{"product_id":"vega-tu-ba-phone-guitar-banjo-1928-2817","title":"Vega Tu-Ba-Phone Guitar Banjo (1928)","description":"Vega Tu-Ba-Phone Model Guitar Banjo (1928), made in Boston, natural varnish finish, maple rim and neck, ebony fingerboard, black tolex original hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very nice Vega Tubaphone Guitar-Banjo, certainly one of the best-sounding \"Guit-jo's\" ever made. Maple rim with bracket band and tortoise celluloid edge capping; Tub-a-phone tone ring and Kershner \"Improved Unique\" tailpiece. Dowel carries Vega stamp, as well as three patents and the Vega star. Laminated maple neck with ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard, inlaid with dots and small diamond and oblong shaped pearl pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very classy instrument and a rare find in any condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese 1920's Vegas, and particularly the Tubaphones, are as fine a banjo-guitar as has ever been made and great instruments for anything from vintage Jazz and Ragtime to Old-Time country styles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Play that thing, Mr. St Cyr!\" - while with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, Johnny St Cyr used a six-string Vega very similar to this one, as did New Orleans great Danny Barker.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 36 3\/4 in. (93.3 cm.), 11 7\/8 in. (30.2 cm.) diameter head, and 2 1\/2 in. (6.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 26 in. (660 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent original condition with period Planet geared tuners in place of the original non-geared variety. Very little wear overall and includes an original hard case. Excellent Condition.","brand":"Vega","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853173182604,"sku":"2817","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_7bdd9a2e-35d7-4a7c-8109-12ee9f76a9ae.jpg?v=1774331569","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/vega-tu-ba-phone-guitar-banjo-1928-2817","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}