Lauzon Music · Est. 1945
Novo
Novo guitars in Canada, from Ottawa. Designed by Dennis Fano and built by hand in Nashville. We keep Serus, Miris and Solus models on the wall, spec custom builds with Novo, and set up every one before it ships.
Novo buying guide and questions
Novo
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Any current Novo model, in any finish the supplier makes, ordered in for you.
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Buying guide
Novo guitars at Lauzon Music
What Novo is known for
Novo calls it vintage reimagined: original offset shapes that feel familiar the first time you pick one up. Most bodies are tempered pine, and the Miris is swamp ash. Vibrato models use a Mastery M1 bridge with Novo's NV vibrato, the H2 and P2 models a TonePros bridge and stoptail, and the T and F models a Tele bridge with compensated brass saddles. Dennis Fano still designs every model, and the Signature guitars spend time on his bench.
The models we carry
What's on the wall changes week to week. See every Novo guitar in stock.
- Serus J. Novo's offset flagship: tempered pine, Mastery M1 bridge and NV vibrato
- Serus H2. The Serus with a TonePros bridge and stoptail; ours carries Lollartrons
- Miris J. Swamp ash body with the Mastery bridge and NV vibrato
- Solus. Tempered pine, in F1, F2, H2 and M1 versions
What a Novo costs
Novo guitars on our wall run from about $5,800 to $10,800 today.
Buying a Novo from us
Lauzon Music is established as a top Novo dealer in Canada. Every Novo leaves our bench set up and ships insured, free over $200 across Canada and the US, with no duty on US orders. If the one you want isn't here, we can spec a build with Novo and order it in.
The Novo story
Dennis Fano founded Fano Guitars in 1996, then started Novo in Nashville in 2015 with a clean sheet. The guitars are built there by a small team, with Fano still doing the drawing. In 2025 the two companies merged and Fano production moved into Novo's shop.
The shapes read as familiar for about a second. Fano works from the vocabulary of early Fender, Gibson, Kay and Silvertone and rearranges it: offset waists, pickup layouts that belong to no single decade, headstocks you cannot quite place. Nothing here is a reissue of anything.
The line starts at the Serus J, Novo's flagship offset, and runs through the single-cut Solus, the semi-hollow Miris, the Idris, the Voltur and the Ivorus bass. Pickups change with the build; Lollartrons and gold foils turn up often. Aging is specced at order, anywhere from clean to medium distress.
People ask for the finishes by name. Toasted Marshmallow, Purple Stranger, Matrix Sparkle, Bull Black, Lake Sonic Burst, Uffington Green. Novo names a colour the way it draws a body.
Lauzon Music is established as a top dealer for Novo guitars in Canada. What is on this page was specced here, one build at a time: the colour, the pickups, the distress level, the pickguard. Every one crosses Ian Vance's bench before it ships. If the one you want is not here, we will spec it with Novo and order it.
Questions
Novo questions, answered
What's the difference between Novo and Fano?
Both are Dennis Fano designs. Fano Guitars, his first company, reworked the familiar silhouettes of his heroes with new combinations of pickups, woods and bridges. Novo, which he founded in 2015, is where he moved on to body shapes of his own.
Is the Novo Serus J a Jazzmaster?
No. It's an original Novo offset that draws on that era without copying it: a tempered pine body, a Mastery M1 bridge with Novo's NV vibrato, and pickups chosen build by build.
What pickups do Novo guitars use?
It changes with the build. Most Novos carry Lollar pickups, including P-90s, DC-90s, dB pickups and Novo's split-coil staple JM set made by Lollar, and some get PAF-style humbuckers. Each of our listings names what's in that guitar.
How much distress does a Novo have?
It's chosen per guitar, from extra light to medium, and it's done by hand. The level is set when the guitar is specced.
Can you order a custom Novo?
Yes. Novo builds custom guitars, from finish and pickups to neck profile and distress level. We spec the build with you and order it in.
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