Ome Jubilee Minstrel 5 String Fretless Banjo (2010s)
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Ome Jubilee Minstrel Model 5 String Fretless Banjo (2010s), made in Boulder, Colorado, serial # 4791, shaded maple finish, laminated maple rim, maple neck with ebony fingerboard, black gig bag case.
This 19th century style fretless minstrel-style banjo is one of Ome's more obscure products, but a very well built and great sounding example of this style of instrument. The laminated maple rim is capped on the bottom with tortoise binding inside and out. There is no tone ring, the inside of the rim is beveled in the Farland style (now often referred to as a "woody"). It is set up with a Renaissance head secured with 24 brackets, the tailpiece is a repro No-knot. The banjo is satin finished overall, the hardware is nickel plated.
The neck has a variation on the classic Boucher-style S-shaped peghead, with ebony overlay and a moon-and-star pearl inlay. The fretless ebony fingerboard has a 25 1/2" scale with pearl inlay markers at the 5th and 12th fret positions. The tuners are nickel planetary gears with pearloid buttons. This is a fine playing modern banjo in this ultra-vintage style, not as strictly "authentic" to mid-19th century aesthetics as some but an excellent gigging instrument with a superb sound.
Overall length is 38 7/8 in. (98.7 cm.), 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter head, and 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 3/4 in. (654 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.).
This instrument shows only light signs of use, with a few scuffs and handling marks and some light rub wear to the back of the neck in the first position. The nickel hardware has some typical clouding and ageing, a couple of the bottom hooks are lightly bent. The banjo plays and sounds excellent with a very round tone and plenty of volume. It resides in a modern gig bag. Excellent + Condition.
This 19th century style fretless minstrel-style banjo is one of Ome's more obscure products, but a very well built and great sounding example of this style of instrument. The laminated maple rim is capped on the bottom with tortoise binding inside and out. There is no tone ring, the inside of the rim is beveled in the Farland style (now often referred to as a "woody"). It is set up with a Renaissance head secured with 24 brackets, the tailpiece is a repro No-knot. The banjo is satin finished overall, the hardware is nickel plated.
The neck has a variation on the classic Boucher-style S-shaped peghead, with ebony overlay and a moon-and-star pearl inlay. The fretless ebony fingerboard has a 25 1/2" scale with pearl inlay markers at the 5th and 12th fret positions. The tuners are nickel planetary gears with pearloid buttons. This is a fine playing modern banjo in this ultra-vintage style, not as strictly "authentic" to mid-19th century aesthetics as some but an excellent gigging instrument with a superb sound.
Overall length is 38 7/8 in. (98.7 cm.), 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter head, and 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 3/4 in. (654 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/4 in. (32 mm.).
This instrument shows only light signs of use, with a few scuffs and handling marks and some light rub wear to the back of the neck in the first position. The nickel hardware has some typical clouding and ageing, a couple of the bottom hooks are lightly bent. The banjo plays and sounds excellent with a very round tone and plenty of volume. It resides in a modern gig bag. Excellent + Condition.