Look on the bright side, Fred, the value of our North Stars may have shot up.??

One of my pals has a Gold Tone tenor banjo and it sounds good and plays easy though it doesn't have the fit and finish of an Ome. Gold Tone is situated in Titusville, FL, across the Everglades from here and it looks like they've moved the Ome shop there from CO and will still be making high end banjos under the Ome name.