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This model features an interesting combination of diverse elements. Ome new banjos come with a limited lifetime warranty.
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He calls the collection that includes the Trilogy model “50th Year Flatheads.” About this series Chuck says that these are available in the Vintage, Professional and Custom series, they are made using mahogany, curly maple or walnut, they can have the Megatone or “Holy Grail” Flathead tone ring (how do they come up with these names?), they can be finished in polished lacquer (as this is) or tung oil speed finish, they can have nickel, chrome or gold hardware, they can have a harp, sweetone (pronounced “sweet one” – a term of affection from a banjo player to his or her favorite instrument) it can have an optional rosewood or even a radiused fingerboard, and it comes in a hard shell plush-lined case (much plush). President/Founder Chuck Ogsbury says “Ome Bluegrass banjos combine classic features of the 1930s vintage flathead with 21st century refinements in technology and design. Read Moreīill Evans demonstrates his Kel Kroydon banjo, modeled after his 1930 Gibson Granada.#5558, 5-string resonator, with plush lined hard shell case. Read Moreīill Evans demonstrates a Greg Rich–built Gibson RB-5 reissue owned by the late Ralph Stanley. Multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons demonstrates his go-to banjo. Peghead Nation banjo instructor Bill Evans on everything you need to know to get started with the banjo. San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Rik Elswit demonstrates his 11-inch open-back Huss and Dalton banjo. Read Moreĭanny Barnes demonstrates his signature model banjo. Peghead Nation instructor Steve Baughman demonstrates his fretless gourd banjo. Read MoreĮvie Ladin demonstrates a great mid-price open-back banjo. Peghead Nation banjo instructor Wes Corbett discusses the pickup, amp, and pedals he uses when playing onstage with the Sam Bush Band. To study with Steve, enroll in his Clawhammer Guitar course now!Įvie Ladin demonstrates a custom-made open-back banjo. Every time I played one of their banjos, I liked it better than mine, so I finally gave in and called them.” In this video, Steve plays his double-C tuning arrangement of French composer Robert De Viseé’s “Prelude,” which he learned from a recording by guitarist Davey Graham. Steve says, “I got into OME banjos because I was playing something else, and a lot of my students played them. Steve’s banjo also has OME’s optional wood armrest.
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The instrument also features 4:1 planetary tuning machines, a Renaissance head, Sweetone tailpiece, and Trillium bridge. Optimized for clawhammer playing, the Tupelo has a scooped ebony fingerboard and comes stock with fifth-string spikes at the seventh and ninth frets. It has a 12-inch rim made of two-ply maple, and its cherry neck has a relatively short 25.5-inch scale.
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The Tupelo is part of OME’s Old-Time line of open-back models. Peghead Nation Clawhammer Guitar instructor Steve Baughman also frequently performs and records on banjo (check out his solo banjo albums O’er Quiet Lands Suspended and Shootout at Convict Lake ), and he recently stopped by our studio to demo his OME Tupelo banjo.
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Chuck’s legacy in the banjo world goes all the way back to 1960, when he founded his first company, ODE banjos, and today his company (which also includes his daughter Tanya and a team of luthiers) builds a full catalog of banjos, including open-back and resonator five-strings as well as numerous four-string models. Built in Boulder, Colorado, OME banjos are the brainchild of luthier and designer Chuck Ogsbury.