When I bought my open-back Goodtime and finally had a truly well-made, quality, nice sounding, playable banjo in my hands for the first time, I just wanted to play it all the time

Terrific quality and American made

My only "issue" is that it doesn't come with an armrest, and that Deering has designed it so that you can only use a Deering armrest (some custom makers have also released products, but they are far more expensive than Deering's armrest), but that is a simple fix, and really doesn't take away from the phenomenal quality and playability of this instrument

This is exactly what we wanted for our first good quality starter banjo.

I didn't spend a large amount of money on it, but I still got a quality product that will encourage me to continue learning and exploring the wonderful world of banjo music

Excellent tone quality