Check the scale length on either brand before you buy. Some players favor Bacon and Day Silver Bell banjos. Vega and Bacon were a couple of consistently good builders. Many thousands of high quality instruments with those specifications were made in the early 20th century by many competent builders, but they were simply called tenor banjos. "Irish tenor" is a modern marketing term for new tenor banjos with short scales and short necks. If you widen your search to tenor banjos and look for instruments with a scale length of 21" or less, you will find many more instruments to choose from. Look at styles M, N, R, and the "Professional" models.
A Whyte Laydie will be brighter, and will cost more. It will have a mellower tone than a Tubaphone. A Vega Little Wonder is also a good instrument. Budget for a set up and possibly some loose or missing binding. An arched-top, hard-shell plush-lined case and the OME limited lifetime warranty are included with every OME instrument.Pre-war Vega Tubaphones are instruments of high quality, and still cost less than the imports, which are of lesser quality. Final set-up and adjustment are patiently checked and re-checked to ensure proper fit, tone, and action. Great care is exercised during the final assembly of every OME, as wood and metal parts are precisely hand-fitted together. Permanently lubricated and sealed geared tuners, two adjustable rim rods, OME armrest and tailpiece, and a custom drumhead and hand-made bridge are standard on most models.
#IRISH MUSIC OME BANJO SERIES#
Gracefully hand-engraved metal may be ordered as an option on Custom series models and is standard on all Artist and Grand Artist series instruments. Final parts are meticulously polished then triple plated with traditional nickel, tarnish-resistant chrome, or rich 24-kt. OME metal parts are precision made using our own special alloys, patterns, and dies.
Vintage Series banjos feature our tung oil and wax finish for a natural feel and warm appearance. Multiple coats of a vibrant catalyzed varnish are thoroughly cured, sanded, and finely polished to produce an exceptionally durable and beautiful finish.
#IRISH MUSIC OME BANJO FULL#
Light-fast, grain-enhancing stains are used to bring out the full beauty of our air-dried woods. We use the OME Artist peghead shape on 4-string styles: the OME Double-cut shape on bluegrass styles and the Victorian, Scroll, or Double-cut peghead on 5-string open-back styles. They include our lightweight two-way adjustable neck rod, hardened nickel-silver frets, and a radiused or flat fingerboard. OME necks are gracefully hand-shaped for optimum comfort and playability. The fingerboard, rim, and resonator are bound with traditional grained ivoroid or simulated tortoise on most models. The OME fingerboard, peghead overlay, and heel cap are made of durable African ebony or striking Brazilian rosewood and are artistically inlayed with colorful abalone and iridescent mother-of-pearl.
#IRISH MUSIC OME BANJO PROFESSIONAL#
Resonant and responsive South American mahogany is standard on many Vintage and Professional Series instruments while North American walnut and Indian rosewood are available on a special order basis. Vibrant curly maple chosen for its superior tone, flexible strength, and unusual beauty form the neck, rim, and resonator of most models. The woods used in OME banjos are carefully selected, thoroughly air-dried, and skillfully matched. The models and styles we now offer have evolved since 1960 and have been continuously refined and perfected to create the finest possible tone, playability, longevity, beauty and value.
OME are a small, family-owned company specializing in building exceptional Bluegrass, Old-time, Irish, and Jazz banjos.
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