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Deering Goodtime Americana

Name: Deering Goodtime Americana
Brand: Deering

Deering · Goodtime Americana 12-Inch

Price: 681 EUR – 681 EUR

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A wider-rimmed Goodtime variant using a 12-inch pot instead of the standard 11-inch, producing a noticeably laid-back, mellower tone suited to backing vocalists rather than cutting through as a lead voice.

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About the Deering Goodtime Americana

The Americana keeps the Goodtime line's core construction - 3-ply violin-grade maple rim, rock maple neck in the D-shaped profile, sealed geared tuners with a Goodtime geared 5th-string peg - but enlarges the rim to 12 inches paired with a 12-inch Renaissance medium-crown head, up from the standard Goodtime's 11-inch pot. That larger surface area shifts the tone toward the mellower, more "laid-back" character old-time and accompaniment players often prefer over the tighter, more cutting sound of an 11-inch rim.

The neck retains the standard Goodtime's 26 1/4-inch scale, 1 1/4-inch nut, and 22 pressed-in nickel silver frets, finished in a natural blonde maple with hand-rubbed polyurethane and carnauba wax, and Art Deco-inspired hardwood fingerboard inlays give it a distinct look from other Goodtime variants. At 4.5 lbs it remains as lightweight as the standard model despite the larger rim.

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Sound character of the Deering Goodtime Americana

The Goodtime Americana uses a larger 12-inch rim (versus the standard 11-inch) with a Renaissance-style head, giving it noticeably more low-end body and resonance than the standard Goodtime while remaining open-back and tone-ring-free. The extra pot size adds fullness without pushing the tone toward the bright, metallic character of a resonator/tone-ring bluegrass banjo.

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Technical data for the Deering Goodtime Americana

Rim	12", 3-ply violin-grade maple
Head	12" Renaissance medium crown
Neck	Rock maple, D-shape
Frets	22
Scale length	26 1/4"
Weight	4.5 lbs

Price history for the Deering Goodtime Americana

Cheapest seen: 681 EUR · Most expensive seen: 681 EUR

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The history of the Deering Goodtime Americana

The Goodtime Americana extends Deering's flagship entry line specifically for players who want the accessible price and US manufacturing of the Goodtime series but prioritize a mellower, backing-oriented tone over the brighter voice of the standard 11-inch models.