I believe that the first banjo Pete Seeger had elongated (or did it himself) was an Orpheum.
Later switched to Vega Tuba-fone. Can anyone confirm or deny this for em?

The old banjo he had that said "People's Songs" on it was stolen.

His early banjo sounded so good that it made me want to play banjo.

The Pete Seeger style Vegas are very good, not the new ones but the old ones.

The best I can come up with so far with my pocketbook is my longneck Gibson 175 with a Kuresh tonering. It's loud but not as sweet as the Vegas.

The Vegas by Gruhn and others are overpriced.