"Heavily greased up fret board"...When Sean received the Vega plectrum, he had a professional luthier "resurrect" the fretboard. So much wd40 or whatever had been used that is actually soaked through the fretboard and had started sinking in to the neck itself! The Peabody devotees, of which there are a bunch of, all love the Vox. As the open back 5 string has the desired sound for folkies, the Vox is the banjo of choice for the jazz plectrum guys. Probably a lot of hero worship involved here as well. If the Kingston Trio had become famous as they were playing say a "Kay" acoustic...C F Martin may not even exist right now. Stay well, you and fam Bob...TC
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