Deering Deluxe 6 Banjo - 6 String Guitar Banjo 1998 Natural

Specs:

• 3-ply Maple Rim
• Cast Bronze flathead tone ring
• Full Deering 1-piece Flange
• Mahogany Neck with geared tuners and 22 Fret Ebony Fingerboard
• Mahogany Resonator
• Cast Deering tailpiece and radiused, compensated 6-string bridge

Sounds like a banjo but plays like a guitar!

Tuned like a standard 6-string guitar – either standard tuning or any open tuning you like.

Seriously, these are pretty much the only guitar banjos out there that actually sound good. If you've heard banjo on a record that came out of Nashville in the last several decades, chances are it was one of these – there's lots of session guys who play guitar, and these are their go-to banjos.

Sale includes an incredibly spacious and well-fitted teardrop-shape case. It is the original soft-shell case.

You can hear Harvey Reid play a very similar banjo (same tonal qualities but fancier inlay) in these videos:

MSRP of $3,849 – but Deering discontinued production of this Deluxe model in 2019, so they're getting harder to find

I can make a video of this for interested parties.

Local pickup also available in Bellingham, WA

From the Deering website:

Perfect for guitar players, this banjo is tuned like a guitar (E,A,D,G,B,E) the D-6 is a professional banjo that is heavier than the B-6 with the full rim and tone ring design of a bluegrass banjo. It has more volume and sustain than the B-6. It will fill the room with great music with a light touch of your fingers or flat pick!

You can relax using light touch and get a much more vibrant and responsive tone playing the D-6 with considerably less effort than you use in playing a guitar. Guitar players have nothing more to learn, just play your favorite songs because it's a guitar that sounds like a banjo. The sweet sounding 6-String Deluxe is one of the best banjo values available anywhere.