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Permalink Reply by Greg Geracioti on December 3, 2022 at 8:28am

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on December 3, 2022 at 9:31am

Hey Brenda, you can use any string & tune your canjo to any key you want, we make our own rules? FYI nylon strings have less tension, making it great for beginners? Also, you can use anything that’ll fit on a stick for a resonator, providing it doesn’t cut into the fretboard layout? Is the can an oblong  or round? Either way, you can use both, just adhere to the same scale length formula you used from the book? There’s a Canjo group here, scroll around to see what the members have built? https://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/canjoconsortium/forum/topics/t... :)  

Permalink Reply by Brenda on December 3, 2022 at 5:24pm

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on December 3, 2022 at 5:34pm

Permalink Reply by MadGomer on December 3, 2022 at 6:04pm

No right or wrong tuning, unless you want to specifically align it with another instrument for playing together. Once you decide on a particular scale length, and have your frets installed, just tune it up until the string sounds clean on all frets and don't go tighter than you have to so it's easy for little fingers to fret it.