It's one of those "I'm just going to the music store to get strings....." stories....
However, they had, on consignment, a Deering Good Time resonator model banjo and this one has a flamed (maple) neck and birdseye resonator. I have not seen one of these before. I have seen an occasional Fender Squire with a flamed maple neck, but not a Good Time.
And.... this banjo is loud. I have owned another resonator model GT and there is no comparison. This one has volume. I popped the resonator off to see if the previous owner had installed a mystery tone ring, and there isn't one.
Barry says it might have been an employee banjo.
Has anyone else seen a GT with flamed maple neck?
ben