You can read a lot of past posts on this one, but everyone felt pretty fair about it for the price. Lately though an awful lot of people here tend to agree that the Deering as taken a definite back seat to the Saga family of banjos in the same price range.

Blue Ridge (from Saga)

Saga-Intermediate Version

These are getting excellent reviews by some of the resident banjo heads! Definitely worth considering....lots of bang for the buck and more than the Deering.

Spaw