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Deering Goodtime Special 5-String Banjo with Special Tone Ring Resonator
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GOODTIME SPECIAL
When you see the word ‘Special’, it means that the banjo features a patented Goodtime Special Tone Ring giving the banjo a more powerful and brighter tone. This banjo is perfect for anyone who loves the Goodtime vibe of natural maple but wants to add a bit more kick to their tone. The volume of tone is a wonderful surprise to players. If you're looking for a banjo with good volume and tone, and prefer to keep the cost as low as possible, then this is the banjo for you.
This banjo will perform well in a jam session or band setting, feel comfortable, fret correctly, and be a stable instrument you can play for years to come. This is a fantastic banjo for bluegrass banjo playing.
Why a Goodtime Banjo?
DEERING GOODTIME SMILE BRIDGE
The responsive sensitivity of the maple, with the hard, dense ebony top contributes to the Goodtime banjos clear, resonant responsiveness.
QUIET TAILPIECE
Specially selected metal is used to prevent the tailpiece from making “its own sound” and muddying up the banjo’s tone. The violin maple rim is supposed to sing, not your tailpiece.
STABILITY ENHANCING J-HOOKS
The proprietary Deering J-hooks are wider at the top to prevent twisting off the tension hoop when tightening the banjo head.
QUIET COORDINATOR ROD
Made of special alloy that is strong and does not interfere with the singing resonance of the violin maple rim.
3-PLY VIOLIN GRADE MAPLE RIM
The maple in the Goodtime rim is the exact wood used in the finest violins in the world. Only Deering puts this professional grade 3-ply maple rim in a banjo in this price range.
SEALED GEARED TUNERS
Five high quality geared tuning machines make tuning the Goodtime banjo easy, accurate and fun. Too many student banjos are cursed with poor quality tuners, so the students blame themselves for an out of tune banjo when it’s the tuner that is at fault.
ROCK MAPLE NECK
This fine grained, dense, extremely hard, wood creates a stable neck, and imparts a bright, crisp quality to the Goodtime banjo tone.
Neck
- Neck Wood:
- Rock Maple
- Neck Shape:
- Comfortable "D" Shape
- Stain:
- None
- Finish:
- Satin
- Nut Width:
- 1 1/4"
- Nut Material:
- Lexan Polycarbonate
- Tuners:
- Sealed Geared Tuners
- 5th String Tuner:
- Goodtime Geared 5th String Tuner
- Frets:
- 22 Pressed In Nickel Silver Frets
Pot
- Rim:
- 3-Ply Violin Grade Maple
- Rim Diameter:
- 11"
- Tone Ring:
- Patented Goodtime Special Steel Tone Ring
- Head:
- 11" Top Frosted High Crown
- Tension Hoop:
- Beveled Steel Tension Hoop
- Hooks & Nuts:
- 16 Flat J-Hooks and 9/32" Hex Nuts
- Flange:
- Two Piece Goodtime Series Flange
- Armrest:
- Goodtime Armrest
- Hardware Plating:
- Nickel
- Tailpiece:
- Deering Patented Goodtime Tailpiece
- Finish:
- Hand Rubbed Polyurethane with Carnuba Wax Finish
Resonator
- Resonator Wood:
- 3-Ply Poplar/Poplar/Maple
- Resonator Finish:
- Satin
- Resonator Sidewalls:
- Straight
- Resonator Diameter:
- 13 7/8"
- Resonator Stain:
- None
Dimensions
- Neck Width at the Nut:
- 1 1/4"
- Scale Length Nut to Bridge:
- 26 1/4"
- Rim Diameter:
- 11"
- Overall Instrument Length:
- 38"
- Weight Approx.:
- 5.5 lbs
Miscellaneous
- Comes strung with Deering Light Gauge Strings
- String gauges: 10, 11, 13, 21w, 10
- Comes tuned:
- G, D, G, B, D
Can easily be tuned in other tunings as well.
| Model: | GS |
| Manufacturer: | Deering |
