Find out what is the standard bridge height for your Deering banjo.
All Deering Goodtime Series banjos use a 5/8” Goodtime Smile bridge. It is important for you to know that your heel cut on your banjo is cut specifically for the height of bridge needed on your banjo. Therefore if you buy a taller bridge, you may run into action issues (the strings will be too high and you will not be able to adjust it down) on your banjo. This, therefore, is a very important question for you to ask if you are replacing the bridge.
Upperline Deering banjos (all Series other than the Goodtime Series) can take anywhere from a 5/8” to an 11/16” bridge depending on the model you are buying it for. Most Deering and Vega upperline banjos use a 5/8” bridge. They all come with a Deering Smile bridge.
Those that use an 11/16” bridge are the Tenbrooks Series models (Saratoga Star, Legacy, Jens Kruger), the Terry Baucom Signature model, the Tony Trischka Silver Clipper and Golden Clipper models, the Allison Brown Julia Belle banjo, and the Mark Johnson Clawgrass and Clawgrass No. 2 banjos.