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NOVAX Guitars produces innovative guitars and basses, handcrafted with the patented NOVAX Fanned-Fret system.
Novax Guitars continues to produce innovative instruments that offer improved performance for modern musicians. Master luthier Ralph Novak draws upon his forty years of repair and customizing experience and consults extensively with players to achieve their tonal and aesthetic goals.
Novax Guitars continues to produce innovative instruments that offer improved performance for modern musicians. Master luthier Ralph Novak draws upon his forty years of repair and customizing experience and consults extensively with players to achieve their tonal and aesthetic goals.
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