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Comment by Jim Morris on September 22, 2016 at 10:06am

Thanks Flatfish. These are regular steel banjo strings and yes, we usually call this tuning double D. Some folks tune to double C with a capo on the 2nd fret.

Comment by Flatfish on September 22, 2016 at 7:39am

Very loverly. Both instrument and tune. What kind of strings are these? Nylgut? Also looks like you're playing in D?

Comment by Jim Morris on September 21, 2016 at 10:23am

Thanks Antony.

Comment by Antony Moggridge on September 21, 2016 at 10:17am

Beautiful instrument great playing too.

Comment by Jim Morris on September 19, 2016 at 2:24am

Thanks Tim. This is one of my homemade necks. Neck making is my favorite part of building instruments so I rarely use stock necks. I was lucky that the 5th string lined up exactly straight with the hole in the tuner so the string is resting directly on the 5th fret rather than on a screw as is usual.

Comment by Tim LaFave on September 19, 2016 at 1:42am

Way cool, Jim! I loved everything about it, the beautiful build, great claw-hammer style, lovely tune! Question: did you build the neck or custom adapt it from a stock neck? I noticed the innovative treatment of the fret-board for the fifth string.

Comment by Jim Morris on September 18, 2016 at 3:01pm

Thanks Eric.This is very similar to builds I've done and documented in other vids like my gourd and salad bowl banjos. Basically a dowel runs through the body and is attached with a screw at the tail. On this one a standard geared 5th string banjo tuner was used although I've experimented with other methods of doing the 5th string. Some other folks on CBN have showed how to use zither pins for 5th string tuners and my next post will feature homemade friction pegs for all 5 strings.

Comment by Eric Constance on September 18, 2016 at 2:28pm

Well done Jim sounds great...... Maybe you can post more on how you made that... Also how you do the 5th string....

Comment by Jim Morris on September 18, 2016 at 11:14am

Thank you bemuzic! It's always great to get comments from someone who's music I love!

Comment by bemuzic on September 18, 2016 at 10:46am

wow, that sounds great!

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