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Banjos · Models
Banjos, banjo makers, model families, and related variants.
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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.
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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.
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Gold Tone OB-3 Twanger
Banjo · United States
A Gold Tone Orange Blossom Twanger resonator banjo built around a maple rim.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Vega Old Tyme Wonder
Banjo · United States
The Vega Old Tyme Wonder, built by Deering, is a lightweight old-time open-back five-string banjo with a steamed violin-grade maple rim, a frailing scoop, a fiberskyn head, and a no-knot tailpiece for a warm, woody string-band tone.
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Gold Tone CC-100 Cripple Creek
United States
The Gold Tone CC-100 Cripple Creek is an entry-level open-back five-string banjo set up at Gold Tone's Florida workshop. It has a hard maple neck and multi-ply maple rim with a rolled brass tone ring, a bound rosewood fingerboard with snowflake inlays, and a two-way adjustable truss rod for comfortable, beginner-friendly playability.
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Prucha Professional
Banjo · Czech Republic
The Professional is Prucha's fourth original banjo design, built in the Czech Republic to prewar specifications. It features a flathead tone ring with an original zinc alloy flange unique to the Prucha workshop, with inlay patterns on both headstock and fingerboard. Wood type and binding are customizable, resulting in a fully original instrument, starting at EUR 3,420.
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Deering Sierra Banjo
Banjo · United States
A Deering professional resonator banjo family in the Flagship Series.
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Deering Artisan Goodtime Six-R
Banjo · United States
A six-string Deering Goodtime-family resonator banjo for guitar-style tuning and technique.
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Ome Juniper
United States
The Ome Juniper is an open-back five-string banjo handmade in Boulder, Colorado. It features a curly maple neck, a two-ply maple rim fitted with Ome's heavy rolled brass tone ring, an ebony fingerboard with a scoop, and aged brass hardware, producing a warm, responsive tone suited to clawhammer and old-time playing.
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Deering Calico
Banjo · United States
The Deering Calico is a professional five-string resonator banjo with a quartersawn curly maple neck and three-ply maple/poplar resonator, an 11-inch three-ply violin-grade maple rim, and Deering's -06- 20-hole bell bronze tone ring, with a 26 1/4-inch scale.
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Recording King RK-R35 Madison
Banjo · China
The Recording King RK-R35 Madison is a five-string bluegrass resonator banjo built on a three-ply steam-bent maple rim with a Mastertone-style bell-brass cast tone ring and one-piece flange, a maple neck with two-way truss rod, and a maple resonator.
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Gold Tone CC-50RP
Banjo · United States
The Gold Tone CC-50RP is a Cripple Creek-series five-string resonator banjo with planetary tuners, one of Gold Tone's most popular entry-level bluegrass instruments.
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Deering Goodtime Banjo
Banjo · United States
Deering's Goodtime open-back five-string banjo, a lightweight American-made student and general-purpose model.
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Gold Tone Orange Blossom
United States
Gold Tone's Orange Blossom (OB) series of pre-war-style bluegrass banjos, featuring three-ply maple rims, one-piece flanges, and flathead tone rings that evoke the classic Mastertone-style instruments.