Purchase select OME Banjos directly through our website.
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Artist Series SILVERBELL TENOR MODELS offer premium grade woods including Fine Curly Maple and Indian Ebony or Rosewood; choice of hand-rubbed colors finished with wet-sanded and buffed super-thin high-gloss finish; exotic hand-engraved real shell inlays; Ivoroid-bound peghead, fingerboard and resonator; OME-made Jazz banjo hardware including hand-spun Silverspun brass tone ring; brass flange, tailpiece, armrest, and coordinator rods; multi-ply maple rim and resonator; custom shaped string nut and frets which are filed, crowned and buffed by hand; and nickel plated hardware. Additional options are radiused fingerboard; hand-engraved metal; custom wood stains; chrome and gold metal plating; and wood carving.
Mogul Silverbell Tenor Includes:
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Premium Curly Maple, hand-stained Shaded Amber 19 frets, 22.125" scale & 1.24" nut width Ivoroid bound peghead, fingerboard & resonator Two-way adjustable neck truss rod Hand-engraved Mother-of-Pearl shell inlays on peghead & heel cap Solid blocks of Abalone shell on the neck Inlayed front and side position markers Schaller 4:1 Planetary geared tuners with Ivoroid knobs Hardened nickel-silver frets & bone string nut - hand-filed, crowned & buffed Hardened nickel-silver frets and bone string nut Wet-sanded and buffed high-gloss lacquer finish on neck, rim & resonatorBODY
OME Silverspun brass tone ring & multi-ply Maple rim Heavy notched brass tension hoop & 24 brackets Hand-spun Silverbell brass flange Curly Maple resonator Two adjustable brass rim rods Harp tailpiece & Sosebee bridge; smooth white head & OME tenor strings Hand-engraved hardware including armrest, tailpiece, tension hoop & flange 24 karat gold plating TKL standard hard-shell case -
Ome Banjos' Artist Series BLUEGRASS MODELS offer premium grade woods including Fine Curly Maple and Indian Ebony; choice of hand-rubbed colors finished with wet-sanded and buffed super-thin high-gloss finish; exotic hand-engraved real shell inlays; Ivoroid-bound peghead, fingerboard and resonator; Ome-made Bluegrass hardware including choice of three Megatone Flathead cast bronze tone rings, zinc die-cast flange, brass tailpiece, brass armrest, and solid-brass coordinator rods; 3-ply Maple rim; custom shaped string nut and frets which are filed, crowned and buffed by hand; and nickel plated Ome hardware. Additional options are radiused fingerboard; hand-engraved metal; custom woods stains; chrome and gold metal plating; and wood carving.
OMEGA FEATURES INCLUDE:
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Fine Curly Maple, hand-stained Sunburst 22 Frets, 26.25” scale & 1.28” nut width; radiused fingerboard Ivoroid bound peghead, fingerboard & resonator Ebony fingerboard, peghead and heel cap Two-way adjustable neck truss rod Mother-Of-Pearl shell inlays - Hand-engraved by Glenn Carson Inlayed front and side position markers Capo Spikes at 7th and 9th frets OME 4:1 Planetary tuners with Ivoroid acrylic knobs Hardened nickel-silver frets & bone string nut - hand-filed, crowned & buffed Wet-sanded and buffed high-gloss lacquer finish on neck, rim & resonatorBODY
OME Megatone Flathead cast bronze tone ring & 3-ply maple rim Heavy notched brass tension hoop & 24 brackets One-piece zinc-alloy resonator flange Curly Maple resonator Two adjustable brass rim rods Harp tailpiece & Sosebee bridge; heavy frosted Remo head & OME light gauge strings African Laurel wooden armrest Nickel hardware Deluxe hard-shell plush-lined case