Novo Guitars Dealer LTD Miris Inca Silver Burst

A Novo Miris with a curly maple top over swamp ash, Lollar Low Wind Imperial humbuckers, and a Mastery bridge with Novo’s NV vibrato.

We always get excited to see what Novo has cooked up for their Dealer Limited models. The second we saw this Mirus we knew we had to get one. There's something about Inca Silver that gets us every time, especially when it's transparent with a gorgeous maple top peeking through.

This LTD Miris JHH takes Novo’s Miris J in a humbucker direction, with a pair of Lollar Low Wind Imperials set into a swamp ash body under an Eastern curly maple top, finished in a really beautiful Trans Inca Burst with Bull Black back and sides, white binding on the neck and body, a 3-ply parchment pickguard, and MOTO block inlays plus the chopped pickguard and Novo tri-plate badge.

Regarding tones, Jason Lollar based his Low Wind Imperial humbuckers on the lower-output PAFs found in vintage 335s, and compared with his standard Imperial they tighten up the low end and add a little sparkle on top, so you can push an amp harder without the bass getting too loose and closely voiced chords stay clear and separated. Into the new Carr Trail Rider, we easily coaxed a wide range of tones from punchy cleans to killer overdriven tones. These guitars sit where you think they would, ie, it's a semi-hollow build with humbuckers - but - the use of a swamp ash body and a long scale do change things up in a very cool, inspiring way.

The Miris body shape is a big part of why this guitar is so comfortable. Even with a full 25.5" scale, the body puts the neck closer to you than you expect, so open “cowboy chords” feel easy, it sits well on your leg when you play seated, and the upper frets are right there when you want them. The tempered maple neck is a broken-in medium C, .830" at the first fret, with a 9.5" to 14" compound radius, medium Jescar frets, and a 1.65" nut, and the Mastery M1 bridge and Novo NV vibrato with its lightning bolt arm give you some gentle movement without giving up the solid feel of the guitar.

Another home run from our friends in Nashville!