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Goldtone Factory
I stopped in at the Goldtone Factory in Titusville, FL last week. Business is good and Sweetwater is now selling the brand so they’re hopping.
They have a new line of American Made banjos under the brand name OME. They looked seriously nice! Some pics. IMG_6234.jpgIMG_6235.jpgIMG_6232.jpgIMG_6233.jpgIMG_6231.jpgIMG_6230.jpg |
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Nice!!! However, I keep looking for Gary Larson's caption:
"Welcome to hell, maestro!" |
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https://www.omebanjos.com/about/history-part-1/
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Thanks for providing the link, Steve. That was a fascinating read. Chuck Ogsbury, the founder and president of both Ode and Ome banjos, must have either died or retired if Gold Tone has the Ome brand name now. That history of Ome is over twenty years old now.
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Chuck retired. He’s not dead yet. There was a discussion on the Hangout.
We’re all curious what will happen with OME banjos now that they will no longer be made in a small shop in Colorado. OME was top of the top.
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I've been looking at Gold Tone banjos online. When I get back from vacation I'm thinking pretty seriously about getting a banjo and the Gold Tones have been catching my eye.
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Wayne (the owner of Goldtone and now OME) is very serious about maintaining the high standards of OME banjos. Goldtone may seem like a big shop, but it's really not at all. Maybe a dozen people total? 6 or 7 working on the instruments? I don't now who is actually making the OME banjos,
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I suspect it's going to be a Fender/Squire or Gibson/Epiphone arrangement once they get everything squared away: Gold Tone for the beginner/intermediate/semi-pro players - all solidly-built, consistent, reliable high value-per-dollar instruments IME - and OME for the professional market, each with its own distinct corporate identity and point of origin, and I wish them every success...
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My square neck Gold Tone Beard model resonator was made in China, assembled in US with Beard resonator cone and remains the bang for buck king as far as I'm concerned.
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