Reverb has your back if your item is lost, damaged, or doesn't match its description. Simply report any issues within 7 days and we'll help you get a full refund.Learn More
Extremely Rare Vega Fretless Hawaiian Steel Guitar...
I have never seen another one!
A circa 1938 Hawaiian guitar manufactured by Vega in Boston. This is a very unusual fretless steel guitar with colored clay "fret markers". The guitar is in good condition with several repaired cracks in the top. All of the work was beautifully done by Noll Guitars in Cranston, Rhode Island. This rare little guitar is all original from top to bottom and is really a rare survivor. Solid spruce top and rosewood back and sides. You will never see another one...
And now a little history:
Julius and Carl Nelson bought the company in 1903 and renamed it Vega... Vega began manufacturing stringed instruments in the Boston Commercial Street factory building until there were several fires in the early years before they moved to the old Standard Band Instrument Company at 62 Sudbury Street. They expanded out of that facility relatively quickly and moved again in June 1917 to 155 Columbus Avenue. Here they settled for about 30 years. This is where this rare little Hawaiian steel guitar was made.
This from AcousticMusic.org:
"American musical tastes were rapidly changing with the constant influx of new cultural influences. The Tango craze hit between 1910 and 1914. The result was a demand for tenor rhythm instruments. Vega/Fairbanks rose to the occasion and provided tenors that were 16 or 17 fret, short scale open back versions of the 5-string models.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a world’s fair held in San Francisco, California between February 20 and December 4 in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. The Exposition introduced America to Hawaiian music and the resulting demand for acoustic guitars and ukuleles was felt for years to come."
This gorgeous, rare Vega Hawaiian Guitar has the repaired top cracks that you can see in the pics...
Check out the pics... because they don't lie. Like always! The condition is, well, check out the pics!
Shipping quoted is to you in the CONUS, as always... Comes in a new Gator case!
Hey make me an offer... I just might take it. Ya never know!
Extremely Rare Vega Fretless Hawaiian Steel Guitar...
I have never seen another one!
A circa 1938 Hawaiian guitar manufactured by Vega in Boston. This is a very unusual fretless steel guitar with colored clay "fret markers". The guitar is in good condition with several repaired cracks in the top. All of the work was beautifully done by Noll Guitars in Cranston, Rhode Island. This rare little guitar is all original from top to bottom and is really a rare survivor. Solid spruce top and rosewood back and sides. You will never see another one...
And now a little history:
Julius and Carl Nelson bought the company in 1903 and renamed it Vega... Vega began manufacturing stringed instruments in the Boston Commercial Street factory building until there were several fires in the early years before they moved to the old Standard Band Instrument Company at 62 Sudbury Street. They expanded out of that facility relatively quickly and moved again in June 1917 to 155 Columbus Avenue. Here they settled for about 30 years. This is where this rare little Hawaiian steel guitar was made.
This from AcousticMusic.org:
"American musical tastes were rapidly changing with the constant influx of new cultural influences. The Tango craze hit between 1910 and 1914. The result was a demand for tenor rhythm instruments. Vega/Fairbanks rose to the occasion and provided tenors that were 16 or 17 fret, short scale open back versions of the 5-string models.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a world’s fair held in San Francisco, California between February 20 and December 4 in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. The Exposition introduced America to Hawaiian music and the resulting demand for acoustic guitars and ukuleles was felt for years to come."
This gorgeous, rare Vega Hawaiian Guitar has the repaired top cracks that you can see in the pics...
Check out the pics... because they don't lie. Like always! The condition is, well, check out the pics!
Shipping quoted is to you in the CONUS, as always... Comes in a new Gator case!
Hey make me an offer... I just might take it. Ya never know!
