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The Goodtime Banjo Beginner Package includes a Goodtime banjo, a Deering gig bag, banjo strap, picks, and tuner. This package includes everything needed to successfully get started playing the banjo! Including the perfect lightweight (4 lb) Goodtime banjo that you can take with you when you travel.
The Goodtime banjo is recommended by banjo teachers the world over because it plays right and sounds great
Specifications
Specifications
Specs
Neck
Neck Wood: Rock Maple
Neck Shape: Comfortable "D" Shape
Stain: Natural Maple
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
Inlays: Art Deco Inspired Hardwood Bowtie Inlays
Specs
Pot
Rim: 3-Ply Violin Grade Maple
Rim Diameter: 11"
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
Armrest: US Bronze Powder Finished Goodtime Armrest
Hardware Plating: US Bronze Powder Finish
Bridge: 5/8" Goodtime Smile Bridge
Tailpiece: Deering Patented Goodtime Tailpiece
Finish: Hand Rubbed Polyurethane with Carnuba Wax Finish
Specs
Dimensions
Neck Width at the Nut: 1 1/4"
Scale Length Nut to Bridge: 26 1/4"
Rim Diameter: 11"
Overall Instrument Length: 37 1/2"
Weight Approx.: 4.5 lbs
Specs
Warranty
The trust and pride we share in our product gives us the confidence to grant every owner of a Goodtime banjo a Six Year Warranty ensuring the quality of our materials and workmanship.
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Specs
Strings, Tuning, Etc.
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.
Gig bags and hardshell cases available below.
Overall rating: 4.821429 / 5 from 28 reviews.
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Reviews
Love the tone and lightness
"Love the tone and lightness of the banjo!"
Awesome looking
"Considering I am new to the banjo, I don't really have anything to compare this to. However, it sounds great and I am looking forward to learning to play now that I am in my retirement years."
Superb Tone
"Goodtime playability, the tone is very bright. The sound fills my room."
So far so great
"I got a cheap banjo about a year ago and didn’t realize how lame it was until this bad boy came in the mail today. Plays like a dream and it’s a beauty to look at. Took a little longer to get here than I was told but I’m in VT, literally opposite side of the country and that’s not really Deering’s fault anyway. The customer service people I spoke with, David and an English woman whose name escapes me were both wonderful. Couldn’t be more pleased, I will be returning to Deering for any and all banjo needs."
What a beauty!
"Wow! What a beautiful instrument. The craftsmanship is apparent from the box to the banjo itself. I have a lot to learn but at age 60 I am ready to embrace the whole process. My husband is a carpenter and he was admiring your beautiful craftsmanship too. Thank you Deering. I love it!!"
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Very pleased
"Very pleased with the quality, easy to play out of the box. I’ve played guitar 16 years and this is my first banjo and I am glad I chose Deering. Bag is a soft case but has a great foam lining, quality strap."
Slightly disappointed
"We were very excited to receive this banjo for our daughter, but we are having a very hard time getting it tuned and keeping it that way, we live so far away it is not easy to trying to send it in to get repaired, so she has yet to actually be able to use it"
Very pleased with my Goodtime Banjo Beginner Package!
"I am very pleased with my purchase of the Goodtime Banjo Beginner Package. The Goodtime is a great first banjo! I am enjoying online lessons and making steady progress. The banjo and accessories were delivered to my house just a few days after I placed the order. Great customer service!"
Q&A
- For clearification, does this include the smile bridge, since the standard goodtime does?
- The Goodtime banjo included in this pack will have the Goodtime Smile Bridge.
- Can you play claw hammer style on a resonator banjo? Thanks Marie
- Most definitely!
- do you offer the Deering Good Time "Classic" banjo?
- The Classic Goodtime banjos have been replaced by our new Artisan models which have the Midnight Maple fingerboard, fancier inlays and still have side dots and an armrest and planetary tuners.
- What is the difference between the Goodtime banjo and the Goodtime Americana banjo?
- The Americana has a 12" rim and renaissance head which means it has a deeper, rounder sound. The Goodtime has an 11" rim and white head...it is brighter in tone.
Why A Goodtime Banjo
Why A Goodtime Banjo
The Pot
1. DEERING GOODTIME SMILE BRIDGE
The responsive sensitivity of the maple, with the hard, dense ebony top contributes to the Goodtime banjos clear, resonant responsiveness.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. QUIET COORDINATOR ROD
Made of special alloy that is strong and does not interfere with the singing resonance of the violin maple rim.
5. 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.
The Neck
6. 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.
7. 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.
