I should renew my banjolatin' skills - I have Deering and Richter openbacks that I don't play much at all. The Richter is probably higher priced than you want, but it's a nice instrument, made in Canada.
A lot of people seem to like the Recording Kings and Gold Tones - I haven't tried them, but both make a lot of models.
The stereotypes* about banjo types are
5 string resonators tend to be louder and twangier, generally for bluegrass; usually in open G tuning
5 string openbacks are plunkier, generally for oldtime and folk; lots of tunings are used
4 strings are loud and cutting, generally for jazz or Irish trad
* Like all stereotypes these are wrong a fair amount of the time.
D.H.
Last edited by Dave Hicks; 01-30-2024 at 09:33 AM.
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