Soon after World War II, as the Folk revival and the rise of Bluegrass created new demand for 5-string banjos, several Asian manufacturers started building banjos that combined the pot, tone-ring, and resonator flange of high-end banjos into one cast and machined metal piece that - from the front - looked like a top view of the old-fashioned pop bottle lids.
Though they sounded tinnier than a true bluegrass banjo with a wooden pot they were as loud as most, and far, far cheaper. In most lines they were/are a step up from the banjos with wooden or ceramic or plastic pots and little trapezoid-shaped metal brackets that held/hold the resonator on.
I shifted into present tense because this class of banjos is still made in Asia today and sold by companies like Dean. As long as the neck is sturdy and has an adjustment rod, you really can't go too far wrong.
The banjo in this video was probably built in the 1970s or 1980s by Kay. And it's still very playable.
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