Linda- Thanks much for your query and hearing about your three vintage banjos. After the original owner, Jack Mistretta, passed away in 1998, this banjo found its way to Japan, where noted jazz-banjoist, Ken Aoki, featured it for many years in his touring act. Deering rescued the Vega line by purchasing the brand name in 1989. Curly Maple 2-Ply Banjo Rim USD $ 105.00 View Product Details. I have two 1930 Vegaphones and an earlier Tubaphone conversion, and this VIP is certainly able to hold up its weight tone wise. The last one was produced in early 1975 despite being their very first banjo made that year. it has five strings and if you would be so kind let me know something about it and if someone you know wants to play it, I guess it would be better off with them or I will go take lessons I suppose. Per my files, the Pete Seeger long neck first appears in a Vega flyer in 1961 for $309.
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By 1930, the serial numbers were at about 95xxx. Martin made 76 commemorative V-76 banjos in 1976 to celebrated the bicentennial of the USA. I am assuming someone may have penciled in an extra “1” on yours, but my best guess is that it was made sometime in the last half of 1963 (A12130 was the first banjo produced in Jan ’64). Neck and rim look a lot like made by Martin craftsmen, and it arrived set up perfectly. Martin built only 20 F-VIP 5 stringers, and to my count 11 were made in Pennsylvania per the shop log book.
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The Galaxy serial number is not a continuum of the Martin serial number sequence. My Vega VIP has the Martin decal on the back of the headstock. If it has a wooden pot resonator, remove it and check the inner rim for identifiers. So there are gaps at the high end of each thousand series - since Fairbanks never made more that 1000 banjos year.
Hope your friend enjoys this well-crafted instrument. This is the first one we have had for sale in thirty years. My uncle has a Vega banjo that he would like to know more about.
I would send pictures but was not sure just where to post them. Yes, the VVI banjos have the same inlay pattern as the VM Pro (Professional) 5 string model. Hello, I just stumbled onto this site today 4/16/20.
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