Banjos are available online and offline in different styles at different prices. The following article profiles popular banjos for sale: the Rover RB20, RB30 and RB35 models.
The entry-level banjo, RB20, is designed based on the classic open back banjos of the 1930s. It is made with a standard eleven-inch diameter composite rim with twenty-four brackets, 14:1 ratio tuners, with a friction fifth peg, free padded gig bag, an open back composite rim, heavy-duty grooved tension hoop, mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. Complete with a bound rosewood fingerboard and a mahogany neck, this entry-level banjo is a very good deal, costing the consumer just under $200.
A step up from entry level banjo is the RB30. This banjo is available with an eleven-inch cast aluminum rim for improved tone and volume, heavy-duty grooved brass tension hoop with triple nickel plating, P-100 1930s style armrest, and P-117 Old Waverly tailpiece. It has a slim, comfortable mahogany neck, adjustable truss rod, East Indian rosewood fingerboard, mother-of-pearl dot markers, standard twenty-five and one-half-scale length, 14:1 ratio geared tuners, white binding, twenty-four brackets, and superior trailpak II bag. The suggested retail price of this model is approximately $219.
An even better version is the RB 35, this banjo features a deluxe, old-style, laminated, multi-ply, arched mahogany resonator, and comes in a slim, comfortable mahogany neck, eleven-inch cast aluminum rim, heavy-duty grooved brass tension hoop, exquisite mahogany neck with east Indian rosewood, P-117 “Old Waverly style” tailpiece, vintage-style, bound mahogany resonator, and an adjustable truss rod. The retail price is $329.