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2024 Deering Vega Vintage Star 5 String Banjo

Original price was: $2,499.00.Current price is: $1,499.00.

A bold addition to Deering’s historically inspired Vega line of banjos, the Vintage Star merges the company’s modern instrument-making expertise with the tone, feel, and soul of a late 19th-century banjo. This instrument’s 3-ply violin-grade maple rim is thinned down from Deering’s standard spec, providing a more resonant and responsive voice. The rim is paired with a 12-inch Renaissance low crown head, then finished with a heavy and rich-sounding Dobson tone ring — a spec straight out of the late 1800s. You also get a knot-less tailpiece, and Deering planetary tuners come straight out of the historic banjo tradition. However, the Vega Vintage Star’s most striking feature is found not on the pot. This banjo’s quarter-sawn maple neck is a beautifully streaked slab of smoky ebony, complete with a frailing scoop to facilitate clawhammer playing.

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Description

  • Combines Deering’s modern instrument-building mastery with the soul, tone, and style of a late-19th-century banjo
  • Thinned-down 3-ply violin-grade maple rim and 12-inch Renaissance low crown head offer truly touch-sensitive responsiveness and crisp note-to-note clarity
  • Sturdy quarter-sawn maple neck shaped into a vintage-inspired Vega “D” profile
  • Stunning smoky ebony fingerboard is lined with eye-catching streaks and figuring
  • Frailing scoop to allow clawhammer players to pick further up the neck without bumping into any frets
  • Old-school Dobson tone ring grants you firm lows, rich highs, and improved sustain
  • Top-class Deering hardware, including a knot-less tailpiece, 24 flat J-hooks, a beveled steel tension hoop, and Deering Planetary tuners
  • Comfortable wooden armrest, handpicked to match the figuring of the neck
  • Hardware finished in a heavy-duty bronze powder finish
  • Ebony nut supplies a slightly more mellow tone on the open strings