![]() The cylinderback mandolin is a particular favourite of mine, with a neck joint design which anticipates the work of Greg Smallman by several decades. It's worth mentioning that the early, WWI-era Vega mandolins and banjos were off-the-scale brilliant. (It actually took the attentions of two different luthiers to sort it out.) My impression is that the Vega truss rod design is not as effective as the Gibson, especially on big jazz boxes. I've had all manner of problems with the neck on my own Vega archtop, which I bought cheaply on the assumption that I could get it reattached properly. Vega also seems to have been ahead of the curve on neck profiles: the better instruments from the 30s have rather slender necks for the period. This makes them a very different proposition from the 24.75" Gibsons and Epis. ![]() Most of the C- and D- series Vega archtops I've examined have 25 1/2" scales. Hi guys, late to the party with this one but I'm seriously interested in Vega instruments and thought it would be worth sharing.
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