Here is a heavily hot-rodded Goodtime banjo. It started life as a basic Goodtime Americana (12” pot) and since has had a lot of different upgrades to really bring out a sweet and plunky sound and look a whole lot nicer. The most significant change is the brass plate across the first seven frets to give a best of both worlds fretless tone with frets higher up the neck where good intonation is harder to find. The frets were pulled but the notches are subtly visible (from the side of neck) and are a great reference anchor for where the right spots are to hit the note if you're new to fretless. It works great with steel (currently on it) or nylgut strings. I am going to look around for videos of both (I think I linked a nylon one) and can send them if you’re interested. The cheap guitar tuners were replaced with Gotoh planetary tuners with black buttons, the tailpiece was upgraded to a no knot, and the head is a goat skin from John Balch. Lastly, the headstock features a beautiful rosewood veneer covering the original one and matching the bow tie inlays. All of this for less than the price of a new Americana. Comes in a gig bag. Local pickup preferred in the Westchester/NYC/Hudson valley area. I will also ship it for $50.
