+micvegan Thanks for your comment. I played a jew harp on this too, though I did not mention it on the description. This tuning for the banjo sometimes sounds like a thumb piano for me.
Hi. thanks. Sorry for the late reply. I don't remember what strings I put exactly, but I think I put a set of AQUILA 7B MINSTREL 5-STRING BANJO STRING SET on that originally. And I took 4th and 2nd strings off. And tuned them to d - F# - E. The shortest string is tuned to d as a regular banjo's fifth string.
@@OldTimerjp thanks for the reply and info. I’ve been trying to find genuine gut strings for a while and recently I’ve discovered real catgut fishing line that works for banjo and is cheaper.
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THIS SOUNDS AMAZING
This is marvelous. That is the traditional ekonting tuning (not the key, necessarily, but the intervallic relationship). Congratulations!
Great love it
It sounds like a second instrument in background
+micvegan Thanks for your comment. I played a jew harp on this too, though I did not mention it on the description. This tuning for the banjo sometimes sounds like a thumb piano for me.
Very cool, awesome timbre to the instrument. Did you build this yourself?
Thanks.
No, it was made by Barry Sholder. www.gourdbanjosbybarry.com/
This has a short neck (people would call it A scale banjo).
Hilarious. Nice work
What kind of strings are you using and what is the tuning? Awesome video btw, I’d like to make myself a similar banjo and set it up the same way
Hi. thanks. Sorry for the late reply. I don't remember what strings I put exactly, but I think I put a set of AQUILA 7B MINSTREL 5-STRING BANJO STRING SET on that originally. And I took 4th and 2nd strings off. And tuned them to d - F# - E. The shortest string is tuned to d as a regular banjo's fifth string.
@@OldTimerjp thanks for the reply and info. I’ve been trying to find genuine gut strings for a while and recently I’ve discovered real catgut fishing line that works for banjo and is cheaper.
Wow, that's great! I've never used gut strings. Let me hear the sound!