Even though mine has all the other features, the standard 5th peg position makes it a Pete Seeger - we think as my label is mostly missing. Mine has the Lifton case with both the Vega and Lifton badges. I have a blonde PS-5 with all of the custom features of the Excell except for the 5th peg position. These labels sometimes fall out as in the case of mine.īesides the PS-5, there was the SS-5 Folklore, a much plainer long neck, and the Xcel (also spelled Excel, Exel and Excell), a deluxe version of the PS-5 with a blonde neck, Kroll 5th peg, Grover Rotomatic tuners the 5th peg moved up a fret. The Xcel was first made for Alex Hasseliv of the Limeliters and was based on a custom made for Erik Darling in the 1950s.when he replaced Pete Seeger in The Weavers. PRODUCT WARRANTY: Over 24 years on guitar strings and accessories production, every set includes a Code for product identification. Even if the label was missing, there is no doubt. Although Vega was making long necks on a custom basis from the mid-'50s, once they got Pete Seeger's permission in 1957, your banjo was called the PS-5, Pete Seeger Model.
