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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 10, 2015 at 6:23am

go for it.

if the strings are too slack then you tune it a key or two higher, and next time you buy heavier strings, its not particularly difficult :)

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Permalink Reply by Bufo Bill on March 10, 2015 at 10:26am

I have a 21 inch scale 5 string banjo CBG, which uses 10,13,16,W20, & another 10 for the short string. They are probably a bit heavy for a little kid, as they are tuned e4, c#4, a3, e3, a4. You could lower the tuning to open G or buy lighter strings.
All the best from Bill. :D

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Permalink Reply by E-normous on March 10, 2015 at 11:49am

Thanks for the info. I certainly wanted to be sure it could be done before I started. I'll go ahead with the builds and sort out the strings when I get there. I'll post pics when I'm done. Likely a few weeks as my garage is not heated and we are still very cool/cold here in Alberta.

Norman

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on March 10, 2015 at 4:33pm

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Permalink Reply by Jim Woods on March 11, 2015 at 8:52am

I have made a few 18" to 20" three stringers.  They tune pretty well to Aea 

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