![]() ![]() Not sure how true this is, but I read on the internet from some guy who worked at the Vega factory back in the day, that Gibson was busting Vega’s balls because their solid body electric designs were too close. The pickups have such a great tone, volume and tone controls very responsive, neck is straight as an arrow, I really can’t complain too much. ![]() ![]() 1has stock Jensen other has no name replacement but sounds killer regardless. The small tube amps sound amazing as well. Obviously they were copying Gibson at the time and even earlier with the gold top westerner, these are kinda like that except not as fancy. I can honestly say that I have not found this to be the case with these late ‘50s solid bodies they are very well made. Reading about the history, available info talks about the declining quality of the instruments and eventual sale of the company to Martin. I think I might have the correct tuners for it but I am not plugging and drilling the headstock out on this i’ll Just leave it alone. Electronics seem original, someone put Grover tuners on it. They have a narrow nut which some don’t like but I am ok with.ĩ9% original parts, major repairs made, work in progressĪnd 40s-50s lap steel. I own 2 solid body electrics, 2 small tube amps and a lap steel.Īnyone else play Vega? Being from Boston it’s a hometown flavor kind of thing but I love their mahogany necks and Franz P90 pickups, centralab 500k pots, and the tone cap was also locally made. I didn’t notice a Vega thread here in the vintage section ![]()
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