The Deering Blackgrass Special takes the all-black Blackgrass and adds a Goodtime Special steel tone ring for a brighter, richer tone with more sustain and volume. Midnight maple fingerboard with vintage artisan pearloid inlays. Planetary tuners, spikes at 7, 9, and 10.
This is a pre-order. Our next left-handed Goodtime is due to arrive from Deering in October 2026. Your payment is fully refundable at any time before it ships.
The left-handed build of the Deering Goodtime, the banjo teachers recommend more than any other: a 3-ply violin grade maple rim, a slim rock maple neck and only 4.5 lbs. Made in Spring Valley, California. Set up by our banjo tech Tara in Yellow Springs before it ships. $599 with free shipping.
The Goodtime Parlor is Deering's short-scale Goodtime: a 23 inch scale and 19 frets on the same 3-ply violin grade maple rim that makes the Goodtime sound so good. Sized for kids, smaller hands and travel, and only about 4 lbs. Made in Spring Valley, California. In stock in Yellow Springs and set up by our banjo tech Tara. $599 with free shipping.
The Deering Goodtime Six is a 6-string, steel-string banjo that tunes like a guitar. Handcrafted in Spring Valley, California. Maple fingerboard, 3-ply violin grade maple rim, comfortable guitar-style neck. $899 with free shipping and professional setup by our banjo tech Tara. Made in the USA.
The Deering Goodtime Six-R is a 6-string banjo tuned like a guitar (E A D G B E), with a maple resonator for stage volume, a radiused Pau Ferro fingerboard and a guitar style 1 11/16 inch nut. About 5.5 lbs. Made in Spring Valley, California. In stock, $1,189 with free shipping.
The Goodtime Special adds Deering's patented Goodtime Special steel tone ring to the Goodtime resonator banjo, for more volume, more sustain and a brighter attack. 3-ply violin grade maple rim, rock maple neck with Art Deco hardwood inlays, US Bronze powder finished hardware. 8.75 lbs, handcrafted in Spring Valley, California. $1,229 with free shipping and professional setup by our banjo tech Tara.
The Deering Goodtime Zombie Killer III, a limited edition resonator banjo: apocalyptic rust hardware, a blood splatter finish on the resonator and heel, a matte black head, zombie fingerboard inlays and a blood drip Goodtime logo. About 6 lbs. Made in Spring Valley, California. In stock, $1,399 with free shipping.
Deering's arched top hardshell case for openback banjos, in 11 inch and 12 inch rim sizes.
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This is a pre-order. Deering has this banjo scheduled to ship to us in mid-October 2026. Your payment is fully refundable at any time before it ships.
The Deering Rustic Wreath is the Golden Series look and feel in a plainer suit: the Golden Wreath inlay pattern, a traditional prewar peghead, a deep Golden Series resonator and the Deering -06- bell bronze tone ring, all in dark walnut stained maple with a satin finish. About 11 lbs, made in Spring Valley, California, with a Deering lifetime warranty. $3,699 with free shipping.
This is a pre-order. Deering has this banjo scheduled to ship to us in March 2027. Your payment is fully refundable at any time before it ships.
The Scott Avett "Truth" is a signature Deering resonator banjo designed with Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers: a Hartford grenadillo tone ring for a warm, rich voice with real clarity, a quartersawn walnut neck, and custom inlays Scott designed himself. About 11 lbs, made in Spring Valley, California, with a Deering lifetime warranty. $5,499 with free shipping.
The Deering Sierra in its mahogany configuration: a quartersawn mahogany neck and mahogany resonator over a 3-ply violin grade maple rim with the Deering -06- bell bronze tone ring. Mahogany gives the Sierra a warmer, rounder voice than the maple version. About 11 lbs, made in Spring Valley, California, with a Deering lifetime warranty. $3,499 with free shipping.
The Deering White Lotus is a bluegrass resonator banjo built around Deering's patented 3-ply white oak rim, which gives it a bright, bell-like tone without a heavy metal tone ring. Quartersawn white oak neck, ebony fingerboard with lotus flower inlays, about 8 lbs. Made in Spring Valley, California, with a Deering lifetime warranty. $2,949 with free shipping.