To celebrate their founding in 1975, Deering Banjos has created a highly ornate, 50th Anniversary Limited Edition model banjo. It's a strikingly beautiful instrument, made of high-grade curly maple with a bound ebony fingerboard and delicate, intricate fretboard inlays. Of course
The banjo auction in support of the scholarship fund for Béla Fleck's Blue Ridge Banjo Camp closes in just two days, offering the opportunity to obtain one of four new banjos at a bargain price. Camp is in session this week
The IBMA Foundation has announced that Danny Daniel of Bowling Green, KY is the winner of their 2025 Strings for Dreams raffle, taking the prize of a vintage 1980 Advanced Maple Blossom Deering banjo. Danny, a partner at Scott, Murphy, &
The IBMA Foundation has announced their 2025 Strings for Dreams raffle, with proceeds going to the Foundation's work to foster the growth of bluegrass music through educational programs, scholarships, and grants. Strings for Dreams offers their raffles based on vintage and
Those who follow the world of banjos already know that Greg Deering, founder of the Deering Banjo Company, has retired from the day-to-day operation of the business. He and his wife Janet, who served as CEO, have turned those duties
As we start a new year, we recognize a special anniversary for a family business that has served the bluegrass industry for five decades. The Deering Banjo Company is celebrating 50 years in 2025! The company was launched in 1975 by
The IBMA Foundation has announced that Steven Ware from Waco, TX is the winner of their 2024 Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle, which raised $20,890 to benefit the educational and philanthropic work of the Foundation, and their overall efforts to
Deering Banjos has come up with a creative way to celebrate Giving Tuesday, auctioning three banjos for charity, in conjunction with several of their endorsing artists. Giving Tuesday is a relatively new movement, launched in 2012, as an opportunity to promote
Deering has introduced a new set of banjos in its Goodtime series, meant as a tribute to the Art Deco period of the 1920s in the United States. Hardwood neck inlays and bronze powder coated metal parts convey the design
For many banjo players, the gold standard of picks are vintage National fingerpicks, particularly ones like those from the 1940s and '50s that Earl Scruggs and others used to make bluegrass music history. While old Nationals can be found for
