Hooks & Nuts

We make left handed banjos here at Deering! I know…you thought it was a rumor, a joke, a myth, but it is actually true! And it isn’t an accident… we do it on...

amateur (n.) - 1784, "one who has a taste for (something)," from French amateur "lover of," from Latin amatorem (nominative amator) "lover," agent noun from...

Weekly you will see new videos up on goodtimebanjos.com under the Styles section. These videos will take you through some of the most popular ways to play the...

More than 60,000 banjo players have chosen the Goodtime as their go to banjo. We recently asked a handful of these players to tell the world why they love...

Did You Know that Banjo is the Easiest Instrument to Learn? 

Unlike a guitar, the 6 string banjo can have its voice dramatically altered by the player. Brighter, warmer, less sustain, more sustain, more mid-range...

A customer asked me why the Goodtime banjo was made of blonde wood and why the inlays were so simple. He was comparing the Goodtime to an imported banjo that...

Yes. Everyone does.

The tales of our collective adventures and misadventures with the banjo are many. We all have at least ONE.

Isn’t it fun to be a “grown up”? Oh, sure, it comes with responsibilities but it also comes with the freedom of knowing it’s ok to make mistakes, that “try,...