Comment by Pär Engstrand on November 21, 2019 at 23:49

Thanks for your comments Michael and Brian,

I've built a few minstrel style banjos after this one but none comes even close to the sound this makes! Got lucky, I guess. The 18" is a bit tiresome to play though.

Not sure about the tuning in the video. Without checking, I would guess dGDF#A. Nowdays I have it tuned a step down: cFCEG. Could use thicker strings though.

I'm not playing classic banjo, per se, on those fretless instruments (where's the shift from "minstrel style" to classic banjo anyway?). I'm not getting the sound I would like up the neck on those things. I guess that's a matter of practise and left hand technique.

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