers A.C. 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. Mike Holmes has done a superb job of tracking down the serial numbers of various transitions in the construction of Fairbanks and Vega banjos. The number will be 6-12 digits long depending on what year it was made. It was advertised as a vegaphone when I purchased it.
Vega guitar serial numbers serial number#
This has a 1502 serial number that I think puts this at around 1975.
The serial number is found on a white tag on the inside of the resonator or if you have an openback banjo, it is a smaller white tag on the inside of the rim. 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. Martin, a respected guitar manufacturer, in Nazareth, PA. 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. Up for auction- A rare Fairbanks Vega Whyte Laydie Banjo Extended Neck. Vega continued in business in the Nelson Family until Mawhen the name, equipment, and all the rights were sold to C.F. Attention Webmasters: You are welcome to link to this page from your website, crediting the source, but you may not copy it or any part of it, and post it at your site. ", Much of the information included in this article is the result of my own research, and therefore any errors are mine to claim. I was under the impression it was the 28 piece but according to the Tsumura red book it was the 4 piece. But it has a typical Vega engraved pearl star in peg head with the word "Vega" engraved in the star.
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