This 8-string Vega console guitar (basically a lap steel with legs!) has more than a touch of the Art Deco about it, with decorative chrome accents and bakelite knobs. The feature that I find most intriguing, though, is the tuning apparatus. I've not seen anything quite like that on a guitar before. Compact, it isn't!
The five bakelite-topped tone controls are labelled "Contra", "Bass", "Normal", "Treble" and "High".
A fascinating instrument; I'm sure you could make a whole blog on the subject of slide guitars alone. Unfortunately I know precious little about them.
G L Wilson
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Vega console guitar from the 1930s
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7:10 AM | Labels: 8-string, console guitar, cool guitars, lap steel, slide guitar, vintage guitars
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