5 String Banjos

The Goodtime Artisan Americana™ features a 12” rim, which gives the banjo a stronger bass response and a much warmer tone. The fullness and warmth of the larger rim is further enhanced by the addition of a 12” Renaissance head which beautifully complements the banjo both visually and sonically. The Artisan version of the Goodtime Americana features a rich brown stain, planetary banjo tuners, and the Midnight Maple fingerboard. This model features a frailing scoop but isn't pictured with it! Further details below...

A great banjo for all you lefty learners! Set up in our workshops for perfect intonation & action, the Stagg BJM30 LEFT HAND is an excellent beginners to intermediate 5-string banjo.

An A-scale short neck version of our popular AC-1 5-string banjo. The composite makes it very durable. The size makes it lightweight and easy to transport, which is perfect for travelling, taking to the beach or for a child to play on. Includes gig bag.

A 'Best in Show' product from the Summer NAMM Trade show in Anaheim California! Affordable, well made, lightweight 5 string openback long neck banjo with gig bag. 

Handmade in North Carolina, USA., the Pisgah Dobson is perfect for those looking for a lighter weight banjo with good sustain and projection.  The Dobson tone ring, modeled after the original 1881 patent, is bell shaped and gives the banjo good sustain and resonance while only adding 9 ounces to the total weight.  The Pisgah Dobson is very responsive, making it a joy to play!

Pisgah build banjos with a firm eye on sustainability and use 100% native Appalachian tonewoods. 

Choose your overall build option from Walnut or Cherry or Maple.

Supplied with quality padded Gig Bag.

Handmade in North Carolina, USA, the Rambler Dobson is the first, sustainable, hand made spun-over rim banjo on the market! This banjo features a 12"  stainless steel spun-over rim with a REMOVABLE Dobson tone ring, Richlite fingerboard, and a walnut neck . All hardware made in USA by Pisgah.

Pisgah build banjos with a firm eye on sustainability and use 100% native Appalachian tonewoods. 

Choose your overall build option from Walnut or Cherry.

Supplied with quality padded Gig Bag.

Gold Tone CB-100 5 String banjo. Clawhammer 5-string openback banjo 11". A scooped fingerboard, rolled brass rod tone ring, and vintage design makes this banjo great value. Supplied with Hard case.

The Ozark 2109G open back banjo offers attractive looks with great tonal quality and volume. It is built to a high standard in a natural finish featuring an ovangkol fingerboard with diamond inlays and chrome plated hardware.

Supplied with Ozark Padded Gig Bag.

From Ozark comes a range of colourful new 5 string banjos to brighten up your playing. Fitted with Remo Fibresyn heads to give you a warm,old time sound. Choice of Sunburst,Blue or Black. Click on images for different colour options.
Select choice below.

USA hand built Deering Sierra 'Maple' 5-string Open Back banjo with Deering -06- 20 hole bell bronze tone ring. This model has exquisite Greg Deering styled intricate pearl inlaid ebony fingerboard. Vintage brown stained maple neck and rim.

What an amazing banjo ...The Deering Sierra is the USA Deering Banjo CO. Flagship Model outselling all other Deering Banjos! The Maple Sierra here is Supplied complete with a Deering Deluxe hardshell case. Please see below for specification details.

Gold Tone Banjola+ electric-acoustic 5-string banjo neck with A-style mandolin body. The Banjola is a beautiful instrument with exquisite tone and sustain that you won't find in a standard 5-string banjo. Supplied with Gig Bag

New Goodtime Artisan 'Special' resonator banjo from Deering Banjos USA. Superb Bluegrass banjo with newly designed inlays,fingerboard and headstock design. Fitted with the 2010 tonering,great for playing in a band setting. Updated from the Classic goodtime with the same superb build quality and playability . 

This model is supplied already spiked on frets 7, 9 and 10.

See below for detailed specifications.

