Clawhammer Head Tension

This is a short video sort of explaining how I set my banjo head tension for clawhammer style playing.

[@craigmitchell8892]

Very useful information, cheers!

[@TeddLong]

Thanks , gonna give it a try

[@5150show]

Very good, I just subbed, cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@eiyhka8779]

Good straight forward vid man..You're a fine player

[@MariaCalfaDePaul]

Glad to find this video. Im new to clawhammwr and banjo in general so this is very helpful to squelch any fears about tinkering with the banjo

[@jezza73]

Hi Steve, thanks for that. Great accent by the way!! Cheers from England.

[@johnaslin2635]

this is a great video Steve.

[@chrisfuller767]

I wish I had found your videos when I first started playing I perhaps wouldn’t be in the mess I’m in now.

[@Chanson_Dada]

I’m just happy to find this before my banjo arrives. If it arrives that is, seems to be stuck in the postal system somewhere at the moment. Hope you got out of the mess you got into.

[@johnmanser2331]

Thanks for sharing. Will replace my Davidson with a Fibreskyn and give it a try.

[@AGKimberly]

Interesting that tightening the head gives you more bass. I would have thought the opposite would be true.

[@lazybanjo7988]

Great video, thanks

[@gutbucket260]

Are you using a hide heard or Renaissance head?

[@stevenarms2879]

This is a Remo “fiberskyn” head.

[@davidcudlip6587]

Definition of a Banjo: An instrument you spend half your playtime tuning, and the other half playing out of tune. Sounded good when you tuned it up to it's best head tension. Does that banjo have a tone ring in it?

[@Chanson_Dada]

Hurdy-gurdy players say exactly the same thing.