Maker
Deering Banjo Company
California banjo maker
Deering Banjo Company is a family-founded California banjo maker known for Deering, Vega, Goodtime, Tenbrooks, and custom banjo lines.
Models
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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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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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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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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 Sierra Banjo
Banjo · United States
A Deering professional resonator banjo family in the Flagship Series.
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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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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.
Sources
Categories
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Banjos
Banjos, banjo makers, model families, and related variants.
Representative model
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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.