Deering Tenbrooks Saratoga Star 5-String Banjo with Kruger Tone Ring

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Product Code: 4690

Description

A Tenbrooks-series banjo. Hold your horses! This new line of banjos from Deering would stop even Seabiscuit in his tracks! The Tenbrooks series offers a fine, clean, bright sound. Features a maple neck and resonator. Made in USA.

Named for the famed Kentucky Derby winning steed, this instrument is destined to out-distance itself from other great banjos. It may be the most memorable banjo you'll ever own.

Banjo virtuoso Jens Kruger wanted a special tone ring that would enhance the extreme low frequencies that support and complement the banjo's unique construction. Working with the 600-year-old Ruetschi Bell Foundry in Switzerland, Jens and metalurgists developed a tone ring with the evenly-crystalized molecular structure that makes an exceptional sound. Casting this bronze tone ring requires mastery of the maching process and extreme precision. To prevent any loss of the far-reaching tonal spectrum, the tone ring is not plated with gold, silver or nickel. Instead, it's finished to a shimmering, lustrous high polish, and then treated with linseed oil.

Crisp Maple with a brilliant full bodied tone, deep bass, brilliant highs, The Saratoga Star is one of the most elegantly beautiful modern banjos to enter the musical arena of classic instruments. Greg Deering personally designed the inlays with an Art Nouveau style in mind. Reminiscent of the Victorian Era, this high grade maple banjo stands out as a top of the line professional instrument, at home on the concert stages throughout the world.

It is played by world renowned banjoists like Bela Fleck, 2007 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year - Tony Trischka, Joe Bonsal of the Oak Ridge Boys, and Ned Luberecki.

Note: Our banjos are individually inspected, set up and tuned by the Banjo.com staff in Georgia. We are banjo players, so we set them up the way we want to play them! Each banjo is in tune when we carefully pack it for shipment. Climate conditions and travel will affect the tuning, so it may need to be fine-tuned before playing.

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Features

Neck:
Curly Maple Neck stained a Rich Dark Red Mahogany
22 Glued in Nickel Silver Frets
Ebony Fingerboard
Ivoroid Binding
Bone Nut
Adjustable Truss Rod
Spikes are installed at 7 & 9th frets
Deering Planetary Tuners
Deering Geared 5th String Tuner
Pot:
Deering Kruger Bronze Tone Ring
Tenbrooks style 3-ply Violin Grade Maple Rim
Deering Brass Notched Tension Hoop
11” Frosted Top, Medium Crown Head
24 Round Hooks with ¼” Hex Nuts
Nickel plated Zinc Flange
Deering True Tone Tailpiece
Nickel Plated Hardware
11/16” Signature Maple Ebony Bridge
Resonator:
Deep resonator made of Curly Maple
Resonator Sides are Specially Tapered on the Inside for Projection of Tone
Stained a Deep Red Brown
Highly Polished Finish
Tone:
The Saratoga Star resounds with a brilliant full bodied tone with deep bass and brilliant highs. It has a pleasing clarity and balance on every string up and down the entire fingerboard. The full Tenbrooks banjo design, materials and dimensions create this maple banjo that brings out all the best tone from the wood and precisely created metal parts so that this instrument rings true with a sweet clarity and uninhibited musicality.
Includes a Deering Hardshell Case
Dimensions:
Neck Width at the Nut 1 1/4”
Scale Length Nut to Bridge 26 1/4”
Resonator diameter 13 7/8”
Overall Instrument Length 38”
Weight Approx. 11 lbs
Lifetime Warranty:
The trust and pride Deering shares in their product gives them the confidence to grant every owner of a Deering banjo a Lifetime Warranty ensuring the quality of our materials and workmanship.