Thread: Banjos

I believe in Jim's blog he mentioned that he joined a banjo forum and was surprised at how similar it was to SRP as weird as that sounds.

Most (not all) short scale tenor banjos have 17 frets between the nut at the top and the pot, the body. The standard tenor as used by trad jazz is usually 19 frets

Right, so long time coming but finally got these banjos back from the luthier. The main issue was waiting around for parts. They are around 100 years old-ish and it's not easy getting the bits and pieces.

Both needed a new head, but they don't make the size anymore. These are 10.75 inches I think (or maybe 11 inches?) in diameter and had to be custom made in America. He kept them in as original condition as possible and the tenor in particular is a real "player" as he called it. They have an old-fashioned sound, he says. They sound like banjos to me, but he seems to know about these things so I just keep my mouth shut and nod.

Anyway, I've been trying to learn some irish tenor banjo this past week. I'm terrible, but it's getting there slowly. Here's a pic of me with the tenor:



And here's a little preview of the sound it makes: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rn444vemf...TXZg2Zk6a?dl=0

(that's for Hirlau! )

Very happy with it, and doing my best to learn how to play it without embarrassing my grandad's memory.

James.

Going in as a "ringtone "

Hey, that's pretty cool that they let convicts learn to play banjos!