banjo collector
Vega
1966 Vegavox IV Custom.
plectrum banjo serial No 26* - ordered by Eddie Peabody at the Vega factory for his lifelong friend, Alf Alfons - It has a radiased fingerboard and was specially upgraded and fitted with gold plated co-ordinator rods, lugs, etc. as his own banjos were, by Larry Kellens, his banjo technician. The nearest thing to a Peabody banjo out there and purchased from Buddy Wachter (Banjo Hall of Fame 2001) who used it on stage and many of his recordings.
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1930's Vegavox III.
It is a nice suprise in this day to open the case of an 80 year banjo and find a genuinely honest, well cared for, undamaged instrument that one can fit the bridge, bring to pitch and play without spending any time on adjustments!
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