Brand: Deering Banjos
Instrument Categories: Banjos
| Comments | Presenting the Deering Eagle II Aught Six Banjo!
From time to time Deering offers us experimental banjos — banjos from their custom shop that were not ordered by shop or customer. When Barry Hunn from Deering called and offered me these two banjos I took them in a heartbeat. An opportunity for a unique banjo without the extra expense of the Deering Custom shop — the proverbial “no- brainer”!! So…what we have here is the new Eagle 11 inlay package on what we can safely call an Eagle 11 neck. This neck is fitted to a standard, gloss finish pot with a Deering Aught Six tone ring, red maple rim and gloss finish, Zinc flange and maple resonator. The pot is entirely a standard Deering Maple-Deluxe model. So in effect it is a Maple Deluxe model fitted with an alternate inlay package. I have been trying to come up with a “witty” name for this banjo; contenders like “Deagle” and “Eagluxe” have been batted around the shop. But I find that Deering beat me to it and formally assigned the name “Eagle II, Aught Six Ring” to the factory label inside the resonator. So there you have it — a Deering Deluxe Banjo at the regular Deluxe price of $2369 but fitted with the new Eagle II inlay package, and it’s a lovely looking banjo. And, you can confidently say there is only one other banjo like it in the solar system ! Grant MacNeill |
| Serial Number | Varies as new; the instrument shown is 020752 140729. Built at the Deering shop in Spring Valley, California, USA. These are custom instruments and we have two in stock. |
| Pricing | $2739 Canadian dollars, or $2157 US dollars, based on 1.27% exchange rate. NOTE: Exchange rates change daily! A Deering hardshell, archtop case is included. |
| Neck | Maple neck with unbound ebony fingerboard. |
| Frets | 22 pressed in nickel silver frets, mother of pearl Eagle engraved inlays, nickel plated tuners and 5th string peg. |
| Body | This banjo features the pot and resonator from the ‘Deluxe’ model, but in maple instead of mahogany. A violin-grade 3-ply maple rim is matched to a 20 – hole 06 Bronze tone ring, with a notched brass tension hoop and one piece cast zinc flange. The metal parts are nickel plated. |
| Finish | Clear, mahogany tinted Gloss finish. |
| Hardware/electronics | Nickel plated hardware,planetary banjo tuners with ivoiroid buttons, geared 5th string peg. Deering |
| Playability/Action | As you would expect from a Deering Banjo, this instrument plays very well right out of the box. We will of course perform a setup to the player’s requirements. Check out Please follow this links to see Grant MacNeill giving a tour of Banjo Setups! |
| Case | Deering Hardshell Archtop case included. |
- Model: Eagle II Aught
- Year: Current
- Class: New
- Country of Origin: USA
- Condition: Brand New
- Not Consignment
- Including Hard case
