Deering Goodtime full 19-fret tenor resonator banjo for Irish music or trad jazz - the 11in resonator enables you to be heard in sessions and the 19 fret neck means in Irish tuning the G string has sufficient tension not to be too loose as you find with 17 fret necks. If you need less volume for practicing merely unscrew the resonator and pack the head.
Very nice used instrument in good condition - negligible fret wear..
Tuned in 5ths like a viola or cello (C,G,D,A) or Irish (G,D,A,E). Currently set up for Irish with D’Addario nickel strings 36W, 24W,17,13. Could also be set up in (D,G,B,E) Chicago guitar tuning.??In both tunings it sounds vibrant, clear and bold with punch and sustain.??
Made in America at the Deering Banjo factory in California.
No serial numbers - manufactured 2010 to 2017 (present cost new 745 euros without hard case)..
Three-ply violin-grade maple rim
Slender rock maple neck
Scale length 23in (584mm)
Synthetic nut 1 &1/8 in (28.5mm)
Goodtime™ design tailpiece
Tension hoop rolled from raw metal
Nice quality closed geared tuners
Maple resonator
Natural matte finish
Black binding
Weight about 7 lbs
Includes hard case
Instrument in Algarve, Portugal.
