Vega Pete Seeger Signature 1963, Natural

This 1963 Vega Pete Seeger Signature is the real deal. The original commercially produced version of the longneck banjo Seeger himself hand-built in 1955 to solve a very specific problem: standard scale wouldn't let him drop into the lower keys his voice needed. Vega's factory version put that innovation into the hands of players everywhere, and it became one of American folk music's most iconic instruments, showing up everywhere from the March on Washington to countless folk revival stages. It's known for a robust, full, punchy sound that carries in live performance, and as the original Vega design, it's the instrument that every other longneck banjo since has been chasing. Owning one is owning a genuine piece of folk music history, not just a reproduction of the idea.