Historic OME Instruments
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Find your banjo’s serial number below, then click on the catalog to the left:
![]() 1972 (best quality: 7.3MB PDF) 1972 (lower quality: 1.9MB PDF) |
1971 (#1-43) #1 – first Ome banjo, style X, open-back (pp. 6-9) 1972 (#44-244) #67 – first style XXXX (pp. 18-19) |
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![]() 1973 (best quality: 27.8MB PDF) 1973 (lower quality: 5.3MB PDF) |
1973 (#245-594) #325 – first Juggernaut (5-string resonator, pp. 12-13) |
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![]() 1974 (best quality: 2.1MB PDF) 1974 (lower quality: 0.6MB PDF) |
1974 (#595-929) #595 – first Juggernaut II (pp. 16-17) |
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![]() 1975 (best quality: 7.8MB PDF) 1975 (lower quality: 2.1MB PDF) |
1975 (#930-1257) #933 – first Juggernaut Jr. (tenor, p. 3) |
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![]() 1983 (best quality: 9.2MB PDF) 1983 (lower quality: 2.5MB PDF) |
1976 (#1258-1519) 1977 (#1520-1723) #1570 – first Golden Chime tone ring (triple X 5-string) 1978 (#1724-2076) #2076 – first short scale 5-string (triple X) 1979 (#2077-2209) 1980 (#2210-2390) 1981 (#2391-2548) 1982 (#2549-2706) #2690 – first Columbine (5-string, pp. 4-5) 1983 (#2707-2879) #2763 – first Ponderosa (5-string, pp. 12-13) |
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![]() 1994 (best quality: 16.8MB PDF) 1994 (lower quality: 4.6MB PDF) |
1984 (#2880-3020) 1985 (#3021-3171) #3069 first Monarch Deluxe (5-string) 1986 (#3172-3285) 1987 (#3286-3376) 1988 (#3377-3424) 1989 (#3425-3506) 1990 (#3507-3579) 1991 (#3580-3610) #3587 – first Grand Mogul (plectrum, p. 19) 1992 (#3611-3655) #3621 – first Grand Artist (plectrum, p. 18) 1993 (#3656-3705) #3673 – first Flushfit resonator (plectrum, p. 23) 1994 (#3706-3794) #3725 – first Megavox (plectrum, pp. 12-13)
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![]() 2002 (2MB PDF) |
1995 (#3795-3897) 1996 (#3898-3968) 1997 (#3969-4038) #3987 – first Zen Artist (tenor, p. 14) 1998 (#4039-4199) #4082 – first 12″ pot (5-string open-back, p. 4) 1999 (#4200-4286) #4245 – first top tension (5-string Megatone, p. 14) 2000 (#4287-4347) #4298 – first tenor/plectrum (p. 14) 2001 (#4348-4449) #4360 – first Sweetgrass (5-string Megatone, p. 19) 2002 (#4450-4562) #4454 – first Primrose (5-string open-back, p. 16) |
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2013 (6MB PDF) |
2003 (#4563-4692) #4570 – first 17 fret (tenor) 2004 (#4693-4823) 2005 (#4824-4946) 2006 (#4947-5100) 2007 (#5101-5268) 2008 (#5269-5412) #5403 – first Otis 5-String Open-Back 2009 (#5413-5575) #5429 – first Southern Cross Flathead 2010 (#5576-5725) #5681 – first Minstrel 5-String Open-Back 2011 (#5726-5904) #5739 – first North Star 5-String Open-Back 2012 (#5905-6066) #6000 – 51st Anniversary Creation OB 5-String 2013 (#6067-6226) #6225 – first Alpha 5-String Flathead |
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2014 (#6227-6377) #6318 – first Oracle 5-String Flathead 2015 (#6378+) #6381 – first Mira 5-String Open-Back |