The Vega Little Wonder is intended to be a quality instrument at a reasonable price – so it uses quality woods (maple and ebony) and good hardware but doesn’t have a lot of decoration.
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The banjo has been enjoying a remarkable renaissance. Once a presence on nearly every stage, the banjo was eclipsed by the amplified guitar for many decades. Now, however, more and more people are discovering how great a banjo can sound, and how good and varied banjo music really is.
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Summer is here and banjo music is in the air! Here are five Bluegrass Banjos under One Thousand Dollars.
I’m always in short supply for good, playable, used banjos in the under $1000 price range but some nice trade-in banjos came in this week.
All 5 banjos below are ideal for the intermediate player who wants a good sounding banjo but is not ready to move up to a professional instrument.
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This 1996 Deering Vega Long Neck Banjo is the long neck version of the Vega # 2 banjo as played by Pete Seeger.
It’s an open back model featuring an AAA-Curly-Maple neck with ebony fretboard, Tube-a-phone tone-ring, Historic “bracket band”, and Deering tailpiece. The current new price for this model is $3,995.00.
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Deering Vega Woodsongs Campfire Long Neck Banjo in near mint condition with original Vega case
Playing in E on a banjo is always a challenge: that is why Pete Seeger had the long neck built for him. These are normally played with the neck capo’ed up three frets and the 5th string capo tack in use so the banjo is played in G.
But when you want to switch to the big, full bass growl town when playing in E, you simply un-capo and you are ready to rock and roll!
Built around the Vega Little Wonder model, the wood tone ring pot lends itself perfectly to the full bass tone of a long neck
We stock the Campfire model but I’ve never had a used one show up. This one is near mint.
Today we have an excellent condition Deering Boston 19-Fret Tenor Banjo from 1999. There’s very little wear anywhere on the instrument. It’s lighter in weight due to the innovative steel rim construction that you can also find in the Deering Boston 5 string and Boston 6 string banjos. This steel rim creates excellent note distinction, clarity, and sparkling crispness making it one of the all time favorites.
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