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The Rogue Travel/Starter banjo features 18 brackets, high-quality head, satin finish, first-rate tuning machines, and a road-ready open-back design that's light and fleet and produces authentic tone. Accompanying padded gig bag, Banjo Case Chord Book with multiple fingerings, and Beginning Banjo For 5-String Banjo DVD with special interactive features and tab charts make it a complete kit to get you started on the high road to the Grand Ole Opry! ... Read more

Features

• Rogue Travel/Starter banjo:
• 18 brackets
• High-quality head
• Open back
• Satin finish

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I liked it
This is a great 'starter pack' for the banjo.I haven't ever played a stringed instrument before but am finding the DVD instructions easy to use.The banjo seems like decent enough quality for the beginner.The pack doesn't come with finger picks so you might want to order them separately (they're cheap).I'm having lots of fun with the banjo and DVD! ... Read more

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18 brackets; high-quality, vintage-style head; open back; satin finish; and first-rate string tuning machines make this a hot little instrument for fancy pickin' on the go or in the office. It's lightweight and super sturdy, perfect if you're just starting out and don't want to spend a lot. ... Read more

Features

• 18 brackets
• High-quality, vintage-style head
• Open back
• Satin finish
• First-rate string tuning machines

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30-bracket aluminum rim. Mahogany neck with a nato resonator. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Chrome-plated armrest. Milky head made by Remo. Covered chrome machine heads. Outstanding value. ... Read more

Features

• 5-string
• 30-bracket aluminum rim
• Mahogany neck
• Nato resonator
• Rosewood fingerboard and bridge

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Tuned and played like a guitar, but sounds like a Banjo! Constructed with attention to detail the Backwoods 3, 5, 6, and 7 are a notably solid line of banjos with very appealing prices. Reminiscent of their fore fathers from the 30's the Backwoods present a bright tone with a traditional look. ... Read more

Features

• Mahogany Rim and Resonator
• Mahogany Neck
• Grover Tuners
• Wing Inlay

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Rock maple neck with dot inlays, Multi-ply birch and maple rim, Open back, Adjustable tailpiece and action, Geared tuning machines, Easy to carry -- only 4 pounds, Hand-made in USA, One year warranty. Note: Our banjos are individually inspected, set up and tuned by the banjo.com staff in Georgia. We are banjo players, so we set them up the way we want to play them! Each banjo is in tune when we carefully pack it for shipment. Climate conditions and travel will affect the tuning, so it may need to be fine-tuned before playing. ... Read more

Features

• Rock-maple neck
• Birch and maple rim
• Standard 11" head

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Five stars for value and quality
I do not own a Deering Goodtime but I have had a number of opportunities to play them during Dan Levenson's workshops and at at a local KC metro music store (Mountain Music Shoppe).They are outstandingly playable and represent far better value for the money than any comparably priced alternative that I have come across.

I first became interested in banjo through Stephen Wade's wonderful Banjo Dancing one man shows and decided that I wanted to begin exploring banjo on my own.At that time, late seventies, there were very few options available.The choice was buying an open back "maker" banjo at > $1000, buying a used hootenany era banjo in the $500 to $800 (often with a Pete Seeger long neck), buying an Asian disposable with flashy pearloid cosmetics and buzzy frets, or building my own (the twisted route I took.).

Several years on, I was lucky enough to be able to buy a marvelous Bart Reiter at a fairly reasonable price thanks to some shop wear.Sadly most other potential enthusiasts were still faced with either inappropriate junk or a serious investment.Let's be honest here people, a serious investment in a beginner banjo, especially one for traditional styles, should be a contradiction in terms (for clarification just look at what the icons of Round Peak clawhammer banjo were playing in their day.They were far more likely to be Silvertones than Mastertones.).

Deering has had the good sense to recognize that if they are going to sell their high end goodies, future customers need to have *sound* entry level products that will allow them to grow into a better banjo and have an uncontrollable desire to plunk down long green on a Vega #2.(a "Duh!!!" here is probably fair despite the fact that the rest of the market appears to be oblivious or perhaps has ceded the niche to Deering).The Goodtime fills the entry-level spot admirably.

Bottom line, having meandered enough:Visually the Goodtime is somewhat cheesy; sporting spray painted position markers and a non-traditional, if cheery, peg head.The neck is outstandingly playable and reflects great tradeoffs on Deering's part.Despite not having a tone ring, this little banjo is remarkably well balanced tonally, probably due to a very hard and sturdy birch/maple pot (compare it to the light plywood pots on some Asian imports).

If I had to pick an entry-level banjo with which I had to live for an extended period of time, I would happily pick a Goodtime.For that matter, if they ever get around to offering a fretless, I'll probably pick one up as a traveling companion.

While I have done business with Musician's Friend in the past and found their service to be excellent, I would encourage everyone with a good local music store to buy locally.Independent music stores will probably get you within a reasonable range of advertised "internet" prices and, in return for the tiny premium, will ensure that the setup is good and help you get wired into the community of like minded instructors, pickers and peers.

It is never too late or too soon, get busy and play.

