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The Deering Goodtime 5-String Banjo offers both beginners and seasoned players alike an affordable instrument with professional appointments like a violin quality three-ply blond maple rim, a durable steel tension hoop and coordinator rod, and alluring satin finish. Highly resonant thanks to the openback design, this model is built for singalong bluegrass jams and porch playing alike.

Crafted with an armada of features like a mahogany neck, back, rim, and sides, a single coordinator rod, and open gear tuners, the Ibanez B50 Banjo captures the best facets of the instrument with an attractive price point. Ideal for beginners who want to start learning the banjo, this is also an excellent practice model to have around the house for pros or a dedicated travel model for fireside pickin'.

Designed with a high-grade three-ply Goodtime maple rim, slender blond rock maple neck with matching blond resonator, and nickel-plated 2 piece flange, the Deering Goodtime 2 5-String Banjo brings together professional appointments and an attainable price point in one instrument. Ideal for the touring bluegrass musician, this is also an excellent introduction banjo that will last for years.

The Epiphone MB-100 Banjo pairs a classic open-backed design with a robust tone wood used throughout the instrument, all at a price anyone can get behind. Resonant and full-throated, the MB-100 incorporates mahogany through the body and neck that sings all the way to the back of the room. Finished in high gloss to illustrate the rich color of the mahogany, this is an ideal avenue for newcomers to the instrument after a beginner's banjo with solid appointments.

The Oscar Schmidt OUB1 is a banjo-ukulele, also known as the banjolele. It is a four-stringed instrument with a small banjo body but is played in standard GCEA ukulele tuning. With a cast aluminum tone ring, mahogany resonator with bound backplate, and 18-fret neck, the OUB1 provides a distinctly banjo sound what projects louder than traditional ukuleles.

Looking for the most plucky attack possible out of your favorite folk instrument? Look no further than the Recording King RK-R20 Songster 5-String Tone Ring Banjo. Crafted with a mahogany resonator and neck, laminated maple rim, and rolled brass tone ring, the Songster's punchy, treble-oriented attack that jumps front and center in a mix and gets out of the way quickly with a lickety-split decay. Throw in appointments like a nickel-plated flange, bound rosewood fretboard, and mother-of-pearl seven peg head floral inlay and you've got looks and tone in one package.

The Dean Backwoods 6 Banjo brings pick plucky sound in a familiar format with features like a solid mahogany rim, neck, and resonator, celluloid binding, and rosewood fretboard for beauty and brains in one package. Crafted in a six-string design that allows guitarists to make an easier transition to the banjo format while still retaining the unique sound that made the banjo one of the best-loved folk instruments, the Backwoods 6 also sports an attractive price tag for beginners.

Crafted with an array of features like a steel tension hoop with a 24-piece bracket, mahogany resonator and basswood rim, and an authentic Remo Weatherking head, the Ibanez B200 Banjo is built to bring professional features within a feasible price range. Rounded out with a sturdy dual coordinator rod construction and eye-catching floral inlay, this will be treasured by beginners and pros alike.

Bringing together features like a mahogany resonator, raised aluminum tone ring, and closed chrome tuning machines, the Washburn B9 Americana Series 5-String Banjo offers a fleet of stage-ready appointments in a beginner instrument. Crisp and throaty, the B9 Americana articulates every pluck and strum whether you're up on the stage or sitting on the porch, and the lustrous buffed finish showcases the natural beauty of the wood for an affordable instrument you can show off.

The Fender FB-54 5-String Banjo is all Fender quality and construction infused into one of the most popular folk instruments of today. Taking design points from the classic models of the mid-20th century, the FB-54 employs a 30-bracketed aluminum rim and all-mahogany, closed-back construction for a woody, focused tone that brings the most out of every pluck. Finished in a vintage red sunburst and packing a real Remo head, this 5-string banjo looks and feels like a vintage instrument, but comes in at a price any musician can get behind.

Standing as the flagship model amongst professional players for the company, the Deering Sierra 5-String Banjo brings together features like a virgin bell bronze tone ring, three-ply rock maple rim, and a one-piece resonator flange to meld beauty and playability in one package. Designed with the touring musician in mind, this is also a crown jewel to have in any banjo enthusiast's collection.

The Dean Backwoods 6 Acoustic-Electric 6-String Banjo brings together features like a mahogany resonator, rim, and neck, celluloid binding, and striking gloss black finish for a hybrid instrument that will leave as much of a visual impression as a sonic one. Retaining the plucky attack of the banjo but offering a familiar six-string format guitarists will love, this is a great staple to have around the house for chicken pickin' or an auxiliary onstage axe thanks to the onboard electronics and single humbucker.

Crafted with features like a 24-piece bracket design, solid mahogany resonator, rim, and neck, and a built-in DMT design single neck humbucker with volume control for amplified playing, the Dean Backwoods 2 Acoustic-Electric 5-String Banjo brings country sound to the stage. Striking in both sound and appearance, this model's gloss ebony finish is matched by the authentic Remo WeatherKing head's transparent film which even allows you to see the wood and construction while playing.