Vega Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar, c. 1941, made in Boston, black lacquer finish, laminated maple body.
An interesting and very good-playing Vega electric guitar from just before WWII. The single pickup, located by the bridge, gives this guitar a much sharper and raunchier sound than many pre-war electrics and this is still a very functional guitar, despite its relatively primitive design.
Tone (a 3-way selector) and volume controls are mounted on either side of the single-coil pickup (some Vega steels of this era already have a humbucking pickup design!) and the pickup can be raised and lowered by thumbwheels. The black and white color scheme has a 'tuxedo' effect and the instrument is striking-looking despite not having much ornament.
Vega electrics are very little known, but this is a good quality guitar fully equivalent to a pre-war Gibson ES-100 or Epiphone Zephyr, and much rarer than either.
Overall length is 39 7/8 in. (101.3 cm.), 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 in. (7.6 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.).
Excellent all original condition�the only serious wear is to the VEGA headstock decal, which is flaking. Plays and sounds excellent.
