Sharing some photos of a 1917 Vega Style K mandolin banjo S/N #32814
that I recently refurbished. Got this at an auction. It was dirty, missing a neck brace bracket, had some odd bolts and needed a bridge. This instrument has been completely reconditioned and had a new setup. All of the wood and metal parts were cleaned an polished. I replaced the rim bolts with some new vintage style. (kept the old ones for a future project). The 1928 Vega catalog states that the neck is solid mahogany, the laminated rim is all maple with a French polish finish overall. The fretboard is ebony with perl inlaid position markers. The fretboard was cleaned and lightly sanded. It showed little if any wear. The 19 nickel silver frets showed only slight wear on frets 1-4 under the A and E strings. A new solid ebony compensated bridge made and fitted. This instrument plays very easy and has a really nice sound IMO.
Here's a sound clip
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