What is the diameter of the pot measured inside the stretcher band? 10 3/4, 10 15/16", 11 13/16? Larger, Smaller?
An early '30s Little Wonder would not have any headstock inlay, BTW. Vega stopped using plain stars many years earlier when all of their imitators started. >If it is a 1931 LW, would it be a conversion?Did Vega take the 4 string pot and put a Vega 5 string neck on it, then sell it?This one has the inlaid star at the peghead, not the name Vega spelled out.<Ī star from the '30s would have the Vega name engraved in it. Already converted to 5 string, I'll say that you made out - assuming that the neck is good. $400 is a good price for a Little Wonder tenor. I sold my mid '20s Style 3 Tubaphone original 5 string. Also a 1919 TU-BA-Phone plectrum, a Vegaphone plectrum converted to 5 string and a 60s Pete Seeger. I have one each: Little Wonder and N tenors, Senator plectrum and Regent original 5 string. These are "half-clad" nickel plated brass sleeves over a 1/4" steel hoop. These have grooved stretcher bands, lighter hooks and mystery wood (dyed pear?) fretboards.Īll the above have Little Wonder tone rings. The Senator was the 5 string and plectrum version of the Style N. These have ebony fretboards, heavy duty round hooks and notched stretcher bands. The original five string and 4 string plectrum versions of the Little Wonder are the Regent. I'd say if the work was nicely done, you got a great deal.Ĭorrect but incomplete. Vega's 5 string "LIttle Wonder" model, was marketed and branded as the "Regent".so if it's got a 5 string neck, it's not original. Late 60''s ''Christy'' Open Back, Long-neck Thanks for all the info and help, everyone. If ya tell me how, when I get to work on Mon.
I tried to copy/paste in the original topic, but that didn''t work. They're on my work 'puter (that's where I was this morinin when I put the topic up).
jpg format, and all of them pasted in a Word file as well, but am 'puiter illiterate & don't know how to put them up here at BHO. If you can put some pix up, we might be able to tell you more.īill, I've got 9 or 10 close up pix in. If you replace it, be sure to remove the little setscrew that keeps it from turning, then carefully back the peg out using appropriate pliers or wrench. Those Grover permatension pegs were used in the 60s and 70s. Vega made 5-string LWs, but not very many.
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