Made a little video to show off my newest acquisition; this beautiful old 1940's ('46?) Vega Triumphal.
here's a link to a Youtube of "Lahaina Luna":
https://youtu.be/cMY-7fg-Ahw
Really digging the tone; but almost find it too responsive to picking dynamics. Kind of hard to get nice and smooth; but I can see how it can really open up some playing ideas. Just got to get better at playing.
It's a lot like my other Vega (but better looking and a bit better tone) in that the tone circuit seems kind of like it doesn't do much and the volume is almost all or nothing.
Both seem to have a few "sweet spots" where the tone and volume controls really seem to want to be.
"Lahaina Luna" played on Vega Triumphal
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Nice playing John. That guitar has a lovely voice! I have no experience with Vegas nothing to offer on the question of responsiveness. I do find that I get a smoother response when I roll the volume and control back just a bit on my lap steels. Sounds like the controls on your Vegas are working according to design and you may have to just get used to them unless you want to modify the circuit. Cheers!
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