Richard Lent: Fingerstyle Guitar
Solo acoustic instrumental performances and recordingsArchive for January, 2009
The resurrection of my Vega (1)
I own a Vega dreadnought guitar, made by C. F. Martin in the Netherlands (according to the label). The guitar has a solid spruce top and a body made of what I have been told is mahogany stained to look like rosewood. Martin bought Vega Banjos in 1970 and moved production to their property in 1971. In 1979, Martin sold the Vega name. Some guitars were made under the Vega name during this period, but they mostly made banjos (for more information, see this website). I bought my Vega around 1977 at the Wellesley Music Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts (now defunct; the store, not the Commonwealth), and although it’s a decent guitar, it has had its issues. The Vega was Martin’s inexpensive guitar back then, and I believe the Vega line evolved into Sigma guitars, which Martin discontinued in 2007. It seems that Sigma and Vega coexisted for a few years.
