Tuned like a guitar, guitar players can get up and go with this 6-string banjo. Our top selling 6-string banjo - now as an acoustic/electric model. This banjo is the preferred sound in country recording studios and in non-traditional bands. Taylor Swift uses this banjo on her Grammy award winning song "Mean". This banjo has big resonant bass notes that you don't find on a 5-string banjo, and also crisp highs for that beautiful banjo tone. Just plug it in and it's amplified with a great acoustic tone of the Kavanjo banjo pickup!
It has big resonant bass notes that you don't find on a 5-string banjo, and also crisp highs for that beautiful banjo tone. When plugged in, the Kavanjo pick up brings the Boston 6 to life.
Use a standard guitar cable to run your Boston 6 through your favorite amp, pedals, or straight into a DI box.
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Mahogany or Maple
Neck Shape: Slender "D" Shape
Stain: Brown Mahogany
Finish: Satin
Nut Material: Ebony
Tuners: Guitar Style Tuners
Frets: 22 Pressed In Nickel Silver Frets
Fingerboard: Radiused A Grade Ebony
Inlays: Seed and Vine Maple and Pearloid Inlays
Rim: Nickel Plated and Durable 3/16″ Steel Rim
Rim Diameter: 11"
Tone Ring:
Head: 11" Top Frosted Medium Crown
Tension Hoop: Beveled Tension Hoop
Hooks & Nuts: 24 Flat J-Hooks and 9/32" Hex Nuts
Flange: Butterfly 24 Piece Flange & Shoe
Armrest: Deering Armrest
Hardware Plating: Nickel
Bridge: 5/8" Deering Radiused Smile Bridge
Tailpiece: Deering 6-String Tailpiece
Finish: Satin
Resonator Wood: 3-Ply Poplar/Poplar/Mahogany or Maple
Resonator Finish: Satin
Resonator Sidewalls: Straight
Resonator Diameter: 13 7/8"
Resonator Stain: Brown Mahogany
Neck Width at the Nut: 1 3/4"
Scale Length Nut to Bridge: 26 1/4"
Rim Diameter: 11"
Overall Instrument Length: 38 1/2"
Weight Approx.: 9.6 lbs
The trust and pride we share in our product gives us the confidence to grant every owner of a Deering banjo a lifetime warranty ensuring thequality of our materials and workmanship.
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Comes strung with Deering Six String Strings
Comes tuned: E, A, D, G, B, E
Can easily be tuned in other tunings as well.
Comes with a hardshell case.
NB: Due to current supply constraints, case brand may vary.