The Deering Goodtime Leader Maple Prince has a higher specification than the standard Goodtime banjo. It is fitted with a set of back facing Planetary Geared Deering Classic banjo tuning pegs and inlaid black side dot neck position markers. It is an excellent open back banjo with a USA rock maple neck and is set up for playing all styles, it is lightweight and easy to handle and carry for travelling if needed. The sound from this banjo is incredible! The three ply solid violin maple rim is the same quality as found on pre-war Mastertone banjos.

The Artisan Goodtime 2 resonator banjo from Deering Banjos USA. Superb Bluegrass banjo with newly designed inlays, fingerboard and headstock design. Updated from the Classic goodtime with the same superb build quality and playability . See below for detailed specifications..

The Senator has the time honored vintage Vega peghead profile, and a rich warm brown stained maple neck with adjustable truss rod and a 3-ply solid violin maple rim with dual coordinator rods. The spun brass tone ring gives it a bright yet warm tone. Please see below for specification details.

The Gold Tone BG-150F brings the beautiful appearance of the great pre-WWII banjos to a new, lower price point. This banjo offers the player the lovely hearts-and-flowers fretboard inlay and the fully-bound neck and fourteen-inch resonator of the Gold Tone BG-250F combined with lightweight playing comfort (made possible by installing a quarter-inch brass-rod tone ring rather than the nearly three-pound bell brass ring in the BG-250F). Little is lost in sound quality or power, and long gigs played standing up become much more bearable. Supplied with a gig bag! 

This is a great choice for a general workhorse banjo for bluegrass or any other banjo 5-string banjo style. Intermediate 'Workhorse' Banjo With Die-Cast Pot. Complete with deluxe gig bag. Set up in our workshops for perfect intonation & action.

A true lightweight backpacker banjo weighing in at only two lbs (0.907 Kg). This 5-string banjo also brilliant for getting children started on bluegrass and other styles of 5-string banjo.The Plucky is a backpacker's dream!  It is tuned to open C (CGCEG) or open D (DADF#A) as standard or you can tune it open G by changing to strings gauged 016, .034, .024, .019, .016. Set up perfectly in our on-sight workshop just like the big boys. Supplied in a bag.

The Goodtime Blackgrass Special features Deerings 2010 tone ring, is the ultimate banjo for players looking for something a little on the darker side. The pure black stain of the all maple wood is accented with matte black hardware and a black head which combine to put a dark twist on an otherwise traditional instrument. Johnny Cash would have wanted one of these! Fitted with the Deering 2010 steel tonering

The Deering Goodtime Leader ‘Maple Queen’ is an excellent open back banjo with a USA rock maple neck designed and set-up primarily for playing Old time, frailing and clawhammer styles. It is fitted with a Deering Fiberskyn head and a USA ‘No-Knot’ tailpiece to give you that gentle, full depth of tone that is favoured by Old Time artists. Also fitted to this brilliant Old Time banjo is a set of hand-crafted Eagle-Puretone strings with phosphor bronze wound 3rd and 4th strings. It is a lightweight and easy to handle and carry for travelling if needed. The three ply solid violin maple rim is the same quality as found on pre-war Mastertone banjos. Please see below for more details.

The Americana is the first 5-string banjo from Deering to be fitted with their new Grand 12” rim, which gives the banjo a stronger bass response and a much warmer tone. The fullness and warmth of the larger rim is further enhanced by the addition of a 12” Renaissance head which beautifully complements the banjo both visually and sonically.Further details below.

What a great banjo! The Deering Sierra is the USA Deering Banjo CO. 'Flagship Model' outselling all other Deering Banjos. Supplied complete with a Deering Deluxe hardshell case. Please see below for specification details.

The Pisgah Appalachian is all you need if you are looking for a quality, step-up banjo!  It is a simple, classic, no-frills banjo, similar in features to the Pisgah Possum, but with a rolled brass tone ring instead of persimmon to give a little more punch to the tone.  

Pisgah build banjos with a firm eye on sustainability and use 100% native Appalachian tonewoods.

Choose your overall build option from Maple, Walnut or Cherry.

Supplied with quality padded gig bag.