He extended the neck of his Vega banjo by three frets. Other folk singers followed suit. As it turns out, Cantwell played the Vega, too, at least until Scruggs’ recording came along. Cantwell ...

ROCK SPRINGS — When Brent Weber walked through the door with his long-neck Vega banjo, his passion for the stringed instrument was obvious. Decked out in a T-shirt that reads “Love one woman, ...

California musician Carl Pagter presented a Vega extended-neck banjo that Seeger played throughout the 1960s to the museum during a board of trustees' meeting Nov. 5. "This is one of the most ...

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ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - When Brent Weber walked through the door with his long-neck Vega banjo, his passion for the stringed instrument was obvious. Decked out in a T-shirt that reads “Love on ...