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Deering Eagle II

Name: Deering Eagle II
Brand: Deering

Deering · Eagle II 5-String Banjo

Price: 2.092 EUR – 2.266 EUR

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A resonator bluegrass banjo built around Deering's own Twenty-Ten tone ring, with quartersawn maple neck construction and eagle-engraved fingerboard inlays as its signature visual detail.

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About the Deering Eagle II

The Eagle II uses Deering's patent-pending Twenty-Ten tone ring on a three-ply violin-grade maple rim, paired with a quartersawn maple neck in a slender D-shaped profile - quartersawn wood resists warping better under string tension than flat-sawn stock. Dark "Eagle Red" stain over a high-gloss finish gives it a distinct look, with the eagle-engraved fingerboard inlays that give the model its name set into a natural ebony fingerboard across 22 pressed-in nickel silver frets.

Hardware includes planetary tuners with a geared 5th-string peg for accurate high-string tuning, a 5/8-inch Deering Smile maple bridge with an ebony top, and nickel-plated hardware throughout. The 13 7/8-inch resonator and 11-inch rim are standard Deering bluegrass proportions, tuned in the standard open-G-family tuning (gDGBD), producing what Deering describes as a strong midrange with good bass and vibrant highs suited to both clawhammer and bluegrass styles.

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Sound character of the Deering Eagle II

The Eagle II pairs a 3-ply violin-grade maple rim with Deering's own 'Twenty-Ten' bronze-alloy tone ring and a resonator back, a combination built to maximize volume and sustain by reinforcing the head's vibration and throwing sound forward. It delivers the loud, cutting, full-bodied voice bluegrass banjo players rely on to be heard over a full band.

Bright Full-bodied Resonant

Technical data for the Deering Eagle II

Rim	11", 3-ply violin-grade maple
Tone ring	Deering Twenty-Ten
Neck	Quartersawn maple
Fretboard	Ebony
Frets	22
Scale length	26 1/4"
Resonator	13 7/8"

Price history for the Deering Eagle II

Cheapest seen: 2.092 EUR · Most expensive seen: 2.266 EUR

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The history of the Deering Eagle II

The Eagle II sits in Deering's mid-to-upper production range, built at the company's Spring Valley, California factory alongside its Goodtime and Sierra lines, aimed at players who want Deering's professional tone-ring engineering with distinctive cosmetic styling.