Vega Style "M" Tubaphone Tenor Banjo (1928) Type_ Bow dot and diamond neck inlay

dot and diamond neck inlay and additional MOP inlay on the headstock

This grittiness contributes to a lessening of the high overtones

Nickel open-geared tuners with butterbean knobs are found with a rosewood headplate

If you're looking for a banjo with good volume and tone

Vega Style "M" Tubaphone Tenor Banjo (1928) Type_ Bow dot and diamond neck inlayHere for sale is a sought after 1928s Vega Style M in very good playing condition. (Serial No. 81349). This fine 17 fret tenor banjo features an 11" Maple rim with 28 brackets, Maple "Pie" resonator with tortoise bindings, a dark Ebony fingerboard with decorative abalone inlay, decorative "torch"headstock inlay, and a quality tubaphone tone ring. The scale is 21. 25" and the nut width is 1 1 8". The instrument appears all original with the following