Vega C-50 1938

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Vega C-50, Vega Archtop, Vega C-20, Washburn 5256 Solo, Washburn 5258 Deluxe, Washburn guitar, Washburn Tonk Brothers

Vega Archtop, Vega C-20, Washburn 5256 Solo, Washburn 5258 Deluxe, Washburn guitar, Washburn Tonk Brothers

Vega C-50 1938

This Vega model C-50 was offered as the lowest priced 16” archtop in the Vega catalog up until a transition to larger bodied instruments in 1938-39. This model has a carved spruce top, solid mahogany sides and a pressed laminated mahogany back. The interesting fretboard has a strip of rosewood sandwiched between two sides of ebony. The quality offered by the 30’s Vega of Boston instruments appears underrated today.

Courtesy of D. Buettner