Press Releases

Deering Launches New Website

Increased customer demand for more details, historical data on the banjo models, artist sound bytes, and informative videos prompted Deering Banjo Company to create and launch their new website. With over 100 models to choose from in the Deering, Tenbrooks, vintage Vega and Goodtime lines, the daunting project was recently completed and each banjo has pages with tabs for technical specifications, customer testimonials, and high resolution photographs so that they can see greater detail on each model. To help customers find an authorized Deering dealer anywhere in the world, a convenient and easy to use new “dealer locator” feature has also been added.

Finding much needed books, videos, and banjo accessories in one location has been difficult for banjo enthusiasts. The new website includes offerings from premium resources as well as the much needed proprietary Deering banjo parts customers have asked for over the years. The site has a secure server to protect customers’ vital information when placing orders for banjos and accessories. An extensive video library continues to be added to daily and current offerings include factory footage, artists playing banjos, and will eventually include detailed footage on all banjos made by Deering as well as maintenance manuals and technical FAQs.

The new website is a virtual one-stop-shop for any banjo player whether they are professionals, dedicated enthusiasts, or fledgling beginners. Whether you want to buy a new banjo, accessorize the one you already own, add to your collection, or learn about set-up…this is THE website for you.

Customers can order one of Deering’s new color catalogs or contact them via email through the website.Visit the new website at www.deeringbanjos.com to acquaint yourself with the new features.

2010 Deering Boston Banjos Have New Look

The new 2010 Boston banjos, available in both 5-string and 6-string, have a new fingerboard inlay pattern of white mother of pearl dots surrounded by leaves of maple with a golden hue. The new peghead design includes Greg Deering’s original white, pearlescent banner inlay engraved with the Deering name at the top and a center medallion of maple and white mother of pearl. In addition, a new nameplate has been added at the 19th fret on the fingerboard; a graceful maple banner engraved “Boston.”. With Deering’s consistent belief that giving customers greater value along with improvement is important, the new features have been added to the Boston 5-string and 6-string banjos without price increase. The 5-string still retails for only $1979 and the 6-string for $2339. They are available now through all authorized Deering dealers or factory direct at www.Deeringbanjos.com.

The Boston banjo is uniquely Deering and is played by mainstream professionals like Keith Urban and others who appreciate a banjo that has great projection and records well. Keith’s use of the 6-string banjo on stage and in his Grammy Award winning recordings has inspired others to think of the banjo as an instrument well beyond its traditional bluegrass roots. The Boston was named by Greg Deering as a tribute to the city which, over 100 years ago, was the Mecca of banjos and the banjo world of that time. Today you can find Deering’s Boston banjo and other models being played by professionals and enthusiasts throughout the globe.

For more information on Deering banjos, visit www.deeringbanjos.com or call their toll free number, 800-845-7791.

Acoustic/Electric Deering Banjos in Any Style of Play

Whether you play 4-string, 5-string, or 6-string banjo, Deering now has an easy to install pickup to turn your banjo into an acoustic/electric model. Achieving a balanced sound when amplifying a banjo has always been a difficult task. The new Deering Kavanjo pickup is an easy solution to this issue. In January Deering introduced their Acoustic/Electric 5-string banjo models with this pickup already installed. Now the new 4-string and 6-string versions of this same outstanding pickup make it available for installation on Deering banjos for all styles of music from Irish 4-string tenor through 6-string country and beyond. Deering’s Kavanjo banjo pickup is a Humbucker mounted through the banjo head and provides great volume, is highly feedback resistant, does not require any batteries or a pre-amp, and is noted for its great acoustic sound. Acoustic/electric Deering models include the maple 5-string Goodtime openback banjo at a modest $798 through the professional level 5-string Sierra banjo at only $2998. The pickup is versatile enough to be a custom addition to any Deering banjo for only $269 or purchased for $299 for customers to install on their own banjos. You can order the pickup at www.deeringbanjos.com/kavanjo-banjo-pickup-system or visit your local authorized Deering dealer and order Deering’s new acoustic/electric model banjos today.

