![]() ![]() The mahogany body was finished in natural except for the gold top, clearly showing inspiration by the Gibson Les Paul. Introduced by 1954, the Westerner was Vega’s first attempt to create a guitar with a solid body (excluding lap steels). This particular model, however, is easily the closest that Vega ever came to directly copying a competitor’s product. Vega’s engineers usually followed their own muses, even when building around bodies by Harmony. Still, some models betrayed more inspiration than others. This show Larry Gruber presents his Vega made by Martin in the Net. Each episode profiles a unique instrument. This Old Guitar is the story behind the guitar.The action measures 8/64' at the 12th fret on the bass string and 6/64ths on the treble string. Someday someone will figure out how Vega serial numbers relate to the date of manufacture and we will thank them profusely. Martin sent nearly all Vega guitars to the USA and the similar Alpha labelled guitars went to Europe with most ending up locally in Holland where a. I have come across an Alpha A100 guitar which is a nylon string classical type guitar from the same Dutch Egmond factory 1972-1979 which made the Vega guitars as part of the C F Martin organisation.The Martin-Vega numbers give a clue as to when they were sold but will not tell you when they were made - or even by whom, Martin or Vega. 993 is in the middle of the serial number list so '75 - '76 is as good a guess as any other. ![]()
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