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From Sean ONeel on 12/16/2016 3:10:57 PM

I saw this a few days ago listed as a "1961 FR-5"...I said "Hmmmm...I have never seen a dowel stick Folk Ranger." I just had to drop the guy a note and tell him what he has: Essentially a '61 pot with a '65ish neck to which they someone added the original dowel stick.

It will be interesting to see what the sale price is!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/192050302165?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

10 Comments
	VPS says: 12/16/2016 3:48:15 PM Looks just like my '61. There's no close up of the peg head, but everything else looks spot on-finish, tuners, etc. I don't think the neck has been changed-there was always some variation in the logo- and in 1961 they were cranking these out as fast as they could. If memory serves, that was Vega's biggest year. I guess it's easy to tell-pull the neck and look for the lag bolt holes.
	Sean ONeel says: 12/16/2016 3:55:48 PM You know...I just took a closer look. When I originally saw it the logo looked like that "blockier" sans serif that they used in the mid-late 60s. I just blew it up again and NOW my feeble eyes see the "fat macaroni sans serif" that they began using in 1961. I have also seen...in fact, I owned a '61 FP-5 with the thin serif logo that Deering uses now. I have also seen one 1961 with a 28 bracket pot. Most of them went bye-bye by 1960.
	Sean ONeel says: 12/16/2016 4:02:03 PM Josh...I just blew it up. Fat macaroni it is! banjohangout.org/photo/220162
	pastorharry says: 12/16/2016 5:04:18 PM Someone let the cat out of the bag....BUMMER !
	Sean ONeel says: 12/17/2016 2:57:52 PM Pastorharry...the bummer was me! I did the Christian thing. I cover that banjo...but I also don't want to see anybody miss out on their due.
	pastorharry says: 12/17/2016 10:19:25 PM Good man....my post was semi tongue in cheek anyway, plus I already have mine.
	Sean ONeel says: 12/17/2016 10:20:44 PM Are you still "babysitting" or are you the owner of record?
	pastorharry says: 12/19/2016 2:07:43 AM permanent loan
	pastorharry says: 12/20/2016 2:47:58 PM @ $1161.00 with 6 hours left...still a bargain
	Sean ONeel says: 12/20/2016 9:14:49 PM Sale price: $1675. A STEAL.
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