[OutVoice] Last chance to bid on Pete Seeger banjo and help musicians in need

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There are only a few hours left for you to  bid on a banjo signed by Pete 
Seeger AND to help provide assistance to musicians  who fall onto hard times. 
The url for the auction is _http://bit.ly/cUoRWb_ (http://bit.ly/cUoRWb)   
All money raised will  go to help musicians in need. 
More info is below. If you want to know  more, please contact them 
directly. 
Happy bidding! 
Jamie 
Jamie  Anderson, writer and musician
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Own an incredible instrument signed by an  American musical legend: Pete 
Seeger 

With the generous support of the Deering  Banjo Company,  American 
Federation of Musicians Local 1000 is auctioning  off a one-of-a-kind Pete 
Seeger-style long-neck Vega banjo that Pete has signed  and played.   

This is a reserve auction. All the proceeds  from the auction benefit the 
musician’s union Local 1000’s and its Emergency  Relief Fund which provides 
assistance to musicians who fall onto hard times due  to illness, natural 
disaster, and economic problems.  Proceeds will also  help fund the Local’s 
organizing efforts to bring union benefits (such as health  care and pensions) 
to working musicians throughout the acoustic music  world. 

View a video of Pete signing and playing the  banjo at: 
_http://local1000.com/auction-for-pete-seeger-signed-banjo_ 
(http://local1000.com/auction-for-pete-seeger-signed-banjo)  

About the Vega Longneck  Banjo 
>From Deering Banjos 
_http://www.deeringbanjos.com/vega-longneck_ 
(http://www.deeringbanjos.com/vega-longneck)  

Pete Seeger invented the long neck banjo  when he decided to have a luthier 
cut his neck and insert 3 additional frets  into the length of it. Instead 
of tuning the newly revised banjo in G, he was  able to tune it to an E 
(Tuned E,B,E,G#,B) which allowed him to sing in that  lower key. A capo can be 
put on at the third fret and the banjo can be played in  standard G tuning. 
With 3 extra frets, this low tuned (E) banjo not only sounds  beautiful as a 
solo instrument, but it accompanies the voice with a deep, full  and 
sparkling sound. The Vega Long Neck is made with Deering's hand made,  classic 
Tubaphone tone-ring. The solid brass bracket band is hand fitted to the  violin 
grade three-ply rim. This pot design gives the Vega Long Neck Banjo a  round 
full tone that sustains with a pure and clear  sparkle. 

Whether you want to re-create the folk music  of the 1960's or musically 
travel into unexplored banjo territory or simply have  a superb instrument to 
accompany vocals, the Vega Long Neck banjo will provide  the versatile, 
sweet, beautiful banjo voice that has inspired generations of  singers and 
players with its sparkling, deep and full sound; This banjo is one  of the true 
classics of the 20th century and the new millennium.