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Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Name: Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed
Brand: Deering

Deering · Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Price: 772 EUR – 772 EUR

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The mirror-built left-handed version of the resonator-equipped Goodtime Two, with the entire pot, neck and hardware assembled in reverse rather than simply restringing a right-handed instrument.

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About the Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Left-handed banjos aren't just right-handed instruments restrung backward: the resonator, tone ring, and tailpiece geometry on a bluegrass banjo are asymmetric, so a genuine left-handed build like this mirrors the entire assembly rather than compromising the setup. The Goodtime Two Left-Handed carries over the standard Goodtime Two's full specification - 11-inch 3-ply violin-grade maple rim, rock maple neck, 13 7/8-inch maple resonator, 22 nickel-silver frets at a 26 1/4-inch scale - built as a mirror image rather than a simple restring.

Hardware including the two-piece Goodtime series flange, beveled steel tension hoop, and Goodtime smile bridge are all correctly oriented for left-handed playing, not just relocated string order on a right-handed frame. This makes it a genuinely rare instrument in the entry-price banjo market, where most brands offer left-handed configurations only on special order or not at all.

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Sound character of the Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Like the right-handed Goodtime Two, this mirror-built left-handed version pairs a plain, tone-ring-free 3-ply maple rim with a resonator - the resonator boosts projection and adds a bit of brightness over the fully open-back Goodtime, but without a metal tone ring the tone stays noticeably warmer and softer than a true bluegrass Mastertone-style banjo.

Warm Mellow Resonant

Technical data for the Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Rim	11", 3-ply violin-grade maple
Neck	Rock maple
Resonator	13 7/8" maple
Frets	22
Scale length	26 1/4"
Orientation	True mirror-built left-handed

Price history for the Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Cheapest seen: 772 EUR · Most expensive seen: 772 EUR

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The history of the Deering Goodtime Two Left-Handed

Deering is one of the few production banjo makers offering true left-handed builds as a standard catalog item rather than a special-order rarity, extending its popular Goodtime Two to left-handed players who would otherwise need a costly custom conversion.