Rioga Deluxe Open Back

The Rioga Deluxe is our highest professional level tenor banjo. The sound is perfectly balanced with an overall tone, good sustain and volume. It is so easy to play, set up brilliantly with low buzz free action. The arm rest and neck in particular are quite unique in design with great innovative touches in both feel/function and also aesthetics

• 18 fret design with 21.5″ scale length
• Walnut 7 piece laminated neck with rock maple/pear wood centre strips
• Maple & ebony capped heel cap with custom pearl inlay
• Two way truss rod
• Beautifully hand cut mother of pearl custom inlay
• Solid block sycamore rim with walnut veneer and checkered wood marquetry
• Rim end faced with birdseye maple veneer and 4 walnut/pearwood separators
• Our own bell bronze forged archtop tone ring
• Bacon & Day style hooks and nuts
• Handmade wooden armrest ( carved from neck block cut off)
• Prucha clamshell tailpiece

Please read our DISCLAIMER before placing your order

The Rioga Deluxe complete banjo includes our newly designed concave burl walnut resonator. The resonator features cream side bindings with a wood marquetry centre line and double green pear wood concentric circles. The flange is made from 3mm steel/nickel plated with our own design cutouts.

A deposit of £500 covers both open back and resonator versions.

Please read our DISCLAIMER before placing your order