Used,Vintage
1924 Vega Tubaphone Style M Tenor Banjo Used
- Original price was: $1,250.00.$1,062.50Current price is: $1,062.50.
Pickup available
211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto, CA
- Details
- Specs
A great jazz-age 19-fret tenor that’s fully playable and ready to go, and doesn’t cost much, either. Of course there’s some wear to the finish, and the surface of the metal parts has a confusing effect that looks like tarnished silver (but it’s supposed to be nickel plating). So if you want a 100 years-old banjo that shines like the grille on a new car, well, this probably isn’t going to move you. But considering its age, and how well it functions, this Vega Tubaphone tenor has a great vintage vibe and a sparkling tone that makes up for some metal parts that don’t shine. Comes with the original hardshell case.
- UPC 140950
- Year 1924
- Fingerboard Ebony
- Neck material Maple
- Frets to body 19
- Total frets 19
- Scale length 23 1/8"
- Finish original shellac varnish
- Nut width 1 1/8"
- Binding Ivoroid on neck, faux tortoise on shell
- Shell laminated maple
- Tone ring Tubaphone
- Resonator Yes
- Flange Vega Multi-Piece Flange
- Diameter 10 15/16"
- Case type Original Hardshell
- Serial number 61971
- SKU VEGTUBA-61971
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