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  • Bishline Heirloom

    Banjo · United States

    The Bishline Heirloom is a fully customizable resonator banjo from Bishline Banjos, offered in maple, mahogany, or walnut. It is one of the maker's standard hand-built bluegrass models from their Oklahoma workshop.

  • Stelling Golden Cross

    Banjo · United States

    The Stelling Golden Cross was the first Stelling model to carry the trademarked Stelling peghead shape; the current version features fancy curly maple with a golden sunburst stain and purfling inlaid along the neck and resonator binding.

  • Technical line drawing of Gold Tone OB-3 Twanger

    Gold Tone OB-3 Twanger

    Banjo · United States

    A Gold Tone Orange Blossom Twanger resonator banjo built around a maple rim.

  • Deering Goodtime

    United States

    Deering's USA-made Goodtime banjo series, built in Spring Valley, California with the same crew and tooling as Deering's top-of-the-line models. Spans the standard Goodtime openback and resonator banjos through the upgraded Artisan Goodtime line.

  • Deering Boston

    Banjo · United States

    The Deering Boston is a five-string resonator banjo that breaks with tradition by using a 3/16-inch rolled steel drum that rings like a tone ring, paired with guitar-style geared tuners and a poplar/mahogany or maple resonator, on a 26 1/4-inch scale.

  • Deering Golden Era

    United States

    The Deering Golden Era is a flagship bluegrass resonator five-string banjo built in the USA. It pairs a quartersawn curly maple neck and three-ply maple rim with Deering's bell bronze tone ring, a hearts-and-flowers inlaid ebony fingerboard, and a Cremona sunburst finish for a powerful, traditional bluegrass voice.

  • Nechville Galaxy Phantom

    United States

    The Nechville Galaxy Phantom is a five-string bluegrass banjo built around Nechville's patented one-piece cast Heli-Mount frame, which replaces conventional hook-and-nut hardware. It combines a three-ply maple rim and nickel-plated bronze-alloy tone ring with a radiused fingerboard, a tunneled fifth string, and a quick-change neck connection.

  • Gold Tone Cripple Creek

    United States

    Gold Tone's Cripple Creek (CC) banjo series, ranging from entry-level openback models to resonator-equipped versions aimed at old-time and beginning players. One of Gold Tone's best-selling banjo lines.

  • Prucha Legend

    Banjo · Czech Republic

    The Legend is one of the most highly acclaimed banjos from the Prucha workshop in the Czech Republic, praised for its great sound and easy playability. It delivers a strong voice at a mid-range price and is available with Hearts and Flowers, Flying Eagle, or Wreath inlay styles. Handcrafted to the highest standard, starting at EUR 2,660.

  • Gold Tone OB-150

    Banjo · United States

    The Gold Tone OB-150 Orange Blossom is a pre-war-style bluegrass banjo with a three-ply maple rim, one-piece flange, and brass flathead tone ring (the same ring as the OB-250), professionally set up with a custom neck fit.

  • Huber VRB-3 Truetone

    Banjo · United States

    The Huber VRB-3 Truetone recreates the pre-war style-3 flathead banjo, with a mahogany neck and resonator, the 1930s-style Huber HR-30 tone ring on a Huber engineered rim, and a vintage style-3 inlay pattern for a warm, classic bluegrass sound.

  • Bishline Cimarron

    Banjo · United States

    The Bishline Cimarron is one of Bishline Banjos' most popular resonator banjos, described by the maker as a bluegrass workhorse. It features a burl walnut resonator, a three-ply maple rim, a Bishline tone ring, an ebony fingerboard, and nickel-plated hardware. Bishline Banjos are handbuilt in Oklahoma.

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Makers

  • Stelling Banjo Works

    Stelling Banjo Works, founded by Geoff Stelling, is a Virginia workshop building high-end bluegrass banjos noted for their distinctive peghead shape and precise, powerful tone.

  • Nechville Banjos

    Nechville Banjos is Tom Nechville’s banjo company, known for modern banjo design features such as tunneled fifth strings, compound-radius necks, and adjustable systems.

  • Recording King

    Recording King is an American instrument brand reviving a historic Montgomery Ward name, known for affordable bluegrass and old-time banjos built around Mastertone-style tone rings and flanges, alongside guitars and resonator instruments.

  • Deering Banjo Company

    Deering Banjo Company is a family-founded California banjo maker known for Deering, Vega, Goodtime, Tenbrooks, and custom banjo lines.

  • Huber Banjos

    Huber Banjos, led by Steve Huber, builds professional bluegrass banjos and tone rings that recreate the sound of prized pre-war Gibson Mastertone instruments, including the HR-30 tone ring used in its Truetone vintage series.

  • Vega

    Vega is a historic American banjo brand, founded in Boston, whose old-time and classic models are today designed and built by the Deering Banjo Company in California.

  • Gold Tone Music Group

    Gold Tone Music Group is a Titusville, Florida maker and brand group with banjos, mandolins, guitars, basses, ukuleles, accessories, and related folk instruments.

  • Bishline Banjos

    Bishline Banjos is Rob Bishline’s Tulsa, Oklahoma banjo workshop, focused on custom and handcrafted banjos.

  • OME Banjos

    OME Banjos is a Colorado banjo maker with a lineage dating back to 1960 and a focus on artisan open-back, resonator, jazz, and bluegrass banjos.

  • Prucha Bluegrass Instruments

    Prucha Bluegrass Instruments is a Czech maker of banjos, mandolins, and banjo hardware founded around Jaroslav Prucha and bluegrass-instrument craft.

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