Cheers...TG (not in the business)
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6 String Banjo Guitar from Kay with beautiful wooden resonator. Great sound and looks for the price! ... Read more

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23" long. This is not a Kentucky banjo. The case is integral to the instrument. Metal strings are plucked or strummed with picks while depressing keys to change the notes. ... Read more

Features

• Banjo, 23" Long (keyboard dulcimer)

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Information
Hello. The banjo-dulcimer you see here may be more properly known as a BulBulTrang (Spelling may be inaccurate) or as a Benju. The BulBulTrang is made in the Middle East and the product information follows this line. It was imported by the Japanese, who called it a Benju, hence Banjo. It usually has ten strings which are all tuned to the same note and usually comes with a pick and key for playing and tuning. I tune mine to a G above middle C, but that's just my choice. It has a keyboard set up in the standard Western style, but chords can't be played. If you took it apart, you'd see that it works rather like a herdy-gerdy, or, if you wish, rather like a non-fretted guitar. The keys press down little metal pieces onto the strings in positions to make notes.

Thanks.

Signed:
Dakotah ... Read more

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2 string wooden-faced banjo from Vietnam. Nice sound and nicely made. Can be plucked or bowed. 40 inches long. ... Read more

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Ariana Banjos are constructed with Nato Wood Necks, Rims and Resonators with a High Gloss Finish. The Fingerboards are made of hard Sonokelin wood. Open type tuning machines are chrome plated. Ariana Banjos provide a traditional banjo look and feel, solid tone and easy playability. ... Read more

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Mahogany neck and resonator, Aluminum rim, Chrome-plated arm rest, 6 strings, 30-piece bracket, pearl head geared tuners which extend to the sides, truss rod. Coated plastic head. Pearl inlaid scroll-design fret markers, with truss rod, 19 Frets. Perfect for old New Orleans style jazz. Tuned and played like a regular guitar. Uses standard strings. tuning: EADGBE. ... Read more

Features

• Overall length is 35 inches.
• Resonator width is 13-1/2 inches.
• Resonator depth is 4 inches.
• Scale length approximately 22 inches.

Product Description

Mahogany resonator

30 brackets

Chrome armrest

Tension 5th string peg

Adjustable truss rod

Rosewood fingerboard
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Features

• Mahogany resonator
• 30 brackets, Rosewood fingerboard
• Chrome armrest
• Tension 5th string peg
• Adjustable truss rod

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The Dean B3 Banjo pack comes complete with a B3 Mahogany rim Banjo, heavy-duty gig bag and a pitch pipe.Perfect for the beginning banjo player - makes a great gift. ... Read more

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These banjo mandolins have spun aluminum bodies and are well designed. The neck is attached by a large screw mechanism that also adjusts the angle of neck tilt, allowing custom action set up in minutes. Just loosen the strings and adjust the screw, retune, and that's it. The heads are mylar, and replace very easily with only seven screws, and since they use an upper tension ring design similar to their dumbek heads, the head tensions very evenly with a minimum of lugs, plus, the mylar heads are nearly indestructable, short of attack with a sharp object, and are impervious to weather changes. Tuning becomes much more stable. Another feature is their durability. They are very hard to break, and are thus a perfect travel instrument- sturdy, small, light, and loud. Tuning GDAE. Total length is 24 inches. ... Read more

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36" long. This is not a Kentucky banjo. The case is integral to the instrument. Metal strings are plucked or strummed with picks while depressing keys to change the notes. ... Read more

Features

• Banjo, 36" Long (keyboard dulcimer)

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Quality sound at a great price make the BG-250 and BG-250F a "Bluegrass Special." This banjo includes our lifetime warranty. The BG -250 converts easily to a bona-fide open back for frailing and clawhammer style. The BG-250F has a flange and a larger resonator for piercing tone in bluegrass music. Assembled and set up in the USA. ... Read more

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Save BIG when you buy today! ... Read more

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Goldtone has taken their celebrated OB-250 and improved it dramatically by adding many unique features reserved for only the highest-quality banjos. Upgraded features include the JLS tone ring, 3-ply maple rim, coordinator rod adjuster, Brian Hooper Intonated Custom Bridge and a raised neck to body mount. Includes a free Goldtone deluxe hardshell case - a $112 value. ... Read more

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For a sweet frailing or clawhammer tone the MM-150 is our original open back and has been very well received. Options include a long neck (MM-150LN), a fretless model (M-150FL), or a fingerboard cutaway model which allows right hand frailing above the head for an extra sweet plunkey tone (MM-150C). Assembled and set up in the USA. ... Read more

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5-string, Maple neck and resonator, Die cast planetary type machine heads, 30 brackets, Chrome armrest, Geared 5th string peg, Remo head, Acousticraft bridge ... Read more

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Johnson'stravel banjo is built for the traveling musician who needs that big âbarkâ in a small scale design. Built with a dependable maple rim and mahogany neck, this banjo features a lightweight design so it is perfect for any road trip. It also comes with a durable travel bag to keep it safe wherever the road may lead. ... Read more