Goodtime Midnight Special - neckjoint front
Goodtime Midnight Special - front
Goodtime Midnight Special - back
Goodtime Midnight Special - neckjoint back
Goodtime Midnight Special - pot assembly close
Goodtime Midnight Special - peghead front close
Goodtime Midnight Special - peghead back close
Goodtime Midnight Special - peghead front
Goodtime Midnight Special - peghead back
Goodtime Midnight Special - midnight maple fingerboard
Goodtime Midnight Special - midnight maple fingerboard

Goodtime Midnight Special

Regular price$1,369.00
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A black & white stand alone banjo with a modern look, the Midnight Special is the pinnacle of the Goodtime line. Updated for 2016, the Midnight Special now features the same Midnight Maple fingerboard, inlay pattern and engraved peg head that was introduced on the Artisan banjos.


The Goodtime Midnight Special also features our new patent pending Goodtime Tone Ring mounted on a violin grade maple 3-ply rim for a sound that rivals instruments several times the price. This modern black and white banjo has a look that is striking and classic at the same time. It's a modern banjo players banjo with great performance at an affordable price and of course it goes without saying... it is American Made!

Specifications

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Specs
Neck

Neck Wood:
Neck Shape:
Stain:
Finish:
Nut Width:
Nut Material:
Tuners:
5th String Tuner:
Frets:

Specs
Pot

Rim:
Rim Diameter:
Tone Ring:
Head:
Tension Hoop:
Hooks & Nuts:
Flange:
Armrest:
Hardware Plating:
Tailpiece:
Finish:

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Specs
Resonator

Resonator Wood:
Resonator Finish:
Resonator Sidewalls:
Resonator Diameter:
Resonator Stain:

Specs
Dimensions

Neck Width at the Nut:
Scale Length Nut to Bridge:
Rim Diameter:
Overall Instrument Length:
Weight Approx.:

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
String gauges:

Comes tuned:
Can easily be tuned in other tunings as well.

Gig bags and hardshell cases available below

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.

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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.


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