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I am not a banjo player and don't really know anything about them - just to get that out of the way! - but I do see myself getting an open back one day for some clawhammer/frailing type playing so I always do a quick scan when looking in guitar stores. I've tried a few models an thought that the goodtime open back seemed ok - as far as I could tell - but recently I tried a goodtime americana model, it has a slightly bigger pot at 12" and I really liked the way it sounded and played immediately, which I thought was a good sign. Anyway a bit long winded, but try the goodtime americana!