To play a banjo you have to be a mechanic
Got out my Deering 6 string open back Boston and really enjoyed playing it again. But I know why so many 6 string banjos sit in the closet. The Deering is well made but a banjo is a moving musical instrument. You have to tighten the head, the neck angle gets adjusted with the rods in back. After all this is done it's as playable as my guitars but if you don't know what to do it would be back to the closet. Setups work for guitars but banjos just seem to have more of a life of their own. In my case are two wrenches! Totally worth the effort, but it's a part the the instrument.
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Steve
2020 McKnight Grand Recording - Cedar Top
2005 McKnight SS Dred
2001 Michael Keller Koa Baby
2014 Godin Inuk
2012 Deering B6 Openback Banjo
2012 Emerald Acoustic Doubleneck
2012 Rainsong JM1000 Black Ice
2009 Wechter Pathmaker 9600 LTD
1982 Yairi D-87 Doubleneck
1987 Ovation Collectors
1993 Ovation Collectors
1967 J-45 Gibson
1974 20th Annivers. Les Paul Custom
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