Buying the Banjo

To satisfy my curiosity about the banjo I took advantage of an introductory class at the Museum of Making Music. It was sponsored by Deering Banjo, and at that event I found out that Deering was sceduling a "Friends and Family" sale on Sunday, March 29. They would be offering their products at deeply discounted prices, so I decided to go. I was able to purchase a Goodtime model for a really good price and I was off and running.

As a matter of fact I actually purchased TWO banjos: a 5 string which will be the subject of this BLOG and a 19 fret tenor. The tenor is tuned like and plays like a mandolin, so the learning curve is not as great to at least play simple melodies on it.