Every Rivolta gets inspected, setup, and shipped from the Novo factory/headquarters in Nashville, TN. In 2015 Dennis launched his import line of guitars, Rivolta, which exists under his lauded Novo Guitars. I’m leaning towards a 12” 25.4” banjo in walnut with an ebony tone ring at the moment as I feel that is likely to meet my needs quite well and give me a worthwhile difference in tone and playing experience from my current banjo.Dennis Fano, the lauded guitar designer/builder known for his Novo Guitars and Fano Guitars brands, has always wanted to make his guitars accessible to as many players as possible. Once the isolation has finished, and assuming I survive it, I can travel to good workshop, try a few instruments and finalise my order. I have decided to go with a reputable British maker who will build one to my specs and for less £. Unfortunately I'm being told it would be several months and likely a year before the only dealer in the UK can get me on e or other of these so I could get my hands on it to try. I feel the need for a woodier deeper sound have my interest in the 12” models particularly the Wizard or Tupelo.
I have a fairly snappy sounding 11” banjo with a 26.25” scale which is not as classy as I assume an Ome to be but which I like. Thank you ceemonster for your very detailed reply. I have deep-pot shorter-scale openbacks by other makers, but have always wanted an Ome Jubilee. If you listen to enough of them you should be able to get a feel for the tonal difference and which floats your boat. But there are also demo clips of Jubilees, as well as of Wizards and Tupelos. Abigail Washburn is a renowned Jubilee player, and there's plenty of youtube of her playing.
There are tons of sound files and youtubes out there of the different Ome woodys. The two different spec styles give different tones and they also feel different to play-some find the shorter scale more comfortable and like the deep-pot sound, others like the snappier, slightly louder tone of standard scale with a bit shallower pot.ĭon't forget to take into account neck/rim wood and heads, as that also changes tone. You can order anything you like, and the standard-scale models like the Jubilee occasionally come in stock at the major acoustic dealers, though in recent years the Wizards and Tupelos are much more plentiful, as that is what much of the openback market wants. These have 25.5" scales and deeper pots.īUT, you can still get the standard-scale, shallower-pot Ome openbacks like the Jubilee. So when Ome decided to get into the more "old-style" specs, they produced banjos such as the Wizard and Tupelo woodies, the Flora brass hoop banjo, the North Star, the Mira, the Eclipse, and others. (Actually, their specs were all over the map, SEE photo files of banjos by the legendary Kyle Creed). This trend to a large degree owes to a perception (an incorrect misperception) that "real authentic oldtime banjos" had deeper pots, thinner rims, and shorter 25.5" scales. The shorter scale, deeper pot, and centered bridge produce a deeper more "plunky" sound speaking very generally. 10 or so years ago Ome got on board with the current trend in the clawhammer world toward banjos with deeper pots and shorter scales that place the bridge more in the center of the head. For many years, Ome's openbacks were standard 26 1/4" scale with pots like that of the Jubilee. The Wizard is a different configueration spec-wise. (He doesn't offer a "woody" model) The Jubilee's sibling with a rolled-brass ring was/is called the Juniper.
Bart Reiter's banjos also have standard scale and Vega-ish pot depth. The Jubilee has a standard 26 1/4 scale length and a pot spec'd more like the classic Vega pots-not sure what the depth is, but not as deep as some currently trendy openbacks. But they have different specs, different ergonomic feel, and different sounds. The Ome Wizard and the Ome Jubilee are both "woodies"-openback clawhammer banjos whose tone comes from the wood rim, no tone ring or rolled hoop. In a belated attempt to address what the OP actually asked:
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