“The Kavanjo is the best banjo pickup I have ever heard...and I have tried them all.” David Holt

David Holt, who recently installed a Kavanjo pickup on his Deering signature banjo, went on to say “The banjo is a fairly loud instrument acoustically but very difficult to amplify. Through a mic the banjo often sounds harsh and thin. Most banjo pickups over emphasize the treble tone of the instrument and miss the tonal depth. The Kavanjo pickup gets it just right....your banjo only louder! When I am playing a concert with Doc Watson we often play for 2000 people, sometimes and many as 250,000. A mic just won't deliver the full tonal range of the banjo when it is cranked for giant audiences. Even in these extreme situations the Kavanjo performs perfectly. It allows me to keep the banjo in the mix even when Doc is plugged in and at high volume.”

For more information visit www.Deeringbanjos.com or call their toll free number, 800-845-7791.

Deering Banjo Compnay Celebrates 35th Anniversary with New Color Catalog and Website

Celebrating 35 years of quality banjo manufacturing this year, Deering launches the largest and most complete banjo catalog ever printed, filled with their extensive banjo models and a full range of accessories and parts for banjo enthusiasts around the world. At 96 pages, this magazine style glossy color catalog tells the stories behind the creation of Deering’s ever popular models like the Sierra, Boston, Calico, Maple Blossom and beyond. Deering Banjo Company is the largest banjo manufacturer of American made banjos in the world. Makers of Deering, Vega, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos, customers have long asked for not only the technical specifications of each banjo but the history and inspiration behind their creation.

The catalog reads like a virtual “who’s who” of the world’s most outstanding banjo virtuosos featuring the signature models of John Hartford, David Holt, Jens Kruger, Mark Johnson, Terry Baucom, as well as banjos played by such notable artists like Keith Urban, Bela Fleck, Eddie Adcock, Gary Waldrep, Keith Urban, Tony Trischka, Joe Satriani, Doc Watson, Rod Stewart, Rik Barron, and others. Customers have frequently called the factory to inquire what their favorite artist is playing. The new catalog was created to answer this and many other customer requests with the new larger format.

Finding much needed books, videos, and accessories in one location has been an issue for novice as well as experienced banjo enthusiasts. Deering Banjos contacted various quality vendors to include their products in the new catalog and as well as Deering’s own proprietary banjo parts for customer use.

The recently launched website has an even more extensive collection of information for the customers. The new “dealer locator” was created to help visitors to the site find an authorized Deering dealer anywhere in the world. A broad range of videos continues to be added daily and current offerings include factory footage, artists playing banjos, and will eventually include a library of video footage for all banjos made by Deering. The Deering Banjo Company has always felt that their customers give the best reviews of their banjos so the new website includes extensive customer testimonials on each page. All accessories and parts are available through the website which is equipped with a secure order feature to protect customers’ vital information. Both banjos and accessories can be easily viewed and located through the new online store program.

Visit the new website at www.deeringbanjos.com and call the Deering Banjo Company at 800-845-7791 to get your copy of the new color catalog.

Deering Banjos and Taylor Guitars Join to Aid School Programs

The Deering Banjo Company and the Taylor Guitar Company have combined their efforts to help sponsor a benefit concert for the industrial arts programs in the East County school district of San Diego. Performed at the Communication Arts Center of Cuyamaca College on June 11th, the concert will feature world renowned Deering endorsing artists The Kruger Brothers and Taylor Guitar virtuoso Doyle Dykes. The tax-deductible tickets for the 7:00 pm benefit concert are $50 each and can be purchased at the East County EDC Foundation website www.EastCountyEDC.org or by calling 619-258-3670.

Over the past years, the generous support of the East County community has provided over $350,000 to shop classes, teachers, and students. Both Greg Deering of Deering Banjos and Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars feel the importance of such programs for the continuation of fine American craftsmanship in all types of manufacturing. Growing up as young luthiers, they benefited from the school sponsored training provided in the industrial arts programs and want to help continue that opportunity for young people today.

Included in the program will be awards honoring the outstanding shop student in each of the East County high schools and community colleges. The event also includes a live auction including a Taylor guitar, the revolutionary new Deering Eagle banjo, and a 1923 Ford “T Bucket” Roadster crafted by Valhalla High School’s Auto Technology/Design/Fabrication Program. Attendees will have the opportunity to buy raffle tickets for a second Taylor guitar and other exciting donated items for the benefit of the school programs.

Get your tickets now!