Deering Goodtime Special 5-String Banjo with Resonator
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- Apply: There are two easy ways to apply for financing. A credit application can be completed over the phone in a matter of minutes with a Kraft Music team member. Applications can also be completed online.
- Purchase: All financing orders are completed over the phone. Once you're approved, give us a call at 800-783-3368 to place your order! Or you can contact us and set up a time that works best for you!
Terms and Conditions
*Qualifying purchase amount must be on one receipt. No interest will be charged on the promo purchase if you pay it off, in full, within the promo period. If you do not, interest will be charged on the promo purchase from the purchase date. The required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off the promo purchase by the end of the promo period. Regular account terms apply to non-promo purchases and, after promo period ends, to the remaining promo balance. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%. Minimum interest charge is $2. Existing cardholders: See your credit card agreement terms. Subject to credit approval.
Credit is extended by Synchrony Bank.
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This instrument receives a thorough inspection, ensuring it leaves Kraft Music looking great and ready to play out of the box. We inspect each of these guitars upon arrival and also do an additional check before the instrument ships from our climate controlled facility.
Our inspection process includes:
- + Tuning the instrument
- + Checking the tuning machines
- + Testing for playability up and down the neck
- + Measuring intonation at the 12th fret of each string
- + Inspecting the fit and finish of the instrument
- + Checking all knobs (when applicable)
- + Wiping down the instrument to be free from any fingerprints or dust
- + Placing protective paper under the strings
- + Detuning the instrument for safe transit
Once the instrument passes inspection, we’ll pack it up safely and securely and ensure it leaves on time. Every guitar is covered under our 45 Day Guarantee.
FREE GUITAR INSPECTION!Your guitar will arrive ready to play. 
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Deering Goodtime Special features a patented tone ring that produces a powerfully crisp, bright, sparkling tone. If you're looking for a banjo with good volume and tone and prefer to keep the cost as low as possible, this is the banjo for you.
- Blonde slender rock maple neck
- 11" 3-ply violin-grade maple rim
- Sealed geared tuners and geared 5th string tuner
- Pressed-in nickel silver frets
- Steel coordinator rod
- Deering fiddle-shaped peghead
- Deering patented Goodtime tailpiece
Please note: Deering instruments use a coated top banjo head. The manufacturing process can leave overspray on the edge of the head that rubs off during normal use. This overspray can also be removed with a microfiber cloth.
- Deering Goodtime 'smile' bridge: The sensitivity of the maple with the hard, dense ebony top contributes to Goodtime Banjo's 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: Proprietary Deering J-hooks are wider at the top to prevent twisting off the tension hoop when tightening the banjo head.
- Quiet coordinator rod: The coordinator rod is made from a 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 Goodtime Banjo easy, accurate and fun. Many student banjos are cursed with poor quality tuners, leading students to 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.
| SKU | DBC-GOODTIMESPC |
|---|---|
| MPN | GS |
| Manufacturer | Deering |
| Condition | New |
| Included from Manufacturer | Deering light gauge banjo strings |
| Acoustic Body Style | Banjo |
| String Material | Steel |
| Number of Strings | 5-Strings |
| Right/Left Handed | Right |
| Top | Banjo head |
| Back | Maple resonator |
| Sides | 11" 3-ply violin-grade maple rim Steel tension hoop 11" frosted top high crown head 16 flat hooks with 9/32" nuts |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fingerboard | Maple |
| Number of Frets | 22 |
| Bridge | 5/8" maple/ebony Goodtime bridge |
| Bridge Saddle Material | Wood |
| Scale Length | 26.25" |
| Nut Width | 1.25" |
| Finish | Durable satin finish Blonde |
| Unique Features | 11" rim diameter 13.875" resonator diameter Sealed geared tuners Geared 5th string tuner Steel coordinator rod Deering fiddle-shaped peghead Deering patented Goodtime tailpiece Pressed-in nickel silver frets |
Deering Goodtime Warranty
All new Deering Goodtime banjos carry a six-year limited warranty when you send in the warranty card or register online at the Deering Banjos website.
The warranty covers defective materials or workmanship. The warranty does not cover normal wear and tear, the frets, finish, or accidental damage and is not transferable to subsequent owners. Incidental and consequential damages are excluded from this warranty and Deering assumes no liability other than for the actual repair of the instrument.
Register your Goodtime banjo to validate your warranty and receive your Banjo Maintenance Manual.
Customer is responsible for shipping to and from factory for all repairs, whether warranty or non-warranty. Deering reserves the right to repair or replace the product following suitable evaluation.
SHIPPING DELAYS ARE A WORLD WIDE EXPERIENCE
You may have seen the images of ships stacking up on the west coast, waiting for their turn to port. This combined with the increased demand for domestic shipping of products from all industries across our nation has resulted in a rapidly fluctuating climate for receiving and shipping products. While we do our best to offer accurate shipping estimates, please remember that complications can arise which may be beyond our control. Know that Kraft Music is here to assist in any way that we can.
- Ground shipping is FREE for all orders $99 and up.
- Our central, midwest location ensures fast delivery times.
- See below for transit day estimates. Please note, these are estimates and are not guaranteed.
Though forcasting shipping times has become increasingly difficult, general FedEx package estimated transit days are as follows:
- Upper Midwest: 1-3 days
- Central US, South East US, and East Coast: 2-4 days
- West Central US: 3-5 days
- West Coast: 4-6 days
- Alaska & Hawaii: 7+ days