4/25/2021 0 Comments Vega Banjo Serial Numbers
It has a sticker in it that says A part of the CF Martin Organization and it also says Made in Japan so I dont know if it was really a part of the CF Martin company when it was made.I did find that Martin bought Vega, marketed some import instruments.
They sold the tradmark rights to a Korean guitar production company, Im guessing Samick. The original Vega guitars were very nice guitars, well built, played well and sounded pretty good. IMHO, Martin would have done well to keep the guitar production intact as purchased. It would have been a great addition to the Martin line but in the 70s I think they had their collective heads up their butts. That time period was when their guitars werent all that great in my view and is one of the reasons Im not that enthralled with the Martin name. The Gibson Company was formed in late 1902 and the early mandolins evolved from the original Orville Gibson designs. At least one model, the Epiphone Spirit, was manufactured in the USA during the early 1980s in the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI. USA produced Epiphones of this era bear standard Gibson serialization and include the Made in USA stamp on the back of the headstock. Like everything else connected to instrument identification issues there are many exceptions. Vega Banjo S Series Of EpiphoneFor example: The custom series of Epiphone Texans built with cooperation from Paul McCartney: some were built in Bozeman Montana and some in Japan. It was available with a brown finish and came as a snakehead or paddle headstock. The Gibson stamped on tailpiece cover and inlaid in headstock. It had binding on front, back, soundhole and the fretboard; The Gibson inlaid into the headstock and a better grade of spruce top. It had a double ring of purfling around the soundhole, pearl dots on the fretboard, dark stained birch back and sides and The Gibson stamped on tailpiece cover. There was a line of black inlay (or ebony layer) along the centerline of the back of the neck. A-3s had refrigerator white tops with a black perfling line, adjustable truss rods and adjustable bridges. ![]() There are a few examples of A-2Zs with black tops, though this was probably used to cover some imperfection in the selected tops. There are also examples of A-2Zs without the Z on the lable but still sporting the black perfling line. A2-Zs were theoretically made during the Loar period of 1921-25, but only between 1923 and 1924. It was bound on the top, back, sides and around the fretboard. The fretboard was bound but without extension and The Gibson was stamped into the tailpiece cover. It was available with a Snakehead and had a shaped fingerboard extension. It also had a black veneered headstock (front and back) and a black inlay in the back of the neck. The tradition had been Bug style mandolins: bowl-backs with flat or bent tops. The new design was thinner and much easier to handle and play. It became apparent early that the new design concept was good: they were, in fact, louder and more cutting in tone. They were well suited for orchestral arrangements as well as individual play and accompaniment. F Style mandolins have a carved nautilus shaped curl on the upper left-hand bout. It is important to note that there are exceptions to every rule and the following is only a general guide for identifying Gibson A Style mandolins.
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