Unusual - Possibly 7 String Banjo - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T14:35:31Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/unusual-possibly-7-string-banjo?feed=yes&xn_auth=noBallantine's tutor also has i…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-05:2667446:Comment:1434662020-06-05T14:49:16.108ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Ballantine's tutor also has info on 6 string banjos. I don't play them and they are not really on my radar to research so I will defer to others.</p>
<p>Ballantine's tutor also has info on 6 string banjos. I don't play them and they are not really on my radar to research so I will defer to others.</p> Thanks for the information. …tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-05:2667446:Comment:1434632020-06-05T14:15:32.906ZBrett Lowehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/BrettLowe
<p>Thanks for the information. Would an instrument such as this be tuned (G)GDGBD? The method book in the library here (by Herbert Ellis) gives this tuning and I'm guessing that this would be right.</p>
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<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/unusual-possibly-7-string-banjo#2667446Comment143459"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>It is a 6 string. The octave, or short string, dips off of the side of the…</p>
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<p>Thanks for the information. Would an instrument such as this be tuned (G)GDGBD? The method book in the library here (by Herbert Ellis) gives this tuning and I'm guessing that this would be right.</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/unusual-possibly-7-string-banjo#2667446Comment143459"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>It is a 6 string. The octave, or short string, dips off of the side of the fingerboard, hooks under a flat metal nub, and travels to the peghead along the side of the neck.</p>
<p>There will likely be "Buchanan's Improvement" or some such stamped on the peghead very lightly. </p>
<p>They are interesting banjos and if you want a 6 stringer the get it. I had one for while and pretty much never played it. I did like the rim-- solid brass and formed like a bottle cap banjo.</p>
<p>Many of them had resonator back plates that were carved.</p>
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</blockquote> It is a 6 string. The octave…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-04:2667446:Comment:1434592020-06-04T18:34:13.513ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>It is a 6 string. The octave, or short string, dips off of the side of the fingerboard, hooks under a flat metal nub, and travels to the peghead along the side of the neck.</p>
<p>There will likely be "Buchanan's Improvement" or some such stamped on the peghead very lightly. </p>
<p>They are interesting banjos and if you want a 6 stringer the get it. I had one for while and pretty much never played it. I did like the rim-- solid brass and formed like a bottle cap banjo.</p>
<p>Many of…</p>
<p>It is a 6 string. The octave, or short string, dips off of the side of the fingerboard, hooks under a flat metal nub, and travels to the peghead along the side of the neck.</p>
<p>There will likely be "Buchanan's Improvement" or some such stamped on the peghead very lightly. </p>
<p>They are interesting banjos and if you want a 6 stringer the get it. I had one for while and pretty much never played it. I did like the rim-- solid brass and formed like a bottle cap banjo.</p>
<p>Many of them had resonator back plates that were carved.</p>