Deering Boston 5-String Banjo

$2,749.00

Uniquely Deering, the Boston banjo breaks with tradition and provides a professional quality sound at a lower price point by creating the drum from 3/16″ rolled steel which rings like a tone ring and upgrading the accuracy of tuning with guitar style tuners with a higher gear ratio. The uniquely. Deering inlay pattern gives you visual beauty enhancing the great performance.




Specs


Neck

Neck Wood: Quartersawn Mahogany or Maple

Neck Shape: Slender "D" Shape

Stain: Brown Mahogany

Finish: Satin

Nut Material: Ebony

Tuners: Guitar Style Tuners

5th String Tuner: Deering Gotoh Geared 5th String Tuner

Frets: 22 Pressed In Nickel Silver Frets

Fingerboard: A Grade Ebony

Inlays: Seed and Vine Maple and Pearloid Inlays

5th String Spikes: No



Pot

Rim: Nickel Plated and Durable 3/16″ Steel Rim

Rim Diameter: 11"

Tone Ring:

Head: 11" Top Frosted Medium Crown

Tension Hoop: Beveled Steel Tension Hoop

Hooks & Nuts: 24 Flat J-Hooks and 9/32" Hex Nuts

Flange: Butterfly 24 Piece Flange & Shoe

Armrest: Deering Armrest

Hardware Plating: Nickel

Bridge: 5/8" Deering Smile Bridge

Tailpiece: Deering True Tone Tailpiece

Finish: Hand Finished Satin Polyurethane



Resonator

Resonator Wood: 3-Ply Poplar/Poplar/Mahogany or Maple

Resonator Finish: Satin

Resonator Sidewalls: Straight

Resonator Diameter: 13 7/8"

Resonator Stain: Brown Mahogany



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.: 9.6 lbs



Strings, Tuning, Etc.

Comes strung with Deering Light Gauge Strings

Comes tuned: G, D, G, B, D

Can easily be tuned in other tunings as well.

Comes with a hardshell case.


NB: Due to current supply constraints, case brand may vary.

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