OMS Victorian LE 10566

The OMS Victorian LE 10566 was shipped to Down Home Guitars on June 14th, 2024.

Modern guitars were not simply created out of thin air in the 1930s. They evolved from the instruments that preceded them, bearing improvements such as longer necks, solid head stocks, larger bodies, higher string tension, greater volume and superior presence. Our Victorian model is a tip of the hat to an elegant, long lost pre-pre-war aesthetic that deserved to survive into the modern era, featuring half-herringbone (also know as “rope”) purfling, Ivoroid binding and a once-common pyramid bridge.

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In the late 1920s, 12 fret, slotted head guitars began their historic transformation into the still-dominant designs of the 1930s. Left behind, however, were larger upper bouts, longer air cavities and optimal bridge placement at the center of the widest part of the lower bout. The OMS combines these throwback features with a slotted headstock and a 25.5” scale neck to recreate a design still coveted by fingerstylists – and not a few flatpickers.

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Dealer's Information
Down Home Guitars
11 South White Street
Frankfort IL, 60423
(815) 469-6321
Instrument Details
Details
Model: Victorian
Body Shape: 12 Fret OMS
Top Wood: Blue Sinker Sitka Spruce Bearclaw
Back Sides: Hybrid Brazilian
Rosette: Candy Rope Herringbone
Backstrip: Arrowhead
Purfling: Candy Rope Herringbone
Head Veneer: Ziricote - Mother of Pearl Logo
Bridge: Ebony Pyramid - 2 5/16"
Neck: 12 Fret Slotted - Honduran Mahogany
Tuners: Waverly 3-on-Plate with Ebony Buttons
Pins: Bone with Black Dots
Pickguard: None
Top Color: Natural
Nut Width: 1 3/4”
Scale Length: 25 1/2”
Body Binding: Ziricote
Fretboard Inlay: Abalone Slotted Squares & Diamonds - Short
Fretboard Binding: Black
Heelcap: Matched with binding wood