In 1904 Vega purchased the assets of A.C. This particular guitar banjo was made by Vega, a Boston based builder and distributor that was founded in 1881. Cyr, who played with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven in the 1920s, and Papa Charlie Jackson, a prolific blues singer. ![]() These hybrid instruments never caught on in a big way, but the guitar banjo was the instrument of choice for important players like Johnny St. In 1920, the year this Vega Electric was made, banjo builders were hedging their bets by making banjos with mandolin, ukulele and guitar necks. Back in the early part of the 20th century, the banjo, the mandolin, the ukulele and the guitar were all racing to be the most popular fretted instrument in America.
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