Deering Goodtime GDAE Irish Tuned 17 Fret Tenor Banjo Beginners Pack
The Deering Goodtime USA built 17 fret Irish tenor banjo with a six year guarantee. Excellent for playing Irish tunes, the Deering Goodtime with three ply solid violin maple rim & bow tie inlays. 19 fret version available.
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Pack contains the following items
The USA built Goodtime open back tenor banjo with fast action 17 fret rock maple neck. Can be supplied tuned for playing jazz in CGDA, Irish music in GDAE or Chicago (guitar style) in DGBE. A great sounding USA hand-built 17 fret tenor banjo. Please see below for specification
The TGI Transit series of bags are made of a durable canvas featuring 10mm padding, tough durable TGI zip ring pulls for quick and easy access and an embroidered TGI logo.
Very simple single button design. The excellent Fzone FT-15 clip on chromatic tuner. Very simple to use with a single selector button for on/off and also mode selection. Suitable for any stringed instrument including banjo, guitar, ukulele, violin and others. It just simply clips on to the headstock of your instrument and picks up the vibration to register the exact tuning of your instrument. Please see more details below. Note Eastman guitar not included!
An excellent Irish GDAE Tuning 'Medium' Gauge set for 17 fret Short Scale banjos. This is a 'Heavy' gauge set for 19 Fret GDAE tuning Irish Tenor Banjos. String gauges are plain 1st and wound 2nd, 3rd and 4th gauged as follows:- 13, 20w, 30w, 40w
Black webbing banjo strap with leather ends, fully adjustable for length, complete with banjo fixing ties.
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Description
An excellent value 'Irish' tenor banjo starter pack ...this super value Irish Tenor Banjo Starter Pack includes all that you need to start playing 'Irish tenor banjo' ...The pack includes a USA built Deering Goodtime Tenor Banjo.
Please use the drop down box above to choose the pack of your choice.
We set up each banjo with the correct gauge strings for tuning and playing 'Irish tenor banjo' At the set-up stage, we file the nut and the bridge to suit the heavier gauge strings and set the action and intonation. We tune each banjo to G, D, A, E for 'Irish' dropped tuning.
The following super value items are included in this pack ...
- Deering Goodtime 17 fret short scale or 19 fret tenor banjo with three ply solid violin maple rim, and bow tie fingerboard inlays
- A fully chromatic clip on tuner
- Quality 10mmm padded gig bag with double rucksack straps
- Fitted adjustable shoulder strap
- Choice of Tutor Book or DVD - All Ireland Champion Owen Hackett 'The Irish Music Banjo Tutor Book or Gerry O'Connor Irish Tenor Banjo tutor book & CD. DVD options include Gerry O'Connor's "Absolute beginners Irish Tenor banjo" DVD, Or Gerry O'Connors "Irish tenor banjo, complete techniques"
- Spare set of Eagle-Puretone hand crafted strings for G,D,A,E tuning
- Two Plectrums
- Deering Presentation Box
- Banjo Maintenance Manual available to download from the Deering website.
- 6 year Guarantee
Each banjo we supply is individually set up in our on-site Banjo Specialist Workshop here at Eagle Music. Any Banjo purchased from Eagle will be fully SET UP, checked for intonation and playability and tuned ready for playing straight out of the box!
Specification
Brand Specifics
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Range / Series
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Goodtime
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Product Line
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Blonde Goodtime
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Banjo Type
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4 String Banjo
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Number of Strings
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4 String
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Pot
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Pot Type
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Open back
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Pot Diameter
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11"
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Pot Construction
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3 ply violin grade maple rim
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Banjo Head Type
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White Smooth Top
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Crown Height
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High Crown (1/2")
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Number of Hooks
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16
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Bridge
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Deering Goodtime Smile Bridge 3 footed maple with ebony tip
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Bridge Height
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5/8"
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Tailpiece
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Deering Goodtime Patented Tailpiece
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Neck
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Neck Material
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Blonde slender rock maple neck
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Fretboard
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Maple
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Number of Frets
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17
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Neck Inlays
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Goodtime Bow Tie Inlays
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Scale Length
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21" (535mm)
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Headstock
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Nut Material
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Synthetic
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Nut Width
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1 1/8″ (28.5mm)
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Tuning Pegs
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Closed geared side tuners
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Tuner Buttons
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Chrome
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Finish
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Finish
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Satin
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Other
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Overall Length
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32″
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Country of Manufacture
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Right or Left Handed
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Right Handed
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Supplied with Case/Gig Bag
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None
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Manufacturers Warranty
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Weight
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4 lb
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Misc
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Package Deals
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Starter Pack
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