Vega Guitar info

[TEL105]

I am having trouble finding much informatioin on a Vega model V446 guitar. It has a sticker in it that says "A part of the CF Martin Organization" and it also says "Made in Japan" so I don't know if it was really a part of the CF Martin company when it was made. I did find that Martin bought Vega, marketed some import instruments. They later sold the name. Thanks in advance for any info. The serial number is H417025 and I purchased it new in 1979. I think it is kind of like the Sigma line.

 

Thanks

[daklander]

I can't help too much but from what I know, Martin bought Vega for the banjo operation. 1970, I believe, and they soon after killed the production of the guitars and imported units from Japan until about 1980. They sold the tradmark rights to a Korean guitar production company, I'm guessing Samick.

 

The original Vega guitars were very nice guitars, well built, played well and sounded pretty good. IMHO, Martin would have done well to keep the guitar production intact as purchased. It would have been a great addition to the Martin line but in the '70s I think they had their collective heads up their butts. That time period was when their guitars weren't all that great in my view and is one of the reasons I'm not that enthralled with the Martin name.